Posted by Delaine - May 1, 2009 - Dating & Sex, From the Dating Trenches
“Should I avoid dating separated men?” This is a valid question many women have asked me since divorcing. After all, what if these guys are rebounding? What if they still have heavy emotional issues to work through? At the end of the day, do these guys pose a greater risk to a woman’s heart? I personally think every man [...]
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Posted by Delaine - April 27, 2009 - Cougars & Single Moms, Dating & Sex, From the Dating Trenches
He was sooooo nice. So very, very nice. Well-spoken… mature… a fun personality. And I really did enjoy talking to him. But I felt no spark; I just wasn’t attracted to him. Not just physically, but energetically. He wanted to meet me for a second date. I really didnt want to…but again, I went over his very nice qualities. “He’s [...]
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Posted by Delaine - April 17, 2009 - Concerns & Fears, Cougars & Single Moms, Dating & Sex, From the Dating Trenches, Internet Dating
According to my best friend Hali, I do. Disqualify men too quickly, that is. Over drinks this past weekend, I was telling her about my dating life, when she quickly inserted: “Ummm Delaine…what dating life?” I laughed, rather taken aback. “What do you mean? You know I’m still on a couple of dating sites.”
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Posted by Delaine - April 12, 2009 - Concerns & Fears, Dating & Sex, Internet Dating
A newly-divorcing woman wrote me this weekend to say she’d begun internet dating after 10 years of marriage. “But I don’t get this cyber sex thing,” she said. “It seems like many men are looking for it. And in all honesty, I’ve been tempted. Have YOU had cyber sex Delaine?” Well (clearing throat), even though [...]
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Posted by Delaine - March 3, 2009 - Dating & Sex, Healing, Internet Dating, Phases/ Stages
Over the past couple of months, men from the dating site, Lavalife, have started asking me the above question. The question comes in various renditions, from a simple “STILL on here, eh?” to “I can’t believe you still haven’t been snatched up!” Time and time again though, my reaction has been the same: to roll [...]
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Posted by Delaine - January 23, 2009 - Dating & Sex, Internet Dating
When a friend of mine first recommended I try internet dating, a social avenue that hadn’t even existed the last time I was single,I scoffed. I mean, I’d heard of it, but I assumed it was full of weirdos and creeps. Nonetheless, curiosity got the better of me – after all, how else was I ever [...]
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