Peril of the Week – Diaper Dan

While on a “Meet & Greet” i.e. dating ‘interview’ with a man she met online, a woman was asked the following question, “How open-minded are you?”

She responded by telling him that he should feel comfortable telling her anything. However, she wasn’t prepared at all for his response. He then shared with her that he was wearing a diaper.

The woman asked if it was for medical reasons, but he said,  ”No.”

As they were taking a walk at the beach and he was the one who was driving, she really couldn’t get out of the date at the time. He was a good looking man and a top executive at his company. Although he was genuinely a nice guy, she simply couldn’t get over this particular quirk of his,  so the ‘would be’ relationship actually ended before it even started. It was another dating disaster.

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Cyber Love Story of the Week – Laura and Mitch

Meet Laura and Mitch, who met online on Match.com. The two have been inseparable since they met six months ago.

To celebrate their 5th month together, Mitch decided to plan a romantic dinner marriage proposal, catered by the restaurant where they dined on their second date.

In a mysterious way, Mitch handed Laura a series of envelopes with clues to locations that memorialized their five-month romance.

When she arrived back at their place, Mitch greeted Laura and asked her to dance. He also asked, “What would you say If I asked you to marry me tomorrow?” Laura responded with her usual, “Why don’t you ask and find out?” To which he got on on one knee and proposed.

The couple will be getting married in April, 2011.

Congratulations to Laura and Mitch who prove that romance is alive and well in cyberspace.

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Cyber Love Story of the Week – Jessica and Michael

Jessica was so busy with work and overwhelmed by all of the emails on Match.com® that she almost never met Michael. She had corresponded with a few men, and finally made the time to meet Michael at a restaurant in Oakland, CA.

When Jessica arrived at the restaurant, the hostess informed her that they were about to close. Going with the flow, she decided to wait for him outside on the sidewalk, when suddenly came up to her. She wondered, “Is this Michael?” She started talking to the gentleman and suddenly realized it was another man who had written to her on Match,  who she had taken a pass on. She didn’t want to be rude as the man was rambling on and on about James Joyce, when finally Michael, her blind date, arrived.

She managed to introduce “Dave” the other Match suitor to Michael, and as awkward as that might have seemed,  Michael and Jessica had the first date of many for the rest of their lives. The two were married in September, five years after their first date.  Hopefully Dave found love online as well.

Congratulations to Jessica and Michael, our Cyber Love Story of the Week.

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Peril of the Week – The Superficial Guy

We all know that men are visual and either they like what they see or they don’t. One can only hope that they’ll take the time to enjoy the conversation with you and get past the superficiality.

However, in the case of the Peril of the Week, the conversation led to a dating disaster.

The gentleman, who although was in good shape, showed natural signs of aging with a receding hairline. He started the conversation off with how difficult it was for him to meet quality women, as the ones he was attracted to were in their late 30s and early 40s and wanted to have children. He wasn’t interested in starting an additional family. That all made sense. However, he then told his date about how although he was 55, he had the body of a 40-year old, and the stamina of a 35-year old. This was his opinion only, but certainly not suitable first-date conversation.

He complained that women he met online couldn’t keep up with him while hiking and that hiking was important to him. He was completely turned off to a woman who would be short-of-breath on a hike or whose bodies weren’t a perfect 10. She suggested that he get a hiking buddy. He then complained that he hasn’t met a woman yet that he was physically attracted to. Considering he was sitting across the table from a woman he was on a date with, this didn’t thrill her at all. Finally, he talked about how much money he might have to pay his wife and that his divorce wasn’t final. He fit into the category of “Separated, Divorce Pending.”

As she was a lady, she didn’t respond with the fact that she preferred to date men with a full head of hair, and 35 was certainly stretching the truth about himself. She didn’t need to go on a hike to realize it just wasn’t a match. She politely exited and wished him the best of luck with his search.

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Cyber Love Story of the Week – Evita and Billy

After six years of being in a relationship, Evita broke up with her long-time love. Her needs weren’t being met and he constantly put her down. To build up her self esteem, Evita had photos taken and posted them online on MySpace. She started to make new online friends quickly.

One guy in particular caught her attention. His name was Billy and they immediately began chatting and communicating on SKYPE. They chatted daily on the Internet and she found a man so different than what she was used to. Billy was very giving and Evita never felt better. One day, Billy told her that he was deaf as well as an a amputee.

Evita had already fallen in love with him for who he was and decided that she accepted his disabilities.

Billy was nervous about revealing the truth and was hoping that he wouldn’t lose Evita.

Their relationship was long distance. She lived in Connecticut and he lived in Georgia. Months later, Billy decided to visit Evita. Three months later, the two were married. They have never been happier.

Congratulations to Evita and Billy who found unconditional love by becoming friends on MySpace.

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Cyber Love Story of the Week – Vanessa and Ray

Vanessa moved from the east coast to the suburbs of Houston a few years ago.  She wanted to meet new and interesting people, but was too busy with her job at NASA and didn’t have time to enter the dating scene.

Based upon recommendations from friends, she joined the online dating site BlackPeopleMeet.com as a free member. When she saw Ray’s profile, she decided to upgrade her membership immediately to meet him.

She sent Ray, a foster parent, an email introduction. Ray responded and the communication began.

During their first lunch date, they quickly realized that they both had a lot in common. Both Vanessa and Ray had children from their previous marriages. They also both enjoyed crossword puzzles and exercising.

