Cyber Love Story of the Week – Lisa and Kevin
March 12, 2010
Lisa joined the online dating site OkCupid while she was still in college in southern California. She was busy working on her thesis on online dating for her major in Sociology so she thought she’d give the free site a try. She participated in their “quick match” game where each participant receives a picture and some information. She saw Kevin’s picture and clicked on “yes.”
Kevin was working as a computer programmer in northern California when he received an email from Lisa who lived hundreds of miles away. Fortunately fate brought them together when he also clicked “yes” when he saw Lisa’s photo. It was the epitome of a digital cupid!
As a student and waitress, Lisa couldn’t financially justify a flight up to San Francisco just to meet this guy she’d been talking to over the internet, so she painstakingly called in every favor of everyone she knew in order to get a job interview in San Francisco. It took her 6 months to secure the interview and another month to pick her outfit (not for the job, but for their first date.) Oddly enough, she ended up getting the job, and was able to move up to the same city where Kevin resided.
Because they were so far away, and didn’t meet for so long, they had the opportunity to do something that many people don’t get. They were able to get to know one another as friends. They hadn’t met in person, and didn’t want things to get romantic until they had done so. But they had such an incredible passion for one another, that they stayed up late every night talking on the phone for months, learning every detail about one another before their first date. Lisa and Kevin liked talking so much, that it was a short leap to full-fledged relationship. The first time he kissed her, she had this incredible jolt and got the strongest feeling that this was the person she was going to kiss for the rest of her life.
The relationship grew quite quickly and she moved in with Kevin. They have now been together for 19 months and she couldn’t be happier with him than she already is.
Congratulations to Lisa and Kevin where a simple class experiment turned into a beautiful relationship of love.
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Dating Advice – What’s Love Got to Do With It?
February 18, 2010
Julie Spira and Cougar Dating Expert, Lucia
It was a very special Second Sunday at An Empowered Woman where we celebrated the annual Valentine’s luncheon at Mountaingate Country Club in Bel Air.
Desiree Doubrox created a fun day with a Love Panel. The theme was “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” and I was invited to speak along with Dr. Pat Allen, who talked about her relationship theories from her two books, Getting to “I Do” and The Truth About Men Will Piss You Off and Cougar Dating Expert, Lucia who told us about the benefits of older women dating younger men. After receiving expert dating advice, we were all treated to the “Male Panel” where guys told the women EXACTLY what love meant to them and what made a woman sexy. The empowered male panel included the Jazz Balladeer Caesar, Sonny Dominguez who has been dating cougar women for 8 years, and hypnotherapist, Gerry Grossman.
Some of the descriptions from the men included confident, charming, and a warm welcoming smile.
Those who were in attendance had the opportunity to interact with the speakers in a lively discussion and do a little last-minute Valentine’s shopping before the big night. I was signing copies of my book, The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online and enjoyed sharing my stories with the group. With the rising popularity of online dating, it was no surprise that over 60% of the women in the audience had visited an online dating site.
Cyberdating is no longer for those dating-challenged. The room was filled with successful entrepreneurial women who are busy executives looking for love online.
Cougar dating expert, Lucia will be a guest on an upcoming edition of Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show on February 27, 2010. I will be joining her on her show, The Art of Love on March 7, 2010.
Now that Valentine’s Day is over, are you ready for spring fever? It’s just around the corner.
Julie Spira is known worldwide as The Cyber-Dating Expert™. She is the author of The Perils of CyberDating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online. Visit her at CyberDatingExpert.com.
Peril of the Week – The Valentine’s Break Up
February 11, 2010
There’s no good time to break up with the woman or man in your life. However, there are some SACRED days that one should respect when it comes to matters of the heart. These days include Christmas, New Year’s, Birthdays, and of course, Valentine’s Day.
We all remember that Jessica Simpson got dumped by football star, Tony Romo the day before her birthday bash. Romo didn’t want to be the “Ken” in her “Ken and Barbie” theme party.
Flash forward to Valentine’s week. A handsome gentleman was courting a woman that he met in an online dating site. He said he wanted to pursue a romantic relationship with her. He was smitten. He called her daily, told her she was beautiful, and made plans for future dates. Everything seemed to be going well and she expected an invitation for Valentine’s Day as he said he wasn’t dating anyone else. It appeared he was doing everything right.
Suddenly, one week before Valentine’s Day, he cancelled their plans for the weekend, without an excuse. He rescheduled for the following week–the week where you should already know if you are on the calendar for February 14th.
Then came the arrival of the e-mail breakup just a few days before Valentine’s Day. The one where he said, “Let’s be friends.”
The email message said, “As for us; I think we are in the friend zone as I am obviously not the man for you. I’ll spare you all the boilerplate of what a wonderful person you are (although it’s true) but the simple reality is that I am not the man who will be able to provide you with happiness, joy and contentment for the balance of your long and very meaningful life. What you are looking for I cannot provide and I’m sorry I’m unable to do so as I’m very attracted to you.”
