Dating season!
New year, new relationship? This seems to be the logic of many singles who log on to dating websites during January with a renewed sense of focus. According to Mashable, it is high season for online dating. There is something about seeing all the happy couples getting engaged during the holidays that kind of makes you want something meaningful.
Even if you are not crazy about the idea of meeting someone online, it really makes a lot of sense in simple numbers. Think of it as increasing your connections with other people. Meeting new people, period can lead to other opportunities. More invites to social events, networking functions, and even introductions to relatives of people. After all, you know your new man or woman won’t just arrive on your doorstep, right?
What are you doing to prepare for dating season? Let’s share ideas on new and fun ways to connect with single people. Do you have a favorite new activity, bar, or event that is conducive to a successful dating season?
Happy Friday!
By Wise Diva, Misadventures in Atlanta Dating Blog
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abc
January 4th, 2013
1:22 pm
I wouldn’t necessarily say others’ choices regarding Internet usage, television, musical tastes, etc. are wrong. I’d say it represents arrested development, but that’s only my opinion. I don’t really seek out people to agree with me about stuff like that — many people watch American Idol, right? But, those are among the worst singers I have occasion to hear. People with actual talent don’t resort to fluff like that. Again, just my opinion — people actually become fans of those folks, they obviously don’t agree with me. In fact, they can get pretty mad about it if I criticize. It’s like I said Elvis couldn’t sing or something — in fact, I think Elvis was a lousy singer, and the Beatles always sang out of tune. And the Rolling Stones just plain can’t play, but then, playing well isn’t their thing. Making a statement along the lines of ‘eff you’ is more their thing.
Albert
January 4th, 2013
1:22 pm
Exiled, you sound extremely superficial.
I haven’t yet, but I’m seriously thinking of trying online dating (as a start anyway). I am disabled and cannot get out without help, and I frankly don’t know anybody single my age anymore, or any divorced ones for that matter, So online dating may be, in my case, the best solution – unless something great happens in the very near future.
Exiled
January 4th, 2013
1:25 pm
I just find the “intelligence” hard to believe and understand..that the single chics out there and the single guys out there,somehow,when they walk the streets,go to the grocery shops,gas station,hair salon,nail salon ,barber shop..stadium..etc..somehow,in that earthly walk/drive and visibility..they are all INVISIBLE to each other…..that the “Single and Looking” opposite sex,somehow aint visible to the other “Single and Looking opposite sex…and that to solve that problem…one has to spend the whole day,visible out there..but go back to their internet cafee’,house etc…under cover of the building…..
then start looking for some “Single and Looking” person online…….to date!
Maybe this Intelligence has to do with the satellites that enable our internet so its kinda outta space intelligence to me but I am not yet sold on it.
People who go on the Internet are throwing the kitchen sink at the real problem…….
and thats fine by me!
everybody deserves to lay with somebody..thats God’s Plan!
HE proclaimed,Go and Multiply!
halo46
January 4th, 2013
1:27 pm
@exiled. smh…
Button
January 4th, 2013
1:33 pm
Exile maybe they should walk around with a sign that says “single and looking”
most people who are single and looking are always looking but they are afraid of rejection! so they resort to the keyboard of courage – unless they have liquid courage!
Button
January 4th, 2013
1:35 pm
When I was looking I looked at every man that walked my way, I did a quick glance of the ring finger and if there was none BAM! it’s on. I tickle myself when I reflect back on those days. a closed mouth never gets feed.
Exiled
January 4th, 2013
1:38 pm
I am disabled and cannot get out without help
Alberta……i dont know if u accept my” sorry for that” but its comeing with good intent…i just dont know the right way to say it to u…..
and i understand if u want to try online because, in my warped thinking, i think people are atttacted by some physicallity of the person,then follow up with a holla to gauge the interest……..so if u aint gettting play offline..sure,go online……
which proves my point..at least in your case…….be sure to tell them you are disabled,if i were u…well,maybe not coz scammers may pounce…but then..there is no good way to advise you really..
But able bodied folks who go online either arent that successful offline…have self esteem issue.. etc…..dont get play with their physical attributes…fat,obese u name it…
so what a girl to do online. to shoot the hits on her page….???????????
HER PAGE PIC:
1 High school prom dress pic
2 high school pic
3 college pic
4 pic when she was 40 pounds ligher
5 just show the passport size pic of current state
OR…cough cough….
6 Go for broke..with Full VJ or showing some nether parts.
Its All good…if it works..why not.
SlimNu - More of me, less of you
January 4th, 2013
1:44 pm
abc – Well, how do you feel about participating on this blog? I wouldn’t say we discuss science, math, more intellectually stimulating topics lol
Exiled
January 4th, 2013
1:50 pm
Slim.. I think we have more intelligent discussion on here than most Reality tv folks…..
never mind that there have been attempts to make this blog a one track mind Taliban afghanistan at times..but I am here as testament to freedom of speech….in AMERREKKA….
