Year: 2013
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Do Nice Guys and Girls Finish Last?
Our every instinct is to be as nice as possible in every way to our new partners when we start dating. We want them to think the best of us, so we always put them first and are prepared to drop everything at a moment’s notice to keep them happy. Surely, we think to ourselves,…
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7 Relationship Myths To Ignore
There’s a common misperception that there, somewhere, exists a rare beast known as the perfect relationship. This mythical relationship has no ups and downs, no sad times or happy times, just a never ending stream of steady being. It doesn’t exist, of course, because humans are not perfect, and so we all have to navigate…
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Communication for Couples
Perhaps one of the most clichéd pieces of advice we ever hear is that successful relationships rely on good communication. And yet how many times do we fall out or get into problems because we don’t do enough to promote positive communication? Positive communication means taking an active and continued role in making sure that…
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Cupid Sells Its Casual Dating Service
In an interesting move, one of the biggest players in the online dating business has agreed to sell its “casual dating” business to a company that was set up by one of its own co-founders. The deal is worth around seventy four million Australian dollars. Cupid say that they are selling that side of the…
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Decoding Those Text Messages
If you’ve been dating for any length of time it’s a fair bet that you’ve had one or two texts along the way. While sometimes simple, you’re almost certainly going to have received a few that have had you scratching your head and needing to get your friends to help you decode them. Texts can…
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Are you a Webtrovert?
One of the fun things about dating online is the sheer variety of people that you encounter along the way. Some of them are odd, some of them are quirky. Some are wonderfully warm and some are just asking for a slap in the chops. One of the oddest combinations to have come to light…
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Can Casual Dating Lead To More?
A friend was recently talking about someone she’d met on-line a few months ago and how he’d made it clear that he didn’t have time to commit to a serious relationship for three reasons: he’d just started a new job, didn’t feel ready to settle and was also still new to the city. My friend,…
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Advice Women Shouldn’t Follow
Ask many women who they turn to for advice in love and life and you’ll usually hear them say they listen to their friends above all else. May we suggest that perhaps you should be a bit more selective about which of your friends you listen to. It can be very easy to forget how…
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Realising What You Have To Offer
One of the downsides of coming out of a long term relationship can be the temptation to take the blame and be overly critical of yourself. It can be very easy to think that there’s something wrong with you or assume that the end of a relationship means that you are no good at them.…
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Where dating costs the most
Searching for love has always required commitment – whether in time, patience or determination, but according to the Deutsche Bank, you’ll also need to really commit your wallet if you’re dating in Australia. This is because we’ve been ranked as the most expensive country to go dating in anywhere in the world. Based on the…
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Being mindful with social media
Two different news items this week demonstrate the difficult lessons that some men still have to learn when it comes to social media and their love lives. In one, a guy called Trevor was chatting with a girl he’d met through an online dating app about the weather when he sent an unsolicited naked picture…
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Being A Great Date
Just as in a job interview, the first few minutes of a date are the most important when it comes to making the best impression possible. After that, I’ve heard people say the next thirty minutes are crucial for creating and building your emotional chemistry. It doesn’t sound like much, so you need to put…
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The Happiest Couples Met Online
A study this week has concluded that if you met your partner online, you are more likely to be happy and stay together than couples who met any other way. The study by US researchers was looking at how the dynamics of marriage may be being altered by the internet, and specifically by online dating.…
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Watch Out For Bad Neighbours
Rumours in the news this week are swirling around Madison Ashton following her eviction from Paramount Apartments. The former mistress of Richard Pratt is now facing yet more accusations of running a brothel out of a residential building. The issue appears to be that Ms Ashton has been running a licensed brothel successfully in Darlinghurst,,…
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The Recycled Lover
It used to be that we only had to worry about a few basic stereotypes when we looked to the dating scene. We knew to watch out for the playboy-wannabe, the womanizer with a bed practically carved to fretwork with notches and the sleaze who seemed made of hair oil and can give you the…