Sex and the City - what has it done to dating as we know it

233-5695977embeddedprod_affiliate101.jpgAccording to a recent study done by social dating site Engage.com, the series, and now the long anticipated and awaited movie, have had quite an impact on dating as we know it. It turns out that 80% of women find it more acceptable to have fun dating, while worrying less about finding a serious relationship. It seems women are also more likely than men to actually accept this.

Fifty two percent of women said they the series influenced their life, and 55% single women claimed the show influenced them to approach dating the way men do. Fifty one percent agreed with Samantha Jones' quote: "Who are we in bed is who we are in life. I've never met a man who was bad in bed who was good at life."

Thirty six percent stated they borrowed ideas from the show and used them on real life dating occasions, while 50% of study participants, mostly men, said they believed women who are big fans of the series are more likely to have sex on the first date. Yippeee! :)

Finally, 39% of women said they would end up with a woman friend as their soulmate, rather than with a man. Meanwhile, 59% said the show reminded them just how much their dating life depended on advice and perspective from personal friends.

Well, there you go. I don't know which group you'd fit into, but I personally found the series to be nothing more than above average entertainment with an occasional critical reflection on real life. I guess the good old fashioned "let's start with a chat, and see where life takes us" approach simply isn't a good enough anymore. If nothing else, from a man's perspective, at least more women are now willing to let go and indulge in sexual satisfaction on the first date. ;)

[Via: PressOfAtlanticCity.com]

Dating sites for people with special needs and conditions

Among the many dating flavors, there dating sites who cater to the needs of singles with special needs, disabilities, or conditions. Here are a few examples from around the world:

SpecialSomeone.com.au
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This is an Australian dating site which aims to create a friendly environment and an amazing tool for finding friendship acceptance and love (as they say). The site itself is as attempt to create a place for social assistance for singles with special needs, derived from trying to address a personal health situation. It's a free for all service, but can be upgraded to live webcam chat and instant messaging for a small cost. Basically, it's a place to find understanding, compassion, and new friends.

Prescription4Love.com
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This is a US based dating site for singles with special conditions. Dating with a health condition (or STD) can be a bit awkward. When the time comes to reveal your "situation" to someone, the outcome is usually, well, unpredictable to say the least. It is said that people tend to gravitate towards like people, so having an environment in which it's easier to be honest with others is certainly welcome. Again, like the example above, the site is a result of an effort derived from a personal health related situation. The idea was to create an environment for singles with special needs and conditions, to improve their life quality through friendship and love. With over 11 different categories of health conditions covered (and growing), they've certainly done it.

Here are a couple of more special dating destinations:

Disabled Dating World
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PositiveSingles.com
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Singles365.com now with a mobile platform

logo2.pngWhiteLabelDating.com has enhanced its dating site Singles365.com with a mobile platform. The new platform, developed by Mobestar, will allow the hundreds of thousands of members to access the online dating service using a mobile phone or device for the first time.

This will be an integrated mobile service with members' information synchronized between both platforms. Users will be able to access and update their profiles as well as exchange messages with other members. The new service is ideal for people who would like to stay in touch with other members while being mobile at the same time.

WhiteLabelDating.com will release its mobile services to all partners with no charge. This will allow partners to run their own mobile dating service along their regular online dating service, providing new ways to generate revenue, with no extra running costs.

[Via: NetImperative.com]

National television puts speed dating to the test

Speed Dating is one of the most popular ways to meet a potential partner. At an event like this, single people get together and they switch partners at timed intervals.

How to Date in 2008A bell is sounded and then they switch to the next position, this is followed by a series of such place changes and people engage in various conversations. Basically these are a series of mini-dates. Any topic can be addressed excluding a person's profession and their address.

This week "The Early Show", an American early morning talk show, held such an event called, "How to Date in 2008." 11 men and woman took part. 8 Minute Dating is the company that organized this event, but the dates were shortened a bit so that everyone could get to know each other over the course of the show.

The organizer of 8 Minute Dating, David Cervini, explained the positive angles and procedures of this type of dating to anchor Julie Chen.

One of the couples actually hit it off quite well and they decided to continue their date after the show. Their tab at a New York restaurant was kindly picked up by The Early Show.

[Via: CBS]

What Jennifer Aniston has to say about dating

Jennifer Aniston has newly been hanging off the arm of John Mayer. She shares some of the secrets about how she got a hold of this singer/songwriter.

Jennifer AnistonFirstly you need to make the man work to get you, or he has to come to you. Mayer's past girlfriend Jessica Simpson followed him around like a slave. Mayer is the one who takes time out of his schedule at least twice a week to spend time with Jennifer. Dating advisor Constance Hoffman for upcoming TV show "Why You're Single" says that this is the best advice for any woman hoping to keep a man. She says, "As much as you want to let your fingers do the walking, don't. If he wants to see you believe me, he will contact you."

Another piece of advice to follow is to choose a man a little younger than you. 46-year-old actress Demi Moore is having quite a successful relationship with her 30-year-old husband Ashton Kutcher. Jen is following her fellow actress's steps by giving up on men her own age. Hoffman says, "Jennifer knows that age is just a number and it's time to get to know the person behind the number."

Furthermore playing hard to get is really important, "She isn't rearranging her whole life around John and its making him try twice as hard to be with her," says a source.

Finally public displays of affection are a good thing. Jen has no problem showing her feelings for John in public. Hoffman explains, "Showing affection lets you, him and the world know your feelings."

It looks like Jennifer's newfound rules for dating have really landed her quite a catch and she has managed to turn her own bad luck around.

[Via: OK! Magazine]


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