<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Love Engineer&#187; Advice for Women</title>
	<atom:link href="http://loveengineer.com/category/advise-for-women/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://loveengineer.com</link>
	<description>Dating, Relationship, Breakup, Marriage and Divorce Advice for, Men and Women</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:24:47 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>What You Didn&#8217;t Want To Hear About Cheating &amp; Relationships &#8211; The Hard Stats</title>
		<link>http://loveengineer.com/cheating-relationships-stats-men-women/</link>
		<comments>http://loveengineer.com/cheating-relationships-stats-men-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LoveEngineer.com</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice for Men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice for Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dating and Divorced]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dealing with Breakups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheating Husbands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Signs Of Cheating]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://loveengineer.com/?p=4460</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/cheating-relationships-stats-men-women/' addthis:title='What You Didn&#8217;t Want To Hear About Cheating &#38; Relationships &#8211; The Hard Stats '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>Who hasn&#8217;t dated someone who has  been caught cheating? Before you think it only happens to you read this. Cheating Facts What the Therapists Say  about Cheating– Two Different Opinions Approximately 40% of men seek sexual satisfaction outside their relationships, estimates Kat Hertlein, Ph.D., professor of human development at the University of Nevada &#8211; Las [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/cheating-relationships-stats-men-women/' addthis:title='What You Didn&#8217;t Want To Hear About Cheating &#38; Relationships &#8211; The Hard Stats ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/cheating-relationships-stats-men-women/' addthis:title='What You Didn&#8217;t Want To Hear About Cheating &amp; Relationships &#8211; The Hard Stats '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div><h1>Who hasn&#8217;t dated someone who has  been caught cheating? Before you think it only happens to you read this.</h1>
<h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Cheating Facts</span></h2>
<h3><strong>What the Therapists Say  about Cheating– Two Different Opinions</strong></h3>
<p><strong> </strong>Approximately 40% of men seek sexual satisfaction outside their relationships, estimates Kat Hertlein, Ph.D., professor of human development at the University of Nevada &#8211; Las Vegas and a marriage and family therapist. <strong> </strong></p>
<p>About 60 percent of men and 40 percent of women will have an affair at some point in some marriage &#8220;Monogamy Myth&#8221;, Therapist Peggy Vaugn<strong> </strong></p>
<h3><strong><br />
What Government Studies Says About Cheating</strong></h3>
<p><strong> </strong>That number hasn’t changed much since 1950, when the famous Kinsey sex study found that 50% of U.S. men cheat at some point in their marriages.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3><strong>Who Admits to C<strong>heating</strong> – Men Versus Women</strong></h3>
<p><strong> </strong>According to Men’s Health Best Life 2003 study on 5% of men admit they are cheating. Which leaves 35% denying it.</p>
<p>According to Men’s Health Best Life 2003 study 4.55% of women admit <em>cheating</em> a year later another study done by Oprah Magazine concluded 15% of women cheat.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3><strong>The Wedding Ring</strong></h3>
<p><strong> </strong>1 in 3 men take off their wedding rings when out alone without their wives – Study Divorce Peers</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3><strong>Rise in <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Cheating</span> Women – They Are Catching Up to Men Standards</strong></h3>
<p><strong> </strong>As women become more financially independent, women are starting to act more like men with respect to infidelity</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3><strong>I Will Never Get Caught Cheating– Think Again.</strong></h3>
<p>If you are male don’t think you will get caught because 80% of you will according to Divorce Peers Study.</p>
<h3><strong><br />
Why Did You Do It?  Weren&#8217;t You Rationally Thinking?</strong></h3>
<p><strong> </strong>The initial decision to be unfaithful is rarely ever a rational choice; instead infidelity is usually driven by circumstances and one&#8217;s emotions. In fact, most people are surprised by their own behavior at the start of an affair <strong> </strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3><strong>Does Age Matter When it Comes to Cheating?</strong></h3>