The two easily blended their families together and two years after their first online date, they were married.

Congratulations to Vanessa and Ray who found love online on BlackPeopleMeet.

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Cyber Love Story of the Week – Joan and Richard

It was Love at First Sight for Joan and Richard who met on SeniorPeopleMeet.com.

The first time Joan got married was at the age of 17, shortly after she graduated high school. Widowed after 43 years of marriage, Joan decided to try looking for love online.

She was looking for a companion who treated her with respect and didn’t take life too seriously and joined a few Internet dating sites. At first, Joan was less than impressed with the online dating process.  She thought the people seemed more interested in hiding behind their profiles and e-mailing than actually meeting one another

One day, she joined SeniorPeopleMeet where she was only browsing profiles — that is, until she received an email from Richard.

Like Joan, Richard was widowed as well.  He was a retired naval captain and liked the way Joan presented herself on the website, with current pictures and “no sunglasses.”  At age 75, Richard was clearly older than 67-year-old Joan, who wasn’t sure about the age difference at first. Joan lived in northern California at the time.  After some successful phone calls, the couple met up in San Diego when Joan visited for a business convention.  Ultimately, it was Joan’s daughter who encouraged her mother to meet Richard in person by simply saying, “What have you got to lose?”

On their first lunch date, the two heard more than one comment from strangers about what a nice married couple they looked like.  One day after meeting, Joan turned to him and said,  “Is this what they mean by love at first sight?” to which Richard responded, “Yes, I think it is.”  They spent the rest of her trip together, and maintained a long-distance relationship from October 2008 onward.  In January of 2009, Richard asked Joan to marry him. She moved from Sacramento to Coronado and the two were married in February, 2010.

Congratulations to Joan and Richard who both got a new start at love on Senior People Meet.

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Cyber Love Story of the Week – Tara and Ryan

Tara joined the online dating site Yahoo! Personals in early 2001.  She was doing a year of graduate study in North Dakota when she met Ryan who was in law school in Houston.

Tara knew she was moving back to her home town of Houston to finish her graduate studies. She wanted to make some new friends and meet someone, so she posted an online dating ad in anticipation of her move back home.

Ryan saw her profile and answered her ad on February 8, 2001.  The two started emailing back and forth and had the occasional all night chat session getting to know one another, where they learned that they attended the same undergraduate university.

The two finally met in person two months later, when Tara flew home for the Easter holidays.  A month later she moved back to Houston and they started dating exclusively from that point on.

Two years later, on March 15, 2003, they became engaged and were married 8 months later. Two years later, their daughter was born. Tara believes that meeting online and communicating in writing for 2 months prepared them both for their marriage.    As Ryan is an Officer in the Army, he was deployed to Iraq for 14 months. Shortly after that he left to attend several Army schools. Basically he was gone from his family for almost 2 years.  Being able to communicate together through writing helped them keep their relationship alive and healthy.

After their online dating success story, Tara’s mother and brother both ventured into the cyberdating waters, where they met their spouses online as well.

Congratulations to Tara and Ryan, as well as to their family members,  who show us that Internet dating can be successful, in both love and war, regardless of the distance.

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Peril of the Week – Switch and Bait

Sandra was looking for love online and after a bad experience, she learned to spend more time on the phone getting to know her date before agreeing to meet in person. The gentleman on the other end of the line sounded good enough.  He offered to meet her at a fine dining restaurant, which sounded to her better than the usual, “Let’s meet for coffee.”

But when she arrived, he said, “Oh, my goodness. It closes for lunch. But look — there’s a McDonald’s down the street.”
Sandra ordered a burger and French fries. Saying he’d had a late breakfast, he ordered a coke, but then hungrily proceeded to make her fries disappear in a private pool of ketchup.  Between morsels, he launched into a lecture on how sex was good for the complexion and circulation, and, by the way, there’s a nice motel near here and we could have a terrific afternoon improving our complexions.

She refused him politely and said goodbye forever, thinking as she got behind the wheel of her car that he probably would have used her credit card to pay for the motel.

The Peril of the Week was contributed by Howard Eisenberg and Shirley Friedenthal of itsnevertoolatetodate.com

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Cyber Love Story of the Week – Megan and Jesse

Megan and Jesse were both hoping to find love, but were skeptical that they would ever find it on the Internet.

Megan had tried several online dating sites and was about to give up until she found out that her neighbor had met a great guy on Yahoo! Personals.  After a few months of dating, she received an email from Jesse who she thought was so darling. Megan told herself, “This will be the very last date that I will ever go on.”

After several email exchanges, Jesse called Megan to set up an official date.   The two met at the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. She was so nervous and had butterflies in her stomach. For Megan, she had met her prince charming and their first date ended with a steamy good night kiss.

Almost two years later, after asking her parents for permission to marry her, Jesse proposed to Megan. At the end of a home cooked meal as Megan scrubbed the cake pan used for the meatloaf,  she cursed it and said it was so dirty that she was just going to throw it away and buy a new one. This was Jesse’s cue to end her anxiety. He pulled the engagement ring out his pocket and replied with, “I have a better idea — let’s register for a new one,” as he got on one knee and the rest is history.

The two will be getting married in September.

Congratulations to Megan and Jesse who didn’t give up on online dating until they met “the one.”

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