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Is Online Dating a Necessary Evil?

Is Online Dating A Necessary Evil in 2018? Thankfully, I'm currently in a healthy relationship with a beautiful woman that's very loving and understanding. And, yes, I still have L.D.D. (Los Don't Date)! So if I wasn't with my girl, would I wade into the murky waters of the Seattle dating scene? While the question is simply, it's not simply answered by me. The last girl I met for a date was introduced to me by a friend who was attempting to help me out. The girl before her? Yep, same bro that helped me. She ended up ghosting me, consequently on the business end of my bro's wrath. The last relationship I had was one that I found on #Tinder. That was a truly I-would've-never-met-her-elsewhere, organic development of a relationship. It was years, yes years, of swiping left and right like an online catalog of eligible girls. At the time, Tinder was the boss of dating websites / applications, but mostly known for the "hook up app". eHarmony, Pl...

Online Dating's Most Un-Wanted

Look. I get it. I'm terrible at dating. WAIT ! Lemme rephrase. Dating is terrible to me . That's right, dating is unkind to yours truly. I've been dating for years now with various websites and apps, on and off for the past eight years, by subtracting that time for the few relationships I've had in that timeframe - I'd say more like 3 to 4 years. I realize love is a four-letter word. Just like most of my fav swear words. Coincidence? I think not! So my relationship status has changed recently to: zero fucks given ! In order to get my weight up on dating, and gain more insight, I read up about online dating nowadays. I read a fascinating post by  Dan Oragui at MeetMindful.com  which is on-point:  The 6 Ugly Truths of Online Dating  about online dating. #legit Men and women have vastly different experiences and outcomes You have eight seconds to persuade a match to respond to your message You will get rejected - a lot The richer you are the most respons...