<p><strong> </strong>Younger people are more likely candidates; in fact, younger women are as likely as younger men to be unfaithful. According to Wallstreet Journal Study Infidelity is becoming more common among people under 30. Many experts believe this increase in <strong>cheating</strong> is due to greater opportunity (time spent away from a spouse) and young people developing the habit of having multiple sexual partners before they get married<strong> </strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3><strong>Can a Marriage Be Saved After One Cheats?</strong></h3>
<p><strong> </strong>The good thing 64% of couples preserves their marriage after an affair. However 78% of couples who remain married despite the affair later describe the marriage as unhappy and empty – Study Divorce Peers</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3><strong>Lower Then You Think</strong></h3>
<p><strong> </strong>17 percent of divorces in the United States are caused by infidelity.</p>
<h3><strong><br />
Don’t Feel Like a Fool</strong> <strong>You Are Not Alone When it Comes to Cheating</strong></h3>
<p><strong> </strong>70 percent of married women and 54 percent of married men did not know of their spouses&#8217; extramarital activity. There are no definitive &#8220;signs of cheating.&#8221; But, in hindsight you will always find them.</p>
<h3><strong>&nbsp;</p>
<p></strong><strong> </strong><strong> </strong><strong>Who Is Your Daddy?</strong></h3>
<p><strong> </strong>Research consistently shows that 2 to 3% of all children are the product of infidelity. And most of these children are unknowingly raised by men who are not their biological fathers. DNA testing is finally making it easy for people to check the paternity of their children</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3><strong><br />
Cheating Political Leaders</strong></h3>
<p><strong> </strong>50 percent of <a href="http://loveengineer.com/21/dating-american-women/">Americans </a>say President Clinton&#8217;s adultery makes his moral standard &#8220;about the same as the average married man,&#8221; according to a Time-CNN poll.</p>
<h2>Ironically With All the Stats Above<br />
90% of <a href="http://loveengineer.com/21/dating-american-women/">Americans</a> believe adultery is morally wrong</h2>
<p><em>This article is dedicated to the man who cheated on me while I was at my grandmothers funeral. At the end his cheating was a blessing.</em></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/cheating-relationships-stats-men-women/' addthis:title='What You Didn&#8217;t Want To Hear About Cheating &amp; Relationships &#8211; The Hard Stats ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://loveengineer.com/cheating-relationships-stats-men-women/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Postive Affirmations For Love</title>
		<link>http://loveengineer.com/postive-affirmations-love/</link>
		<comments>http://loveengineer.com/postive-affirmations-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LoveEngineer.com</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice for Men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice for Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keeping a Relationship]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://loveengineer.com/?p=4423</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/postive-affirmations-love/' addthis:title='Postive Affirmations For Love '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>There are days we just need to keep positive and not cast doubt!! Below are some great positive affirmations in beliving in your self worth,  betting your self esteem, thinking postive about your  relationship and that you are worthy of having a postive healthy relationship. I accept people as they are. I admire and respect my partner [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/postive-affirmations-love/' addthis:title='Postive Affirmations For Love ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/postive-affirmations-love/' addthis:title='Postive Affirmations For Love '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div><p>There are days we just need to keep positive and not cast doubt!!<br />
Below are some great positive affirmations in beliving in your self worth,  betting your self esteem, thinking postive about your  relationship and that you are worthy of having a postive healthy relationship.</p>
<ul>
<li>I accept people as they are.</li>
<li>I admire and respect my partner because &#8230;</li>
<li>I allow love to find me</li>
<li>I am a good friend; I deserve good friends</li>
<li>I am all that I allow myself to be</li>
<li>I am an attractive, happy person</li>
<li>I am enthusiastic</li>
<li>I am full of grace.</li>
<li>I am fully receptive and appreciative for all the love that my partner showers upon me.</li>
<li>i am in a beautiful relationship with a person who truly loves me</li>
<li>I am in a loving and passionate relationship</li>
<li>I am love, loved and loving.</li>
<li>I am now in an ideal relationship with my perfect partner</li>
<li>I am receptive to my partner’s romantic advances.</li>
<li>I am receptive.</li>
<li>I am treating those I love the most with love and respect</li>
<li>I attract only healthy relationships</li>
<li>I can and do what I put my mind, heart and soul into therefore I am</li>
<li>I deserve to be loved fully and completely</li>
<li>I give out Love and it is returned to me multiplied</li>
<li>I greatly admire and respect my partner for all that they are.</li>
<li>I have a wonderful partner and we are both happy and at peace</li>
