Lavalife Proves Women Need a Break from Incessant Instant Messages On Dating Sites

by David Evans on June 6, 2012 in Dating Site Features

Lavalife users can now turn off the Instant Messaging feature. Prepare for outrage from male users.

With a simple click of a button, Lavalife.com members now have the option of turning off the instant messaging functionality for 10 minutes, allowing anyone who may be logged in to better manage incoming communication.

It works like this: a member chatting with another member or browsing profiles can temporarily halt incoming IMs from everyone except the person they’re IM-ing and those earmarked on their personal Hotlists. Those members wanting to send a message, meanwhile, are spared the frustration of IM-ing a member momentarily too busy to respond.

Girls rule, boys drool. Most of the time my female friends turn of IM entirely. The only thing worse than Instant Messaging on a dating site is a dating site chat room.

View the Original article

Dating - Don't Let Breaking Up Break You

A subject that's not brought up often on dating blogs is what to do after a relationship ends. We Love Dates has some great advice. It is true that you have to give yourself a mourning period. After all, a relationship has died - the people go on, but the love is gone. Yeah, sure, pay your respect to the late date.Then follow this checklist after you're done with theirs:
Treat yourself to a night out, dine out, bring a book.Buy yourself a couple special treats for enjoying at home.Buy at least one new outfit. Something splashy that will boost your confidence.Stay up all night playing video games or watching movies in your underwear.Now get your tail back out there and date again!Posted byJodie BrittainatThursday, May 03, 2012

View the Original article

Recovering from a Breakup - Breakup tips

I think it's important to remember that breaking up is usually harder than forming a relationship, so look before you leap...

It's quire concerning how women struggle with the thought of moving past a break up. With the hundreds of alternatives to go by, to move on after a break up would be as simple as moving up a grade. To forget your ex boyfriend, first you have to focus, then you utilize your resources and lastly, you don't give up.

1. Focus. The reason why some kids don't push through their studies is because they lose control of themselves. It is the same thing when moving on from a break up. You should keep your eye on the prize and work for it. Let go of any doubt or regret over things that you could have done and just keep your mind locked on the future. Establish a goal and aim for it through the next step.

2. Utilize your resources. You had things going for you even before you and your ex got together. So you'd be fine living without him now. You do not need him to survive nor to be happy. There are a number of other entertainment sources for you. It's like when you face the challenge of finishing school, you have to hit your books and take notes. You can take on a tutor and engage in a few extra curricular activities for additional credit. It's a similar thing for your life. Acquire guidance from family and friends. Find more helpful references on how to get over your ex boyfriend. If you are easily discouraged in pursuing it, take a break until you get your footing back. And of course, you have to diversify and broaden your exposure so you do not get bored easily.

3. Don't give up. Don't be surprised when you don't get everything right the first try. But you shouldn't stop pushing. If you feel like you are relapsing or getting too vulnerable, hold your ground until everything settles. If you do fall, get back up. And just keep on going until nothing hurts or scares you anymore.

View the Original article

Breaking Up Via Text Messaging

Break up via text messaging? Not only are you burning your bridges, you are scattering the ashes...

What's the point of blogging if you aren't going to shake things up every now and then? So we're going to have to disagree with this MSN News story's claim that breaking up by SMS is a bad thing. Yes, it's cheesy and tacky. Get used to it, because that's us.

See, Internet communication is the standard and it's never going away. When they invented the phone, for a while everybody was saying that you don't use the phone for "formal" communication matters, but notify by post or telegram instead. When telegrams came out, they were to be used for trivial communications and everything else should be post. And so on and so on.

Bah! People are using SMS to do everything from propose to dump to announce pregnancy. It's going to happen anyway. We may not like it, but the times are changing. To hold any other position would be akin to being a Luddite.

View the Original article