So maybe it’s been a while, or maybe you’re feeling adventurous … but you’ve got to get laid. Luckily for you, Craigslist has taken the dangerous cruisey parks, the late night bars and the gas station bathrooms and put them all in one place: the net. NSA (no strings attached) hook ups, one night (or mid-afternoon) stands – whatever you want to call them – are literally at the edge of your fingertips.
If you’re ready to take the plunge though, there are certain things to be careful of. When replying …

So you did the online dating thing, and surprise! You had some luck. Actually, you found someone you want to spend your time – and maybe even forever – with. Congrats! Now comes the tricky part. If you haven’t already told your friends and family that you met on the Internet, are you going to? And how will you do it?
We talk about online dating here so much that it seems like the norm. And truthfully, it is becoming much more common. But …

In the Dark Ages, before the Internet, it used to be that if you wanted to meet people to date, you would try the local bar or club. If that didn’t appeal to you, you could try a personals ad in a newspaper. Finding potential mates in a drinking establishment speaks for itself, and may partly account for the increasing divorce rate in the last part of the last century. A personals ad was a different kind of animal. It was a costly proposition, since newspapers liked to charge per …

In 2006, Time Magazine declared “YOU” its annual “Person of the Year.” Since then, it has really become all about “ME.” We want things our way. Our favorite Web sites remember our info. We can customize anything and everything. And every company, from iTunes to Netflix to Amazon, will recommend the products they think we’ll like.
Online dating sites are in on the trend, too. We no longer have to know what we’re looking for … they’ll tell us. You think it’s creepy when iTunes knows exactly what album you’ll love? …

“We listen to so much music and consume so many movies and pieces of literature, that our favorites of these become a bit of our personality dna of sorts,” according to pickv, a new, 100% free dating site. The whole premise of pickv is that, instead of filling out complicated personality questionnaires, all you need to share in order to find a great match is your favorite media items.
When you sign up, you specify your age, your gender, the gender(s) you’re looking for, your zip, and your favorite movie …