Was it a polite pre-Valentine’s breakup? Sure. He could have just disappeared. The bottom line appeared, that he didn’t want her to be his Valentine. Happiness, joy and contentment forever? It was too soon to know that. Was it the pressure of the date? “It’s not you, it’s me” is old line. She surmised that he found another Valentine and he just wasn’t that into her after all.
If you have an online dating disaster story to share, we’d like to hear from you. Send your submissions to Cyber Dating Expert
eHarmony Free Valentine’s Weekend Communication
February 10, 2010
Just in time for Valentine’s Day! eHarmony is offering their Free Communication Weekend from Thursday, February 11th – Monday, February 15th.
There’s no need to feel lonely if you don’t have a date on Valentine’s Weekend. Start communicating early on February 11th and be open to the possibilities.
One of our Cyber Love Story of the Week featured couples, Betty and Bob met on February 15, 2008 on eHarmony. They became engaged four months later. If you are single, take advantage of joining the online dating site eHarmony for free this weekend. You never know, you might be the next couple featured in our Cyber Love Story of the Week.
Click here to get started. eHarmony.com – Try for Free Feb.11 – Feb.15
True.com on Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show
January 30, 2010
Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert
Listen to Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio show, where Herb Vest, CEO and Founder of the online dating site True.com talked about the 6 True compatibiilty tests.
Some of the tests include:
- Communication Test
- Personality Test
- Interests Test
- Sexploration Test
- Romance Test
Find out which compatibility test is the most popular and learn about their safety policies to ensure that Internet dating is a safe place for singles.
Herb gave his dating tips for creating a successful online dating profile.
Learn more about dating in a Web 2.0 World.
Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show with True.com
January 28, 2010
Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert
Join Cyber-Dating Expert Julie Spira on Saturday, January 30, 2010 as she welcomes Herb Vest, CEO and Founder of the online dating site True.com to Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show.
True.com has over 30 million members and successfully guides them through the process of finding and keeping lasting love.
Learn about their compatibility testing, live video chat, and how they keep you safe while you navigate the web looking for love online.
Call in at 646-929-0012 at 2pm/ET, 12 noon/CT, 11am/PT to learn more about Internet dating and how to find love and romance in a Web 2.0 World.
Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show with Lovetropolis
January 21, 2010
Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert
Join Cyber-Dating Expert Julie Spira on Saturday, January 23, 2010 as she welcomes Michael Lombard, CEO of Lovetropolis to Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show.
Lovetropolis.com modernizes online dating by providing instant messaging, virtual flirts, interactive chat, live webcam dating, personality matching, audio/video profiles, horoscopes & lovescopes.
We’ll hear about their expert features including Chef Jay’s recipes, dating and relationship advice and a savvy online magazine provide fun hints that will augment romance, dating and relationship skills.
Lovetropolis.com has been reviewed as “The Next Great Dating Service” by Robert Lee from AloveLinksPlus. The site was just nominated as a finalist in five categories for the 2010 iDate ( Internet dating) Awards scheduled for January 28, 2010.
Learn more about this new Internet dating site and about dating, love, and romance in a Web 2.0 World.
Julie Spira to Appear on WLW Radio
January 14, 2010
Cyber-Dating Expert Julie Spira will appear on AM700 WLW in Cincinnati today at 5:45pm, eastern time to talk about online dating and the recent news story about BeautifulPeople.com.
Spira, is a frequent guest on WLW on the subject of Internet dating. She will provide her dating advice and opinions on the 5000 singles who were ousted from Beautiful People, an exclusive online dating site earlier this month. Those single who appeared to have had a noticeable weight gain over the holidays, were sent away by the site’s voting members.
To listen to the show with hosts Eddie Fingers and Tracy Jones, visit WLW at 700WLW.com
Julie Spira is known worldwide as The Cyber-Dating Expert™. She is the author of the online dating book, The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online. Visit her at CyberDatingExpert.com
OkCupid on Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show
January 9, 2010
Listen to the Season Premiere of Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show featuring Sam Yagan, CEO and co-founder of OkCupid.
Find out why they are different from other online dating sites and why Sam thinks his site is like an online singles bar.
Hear about OkCupid Trends, their blog filled with interesting surveys including:
- How to get a better response to your initial greeting
- How short or long should your profile be
Find out what the most popular dating tests are including:
- The Commonly Confused Words Test
- What Kind of Girl Are You Test
Hear about their iPhone app and what Sam thinks of mobile dating and more on Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show.
Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show with OkCupid
January 7, 2010
Join me on Saturday, January 9, 2010 for the season premiere of Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert Radio Show.
My guest will be Sam Yagan, co-founder and CEO of the online dating site OkCupid.com.
OkCupid has been called, “The Google of Online Dating” by the Boston Globe. The New York Post calls OkCupid “A Perfect Example of the Web 2.0 Revolution.”
OkCupid is one of the top free Internet dating sites. They have set up hundreds of thousands of relationships. You will hear details about their report where they tracked one million users to see which singles had the best success rate of writing back.
Call in with your questions for OkCupid at 646-929-0012 at 2pm/eastern time, 12pm/central time, 11am/pacific time or listen live online at BlogTalkRadio.com/CyberDatingExpert