<li>I know that I deserve Love and accept it now</li>
<li>I love myself and naturally attract Loving relationships into my life.</li>
<li>I make friends easily wherever I go</li>
<li>I possess great inner-strength.</li>
<li>I rejoice in the Love I encounter everyday</li>
<li>I release any desperation and allow love to find me</li>
<li>I release any desperation and allow love to find me; I attract only healthy relationships</li>
<li>I release excessive control. I live positively and let live in a positive relationship.</li>
<li>I release the pain of my unpleasant experiences in love</li>
<li>I verbalize my respect and admiration for my partner daily.</li>
<li>My energy blends perfectly and beautifully with my partner&#8217;s energy.</li>
<li>my perfect love partner and I are together in mind, body, and spirit</li>
<li>My relationship is filled with love, passion, understanding and fun</li>
<li>My relationship is strong, filled with love and trust</li>
</ul>
<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/postive-affirmations-love/' addthis:title='Postive Affirmations For Love ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://loveengineer.com/postive-affirmations-love/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>69 Interesting Dating Facts</title>
		<link>http://loveengineer.com/69-interesting-dating-facts/</link>
		<comments>http://loveengineer.com/69-interesting-dating-facts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LoveEngineer.com</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice for Men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice for Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dating and Divorced]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Dating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Playing the Game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Age Gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Adults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breakups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Card Survey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dating Site]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dating Sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dishonesty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Engagement Ring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europeans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extramarital Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infidelity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Looking For Shoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matchmaker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Dating Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Single Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uk Adults]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://loveengineer.com/?p=145</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/69-interesting-dating-facts/' addthis:title='69 Interesting Dating Facts '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>The dating facts haven&#8217;t been made up but came from reputable sources and been researched. 2% of Americans get married every year. 29% of breakups result from infidelity. 29% of woman spend more time looking for shoes than a life long partner. 31% of adults in America say they know someone who has used an online dating [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/69-interesting-dating-facts/' addthis:title='69 Interesting Dating Facts ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/69-interesting-dating-facts/' addthis:title='69 Interesting Dating Facts '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div><h1>The <strong>dating <strong>facts</strong></strong> haven&#8217;t been made up but came from reputable sources and been researched.</h1>
<ol>
<li>2% of <a href="http://loveengineer.com/21/dating-american-women/">Americans</a> get married every year.</li>
<li>29% of breakups result from <a href="http://loveengineer.com/4460/cheating-relationships-stats-men-women/">infidelity</a>.</li>
<li>29% of woman spend more time looking for shoes than a life long partner.</li>
<li>31% of adults in America say they know someone who has used an online <em>dating</em> service and got married.</li>
<li>33% of women who have extramarital affairs consider their marriages to be happy, while 56% of men do</li>
<li>34% of women see a deposit on a home as a greater sign of commitment than an engagement ring (Woolwich survey)</li>
<li>40% of women think a man&#8217;s education is more important than his looks (Connexions Card Survey)</li>
<li>44% of all American adults are single.</li>
<li>44% of singles say 5 years is the biggest acceptable age gap in a relationship; 24% says 10 years; 8% say age doesn&#8217;t matter.
<ul>
<li>47% are men and 53% are women.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>49% of Americans know of someone who has found a date online. 28% know more than one person.</li>
<li>53% of people surveyed have admittedly dated more than one person at the same time.</li>
<li>58% of Europeans have been victims of online dating dishonesty. Italians at 72%, Germans at 58%, French and British at 55%, and Dutch at 48%.</li>
<li>6% of women are desperately searching for a mate.