Single and Happy
January 4th, 2013
2:04 pm
Abc, you have a right to your opinion, but in this diverse world we can’t all be the same. There is some music I will never buy, some shows I will never watch, some sports I will never watch, but there is nothing wrong with the “arrested development” of those that do, it’s their choice. When you include I, my, me in the first few words of any statement pertaining to anyone but you, everything you say after that is irrelevant, because it’s not you. Just like your statement about Facebook, we live in a world where EVERYONE feels their opinion should matter to others.
Button
January 4th, 2013
2:06 pm
@ Single – preach!
disco
January 4th, 2013
2:13 pm
abc – I’ve never watched American idol of my own accord either. if I’m at someone else’s house and it’s on I’ll watch but I’ve never regularly watched. I’m kind of a tv square I guess.
ex – here’s a little relationship math for you. single plus single does not equal couple. just because two folks are single doesn’t mean they are for each other. so, a single person may see, meet, run across 1000 other singles each day. if none of them is for them then none of them are for them.
Single and Happy
January 4th, 2013
2:22 pm
never mind that there have been attempts to make this blog a one track mind Taliban afghanistan at times
Oh the irony of the pot calling the kettle black (LMAO)
Exiled!
January 4th, 2013
2:23 pm
American idol is fine…it’s for amateurs and semi amateurs..
On this one,abc is just a sore jazz loser player,with an axe to grind coz he didn’t make it.
Disco..,right,I agree,if u meet a gazillion offline and it don’t work,throw the kitchen sink then.
Leggs
January 4th, 2013
2:28 pm
Nice post, Single (2:04).
SlimNu - More of me, less of you
January 4th, 2013
2:28 pm
I’m so sleepy and ready to go…come on 30 more minutes.
Button
January 4th, 2013
2:30 pm
SlimNu I’ll trade my 5pm to your 3 pm and a bag of chees-it
Single and Happy
January 4th, 2013
2:34 pm
Thanks button, Leggs
Ex, everyone that dates online are not closed minded to meeting folks offline, it’s just another way to meet people. they are not invisible, when they are out. to look at Catfish, and listen to the media tell you the few horror stories out of the millions upon millions that use it and think they are all like that. These same horror stories happen to people that met an the grocery store, gym, mall or any where else, it’s just not a big a story.
Albert
January 4th, 2013
2:37 pm
It’s Albert, not Alberta. I’m a man.
SlimNu - More of me, less of you
January 4th, 2013
2:38 pm
Button – excuse my spanglish but HEYAAAAAAL NAWWWWW
I’ll keep my 22 more minutes and still take your bag of cheez it’s 
Button
January 4th, 2013
2:39 pm
you tell em Single
abc
January 4th, 2013
2:42 pm
Everyone may feel that their opinion matters to others, but in fact, it doesn’t really, self included. That said, I finally established a facebook presence for a web store — actually, my developers did, along with twitter and RSS feed. I found that I just couldn’t sit in front of the thing and do what I knew I had to do to use social to generate buzz. So, I hired some young people to do it for me. I think I have some kind of mental block about social media, I just refuse, so far.
Leggs
January 4th, 2013
2:42 pm
Single is preaching truth seen by one who’s eyes and ears are open!!! Acceptance is a beautiful thing!
disco
January 4th, 2013
2:44 pm
slim – why you gotta do button like that? the very least you could do is let her keep her cheez its. they can keep her company for the next 2 hours. lol.
s/h – some folks are just judgmental. they’ll judge online dating. they’ll judge if you meet someone in a bar. they’ll judge if you date someone from work. at the end of the day, everyone is living their own life. later for the “judges”. and I don’t deny that I can be a tad bit judgmental myself.
Leggs
January 4th, 2013
2:45 pm
A person’s opinion does matter. It matters to them. No one else has to agree, but it does matter to at least one person.
SlimNu - More of me, less of you
January 4th, 2013
2:46 pm
disco – Why you gotta call me out?
She can have these chocolate teddy graham crackers I got in my Zaxby kiddie meal 
SlimNu - More of me, less of you
January 4th, 2013
2:49 pm
I could care less how folks meet their partners…Hell, i’m sure there is someone out there that met their mate at jail, or at a brothel, strip club, gang bang, crack house etc…Love knows no bounds but for me personally, I would not say i’m in a relationship with someone I’ve never met IN PERSON.
disco
January 4th, 2013
2:49 pm
slim – it’s not that I was calling you out. I was just trying to help button out. take the edge off those two extra hours.
