Posted by Delaine - February 22, 2011 - Dating & Sex, Internet Dating
Have you ever shown your online dating profile to a friend? Get any solid feedback? Cause the truth is, writing a successful online dating profile can be a lot harder than one suspects. Worse still, you can unknowingly be turning off the opposite sex! Take my client Nancy as an example. Late thirties, divorced with [...]
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Posted by ekzact_team - February 1, 2011 - Dating & Sex, Fears & Challenges, From the Dating Trenches, Relationships
Since divorcing, I’ve dated a few out-of-town men. These men were whirlwind romances that I KNEW would go nowhere – our geographical distance was too great. Nonetheless, these relationships were exactly what I needed at that time to help me find my bearings in the dating trenches soon after separating from my former husband. Recently, [...]
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Posted by Delaine - July 26, 2010 - Dating & Sex, From the Dating Trenches, Internet Dating
Venturing into the online dating world can feel as scary as trekking through a dark, unknown wood. Who lurk’eth in the shadows? we can’t help but wonder. Maybe “lions & ligers & bears, on my!” As I set out on last weekend’s first-date ‘adventure,’ I admit I felt both nervous and excited. Both on the phone and during [...]
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Posted by Delaine - June 6, 2009 - Fears & Challenges, Relationships
I gave birth to three kids in three years and I can honestly say their early years were a blur to me; life was INSANE. And since divorcing I’ve sworn I wouldn’t have another child. “This body now belongs to ME,” I’ve joked with my girlfriends. The other day, however, a girlfriend asked me, “Then [...]
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Posted by Delaine - May 20, 2009 - Dating & Sex, From the Dating Trenches, Internet Dating
My friend Rochelle and I were catching up with our long-time, also-divorced girlfriend, Sara, who was visiting from out of town. Suddenly, Sara turned to Rochelle and said: “So I just started dating this guy – a doctor from Edmonton – and the other day I remembered YOU had dated some doctor from Edmonton last year.” [...]
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