<ul>
<li>61% have never been married, 24% have been divorced at least once and, 15% are widowed.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>71% believe in love at first sight.</li>
<li>71% of UK adults claim to have had an affair with a colleague (AOL survey)</li>
<li>8 out of 10 single believe that the first kiss gives a good sign of how the rest of the relationship will go.</li>
<li>8 out of 10 single people think the first kiss is a good indication of how the rest of the relationship will be.</li>
<li>88.7% of people said they are more likely to choose a dating site which offers mobile phone access.</li>
<li>92% of single parents rather date other single parents.</li>
<li>According to Hitwise, there are about 1,400 online dating sites in North America.</li>
<li>According to Marketdata Enterprises, the online dating industry generates $1.8 billion in revenue annually and the dating coach/matchmaker industry generates $260 million.</li>
<li>According to Nielsen, online dating sites generating 27.5 million unique visitors in June, 2009.</li>
<li>According to the U.S. Census there are now 95.9 million unmarried people in the U.S.</li>
<li>Adult dating sites are blamed by some for causing the $1.2 billion sex industry to drop $74 million (-6%) in revenue this year.</li>
<li>Estimated by 2011 there will be 15 million singles in the United Kingdom and the value of the dating industry at that point will be over £1billion (entire?).</li>
<li>Every month 7 million UK singles visit a dating site. This is a 27% increase over last year.</li>
<li>For every 100 single women in the U.S. there are 86 single men.</li>
<li>For singles who use dating sites, 33% form a relationship, 33% do not, and 33% give up on dating online.</li>
<li>For the lifetime, men on average would like to have 18 sex partners, and women, 4 or 5.</li>
<li>In August the unemployment rate for married people in the United States was 6.3 percent. For single people it was 13.5 percent.</li>
<li>In the UK there are 8 million singles. In 2008 they went on 24 million first dates with 69% being arranged through online dating and social networks</li>
<li>In the UK, people married between the ages of 19 and 25, 20% met their spouse online. For all ages, the average is 15%.</li>
<li>In the UK, singles aged 55 and older are the most active online daters. 62% have used a dating site and have gone out on average 8.2 dates and had 2.1 long term relationships. On average 2.4 sexual partners where also found.</li>
<li>In the UK, the average internet relationship lasts 7 months.</li>
<li>In the United Kingdom there was 115,200 divorces in 2008 with 29% the result of adulterous behavior.</li>
<li>India &#8211; There is estimated 15 million online dating users in India.</li>
<li>It is predicted that Americans will spend $1.7 billion on dating services in 2013.</li>
<li>Japan &#8211; Over 1,600 dating sites registered in the first month of the new regulations law.</li>
<li>Of the most important features looked for in a romantic partner, the top 3 are: personality (30%), sense of humor (14%), and smile (12%). Looks comes in 4th at 11%.</li>
<li>On average a single person &#8211; male or female &#8211; will go out on 100 dates before getting married.</li>
<li>On average, those paying for online dating services spend a total of $239 per year. (Source: Jupiter Research)</li>
<li>Online Dating Magazine estimates that more than 20 million people visit at least one online dating service a month.</li>
<li>Online Dating Magazine estimates that there are more than 120,000 marriages a year that occur as a result of online dating</li>
<li>Online <strong>dating</strong> profiles with photos get more than twice as many responses as those without photos.</li>
<li>Only 11% of men consider finding a life long partner their top priority.</li>
<li>Only 9% of women and 2% of men find a relationship in a bar.</li>
<li>Over 40 million of Americans participate in online dating.</li>
<li>Overall the online dating industry is up this year but the related wedding industry (which is worth $60 billion) is down 24%</li>
<li>Remarriage after death or divorce? In the US, 76% of women aged 14-19 remarry; 56% of women aged 30-39; 32% of women aged 40-49; and 12% of women aged 50-75</li>
<li>Roughly 40 million American singles use online dating and social networking sites to meet new people</li>
<li>Singles 50 plus have been increasingly using online dating sites over the last few years. Some dating sites are seeing a 30% increase in these members each year.</li>
<li>Singles who are more likely to use dating sites are ones who are more sociable and have high self-esteem. They also put more value in romantic relationships.</li>
<li>The #1 cause of divorce worldwide is infidelity.</li>
<li>The #2 cause of divorce worldwide is infertility.</li>
<li>The #3 cause of divorce worldwide is unkindness. This can take the form of emotional and/or physical abuse, and may be the result of infidelity and infertility, or it can be a personality characteristic that is stable over time, involving lack of consideration for others, cruelty, selfishness, and irresponsibility</li>
<li>The average single&#8211;man or woman&#8211;will go on 100 dates before finding their life partner.</li>
<li>The divorce rate among couples where the woman makes more than the man is 50% higher than among couples in which the husband earns more.</li>
<li>The mobile phone dating market was worth $330 million in 2007, $550 million in 2008 and is predicted to double by 2013 to $1.3 billion.</li>
<li>The third week in September is National Singles Week. Also may be called National Unmarried and Single Americans Week.</li>