Single and Happy
January 4th, 2013
2:49 pm
Let the doors of the blog be open, will you come, will you come (LOL)
Button
January 4th, 2013
2:51 pm
LOL SlimNu shoot I thought I had a winner enticing you with the cheez it
LOL @ disco
Single and Happy
January 4th, 2013
2:51 pm
Disco, when I see the opinions about meeting people online, all I can think is about what the church folks say about meeting some at the club, bar or just about anywhere but church (LOL)
Exiled!
January 4th, 2013
2:52 pm
Closed minded was not in my vocabulary..I don’t think those people would even qualify as closed minded…am I not clear in my explanation? Lmao
Online is a Last Resort Single for all of u Online perveyeurs. For most at least.
But like I have said before,it’s also a niche market place for shenanigans most can’t say with a str8 face when soliciting to the other parties offline: just sex..swingers,just for today Friday,co-cheaters..u name it.
That don’t equate to closed minded…or myopic…
Nah..
Leggs
January 4th, 2013
2:52 pm
Dang Single, when you swing the doors that wide, a few miscreants run for the hills. Next time, open one of the doors with an Usher standing nearby.
disco
January 4th, 2013
2:52 pm
slim – I’m with you. I could care less myself. still some folks do. this is why some folks are so hung up on things like admitting they met online. don’t know about y’all but I know folks who met online but have concocted an alternate how we met story to tell people. I’ve also sat and listened to those judgmental ones sucking their teeth talking about “hmpf. I wouldn’t go with nobody I met at such and such”. I’m like really? weren’t you at such and such too? folks are just off.
Single and Happy
January 4th, 2013
2:54 pm
yea slim, that’s me too, even though I believe in online meeting, I don’t believe in “online dating” with someone I’ve never meet. but to each his own.
And believe me some have tried, It’s good for a laugh sometimes as long as you don’t give out any vital information.
SlimNu - More of me, less of you
January 4th, 2013
2:55 pm
Button – Now if you said cheez its AND some goose w/cran, we might have had a deal. But i only have 5 minuts left now and even goose can’t break me loose from dipping. LOL
Single and Happy
January 4th, 2013
2:56 pm
Ex, like I said you have a right your on opinion (insecurities) what ever you think has nothing to do with me.
Single and Happy
January 4th, 2013
2:57 pm
@Leggs (lmao) time for me to go, have a good weekend peeps.
Button
January 4th, 2013
3:01 pm
wow all the buzz about internet dating.
Exiled!
January 4th, 2013
3:02 pm
Single…I have a right,Exactly that’s why I say it.
Who is surprised?
By the way I don’t need anybody’s validation to say what I have to say,I don’t seek anybody’s agreement nor permission either.
I’m good.
Button
January 4th, 2013
3:02 pm
enjoy your weekend SlimNu
Single and Happy
January 4th, 2013
3:10 pm
By the way I don’t need anybody’s validation to say what I have to say,I don’t seek anybody’s agreement nor permission either.
I’ll just repeat it every chance I get (LMAO) cya
Leggs
January 4th, 2013
3:29 pm
Enjoy the w/e Single. I’m already starting to nurse a cold.
Leggs
January 4th, 2013
3:39 pm
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/sam-donaldson-splits-wife-29-years-article-1.1233176
Is anyone staying together???
Leggs
January 4th, 2013
3:49 pm
Sorry, you guys probably don’t even know who Sam Donaldson is (lol).
Button
January 4th, 2013
4:12 pm
A Texas judge sentenced a 42-year-old ex-youth football coach to 15 years in prison after knowingly infecting a woman with HIV, the Dallas Morning News reports.
Jimmy Bernard Billingsley pleaded guilty to aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. Billingsley admitted that he’s known since 2008 that he was HIV-positive. But he still had unprotected sex with the mother of a youth football player he dated in 2009. That woman learned she contracted HIV after feeling ill and taking a blood test soon after, according to KVUE-TV.
The woman, who wants to remain anonymous, called local police after getting the test results because she suspected that Billingsley purposefully infected her after insisting that they have unprotected sex. “He would say, ‘You’ll be okay. I won’t get you pregnant. I don’t have anything. You don’t have anything to worry about,’” she said.
Exiled!
January 4th, 2013
4:13 pm
Sam Donaldson
everybody(rich) wants NU,NU,young these days.
blame that on oral sex and Viagra
these cats didnt have it back then
Now their packages are now reconditioned given new lyfe
And the old Mrs is cranky
So. Give her..golden handshake and Boot
Exiled!
January 4th, 2013
4:17 pm
No children together..that’s painless divorce
save for that parachute she gon get
Leggs
January 4th, 2013
4:29 pm
Glad you got all that from the article Ex, which is not surprising, because I sensed she was fed up with some things across time. His drinking (DUI) because casual drinking usually don’t lead to a DUI, he used to have more energy. Hell, we all did. She’s 57???, he wears a toupee (lol)
Button
January 4th, 2013
4:29 pm
viagra is not full proof of working each and every time
once it’s broke it’s broke, womp womp