Breakfast: Online Dating Tips

I sometimes forget that this website started from my book Eighty Eight Dates. It all seems such a long time ago that I whipped myself into a dating frenzy to research internet dating.
I spoke about this topic on Breakfast with Paul Henry this morning (was lovely to see him again!). It was a short segment [...]

Why emails, texting and electronic communication isn’t

I wrote a book on internet dating- which of course is all about internet communication. I love social media, and facebook chat. my life is ruled by emails- if it’s not written down to me I often forget about it. I email myself to make sure things get done.
My life is run using written electronic [...]

I don’t want to date dickheads!

Question: Where can you meet a guy when you are in your late 30s /early 40s but not where the dick-heads hang out
 
Ha ha. I feel your pain! Actually I’ve met quite a lot of lovely guys in the last year, and I’ve never been a person that is great at doing to all those common [...]

Wooing with some words and a bit of online flirting

Yesterday someone pointed me to the love letters of John Keats. I’ve copied and pasted one for you to read below- though I’m writing about it first as I know for a large amount of readers, all that lovey dovey sparkly word stuff is going to throw you into anaphylactic shock- and then you may [...]

A good networker may in fact be a disasterous dater

Put me in a business or social situation and I shine. I’m a natural people reader, I love talking to pretty much anyone, and I love, love, LOVE meeting new people. This is great in both a business and social context.
The thing is it’s not always the best in a dating context. I’m too [...]

Internet Dating 101: The Guts of Eighty Eight Dates

I did my piece on Sunrise TV last friday- it’s here if you want to see it!
For those of you without fast internet, these are the main points we covered:
The key to finding someone online is to follow some pretty simple rules.
 
1. Be honest in your profile. Work out what you are looking [...]

Twitter your dating life HERE

I got a phone call this morning from a friend- it was great actually as he lives on the other side of the world, and it was GREAT to hear his voice. I say friend because I’d count him as one- even though we met online through a work related forum, and have only ever [...]

A radio interview discussing Eighty Eight Dates oh and Kerre Woodham’s review

Funny what you find when you do a wee google search.
I found an interview I did a few weeks ago with a radio station in Canterbury. It’s about my book, and dating in general. Feel free to listen
While we are there, I think Kerre Woodham’s review of my book is my favourite- she [...]

Meeting an Internet Date for the First Time

my book Eighty Eight Dates is full of people who throw common sense out the window and find themselves in the mist of a funny or disastrous situation.
A court case currently running in New Zealand tells of a woman who invited a man she had met that night, after talking for several weeks, home for [...]

Date yourself before you date others.

Apparently I’m alluding to pleasuring yourself when I say this..but I’m not!
I simply mean learn to enjoy your own company. Go to movies by yourself (it’s completely addictive), go to the gym and work hard out, treat yourself to a dinner or lunch at your favourite place.
Learn to not be scared of your own space [...]

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