<li>There are 15 million singles in Britain. A third are looking for love online.</li>
<li>There are 25,000 to 35,000 polygynous marriages in the U.S.,mostly in western states. The more polygynous the mating system the greater the differences between the sexes in terms of mortality. Polygynous mating selects for males who take risks. Risk-taking traits lead to successful mating at the expense of a long life, i.e., the biggest buck wins the mating-fight, but will have more trouble feeding himself in a lean winter.</li>
<li>There was 65.8 million marriages last year in the United States.</li>
<li>Visits to online dating sites in the United Kingdom grew 13%. This means there are now more than 5 million singles using UK dating sites. The gender split is 50 &#8211; 50 and 65% of online daters are over 35 years old or older.</li>
<li>When asked the first thing they notice about their dates, looks (38%) was the number one answer.</li>
<li>Who said &#8216;I love you&#8217; first? &#8211; 63% of women say he did, while 37% admit they were first (Glamour Survey)</li>
<li>With free dating sites, it is estimated that at least 10 percent of new accounts created each day are from scammers</li>
<li>With singles over the age of 65 in the United Kingdom, 30% of men live alone and 60% of women live alone.</li>
<li>Worldwide, wives who are less than 20 years old are more than twice as likely as women who are more than 20 to be killed by a husband in a jealous age, regardless of the age of the husband.</li>
<li>Worldwide, women prefer to marry men who are older than they are and vice versa. In Finland, Sweden and Norway the man is 1-2 years older. In Nigeria, 6.5 years older. In Zambia, 7.5 years older. In the US, men in their 30s prefer a woman 5 years younger; in their 50s, a woman 10-20 years younger. In the US, on average in the first marriage, the man is 3 years older; in the second marriage 5 years older; in the third marriage, 8 years older</li>
</ol>
<h2>References: Where we found the Dating <em>facts</em></h2>
<ol>
<li>AOL</li>
<li><a href="http://www.datingsitesreviews.com/article.php?story=Marriage-Making-Statistics-Dating-Sites"><strong>Behind the Marriage Making Statistics of Dating Sites</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.datingsitesreviews.com/article.php?story=eHarmony-Changes-TV-Commercial-Format"><strong>Did anyone notice that eHarmony Changed their TV Commercial Format?</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="http://eharmony.com/singles/servlet/eh-may20-couples" target="_blank"><strong>eHarmony Couples</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.datingsitesreviews.com/article.php?story=eHarmony-Gender-Ratio-Age-Range"><strong>eHarmony Gender Ratio &amp; Age Range</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.datingsitesreviews.com/article.php?story=eHarmony-Issued-1-Billion-Matches"><strong>eHarmony has Issued more than 1 Billion Matches</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.datingsitesreviews.com/article.php?story=eHarmony-Issued-1-Billion-Matches"><strong>eHarmony has Issued more than 1 Billion Matches</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.datingsitesreviews.com/article.php?story=eHarmony-Customer-Relations-Risk-Analyst"><strong>eHarmony is Looking for a Customer Relations Risk Analyst</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.datingsitesreviews.com/article.php?story=eHarmony-United-Kingdom-Free-Member-0020"><strong>eHarmony UK now Live with Free 90 Day Memberships</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.datingsitesreviews.com/article.php?story=eHarmony-Revenue-and-Ad-Spending"><strong>eHarmony&#8217;s Revenue and Ad Spending</strong></a></li>
<li>Glamour Magazine</li>
<li><a href="http://www.datingsitesreviews.com/article.php?story=eHarmony-Concluded-236-Members-Married"><strong>How eHarmony Concluded, 236 Members get Married Everyday</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.datingsitesreviews.com/article.php?story=News-Dating-Sites-Spend-Ads-2007"><strong>How Much did Dating Sites Spend on Ads in 2007?</strong></a></li>
<li>Jupter Research</li>
<li><strong>LA Business Journal</strong></li>
<li><a href="http://www.datingsitesreviews.com/article.php?story=Look-eHarmony-Site-Metrics-0027"><strong>Let&#8217;s Look at more eHarmony Site Metrics</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.datingsitesreviews.com/article.php?story=MyShape-com-Partners-with-eHarmony"><strong>MyShape.com Partners with eHarmony</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="http://venturebeat.com/2006/11/10/relationship-site-eharmony-on-quiet-roll-retains-waldorf/" target="_blank"><strong>VentureBeat</strong></a></li>
</ol>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3><em>If there are dating <span style="text-decoration: underline;">facts</span> you think we should know about please send them in.</em></h3>
<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/69-interesting-dating-facts/' addthis:title='69 Interesting Dating Facts ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://loveengineer.com/69-interesting-dating-facts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Only One Secret to Dating You Will Ever Need.</title>
		<link>http://loveengineer.com/the-only-one-secret-to-dating-you-will-ever-need/</link>
		<comments>http://loveengineer.com/the-only-one-secret-to-dating-you-will-ever-need/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TechieGirl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice for Men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice for Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dating and Divorced]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dealing with Breakups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Dating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Playing the Game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dating Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inevitable Conclusion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kiss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ordeal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personality Clashes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rituals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somethin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spending Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uninteresting Person]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://loveengineer.com/?p=78</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/the-only-one-secret-to-dating-you-will-ever-need/' addthis:title='The Only One Secret to Dating You Will Ever Need. '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>The current day and age, navigating the confusing and often contradictory world of dating rituals can be an intimidating and frustrating experience. &#8220;Never call a man&#8221;, &#8220;Don&#8217;t ask a woman out, get her to ask you&#8221;, &#8220;Play hard to get&#8221;, &#8220;Tease her with small insults&#8221;, &#8220;Cook him a big meal&#8221;, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be too nice to [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/the-only-one-secret-to-dating-you-will-ever-need/' addthis:title='The Only One Secret to Dating You Will Ever Need. ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/the-only-one-secret-to-dating-you-will-ever-need/' addthis:title='The Only One Secret to Dating You Will Ever Need. '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div><p><script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-8688915077274433";
/* 468x15, created 1/31/10 */
google_ad_slot = "6589425587";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 15;
//-->
</script><br />
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script></p>
<p><a href="http://www.loveengineer.com"><img class="size-medium wp-image-88" title="datingtips" src="http://loveengineer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/datingtips-300x199.jpg" alt="Dating Tips" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
<p>The current day and age, navigating the confusing and often contradictory world of dating rituals can be an intimidating and frustrating experience.</p>
<p>&#8220;Never call a man&#8221;, &#8220;Don&#8217;t ask a woman out, get her to ask you&#8221;, &#8220;Play hard to get&#8221;, &#8220;Tease her with small insults&#8221;, &#8220;Cook him a big meal&#8221;, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be too nice to her&#8221; and infamous &#8220;3 date&#8221; or &#8220;Two month&#8221; or &#8220;Six month&#8221; rules that schedule events as simple as &#8220;when to kiss&#8221;, &#8220;when to take a vacation together&#8221;, &#8220;when to propose&#8221;, etc. have ruined the spontanaeity and fun of dating. &#8220;Do this, don&#8217;t do that&#8221;. Whatever happened to the REAL purpose of dating: to get to know another individual, to let time take its course and fall in love (for how can someone not fall in love with anyone they enjoy spending time with and learn to appreciate?), and finally enjoying the feeling of being in love and being loved? Unfortunately, American dating rituals and modern customs have made this last, but seminal point of the whole ordeal: to meet and get to know someone you will want to love, almost moot.</p>
<p>Many advice columns and books tell you that if you follow certain rules or tactics, you can make yourself attractive to the opposite sex almost independent of who you are. While I believe it is true that looks is not a very important consideration when you&#8217;re looking for the love of your life (he or she may not come in the package you expected), what most advice columns and &#8220;dating method&#8221; tricks ignore is that you cannot magically make yourself attractive to another and build a healthy relationship with someone if</p>
<p><strong>a) you are an uninteresting person on your own, </strong></p>
<p><strong>b) your life is not together, or</strong></p>
<p><strong>c) the other person&#8217;s personality clashes with yours.</strong></p>
<p>In the case where you and your date&#8217;s personality clash, well, there&#8217;s nothing either one of you can do about it, so it is good to keep in mind when the dating process eventually arrives to its inevitable conclusion. But in this case you&#8217;ve both gained something out of the experience: you&#8217;ve met and gotten to know someone, and you&#8217;ve learned about yourself. If you handle things properly and the personalities are not insidiously incompatible you may have even won a friend. It is just a part of dating.</p>
<p>But in the case of items a) and b), you should ask yourself if this is the REAL reason you are unsuccessful at dating. Perhaps it has nothing to do with whether you called her on a Monday or a Tuesday. Perhaps it is not whether you cooked him fish instead of chicken for dinner on the 3rd date instead of the 5th date. But if you think about it, all your actions&#8211;when/if you call, whether you buy her flowers or a card, whether you pick her up or she meets you somewhere, whether you treat her with respect or tease her with insults, whether you kiss him, sleep with him, or just hug him,what you do and where you go during your dates, etc, ALL OF THIS, is a reflection of both of those items.</p>
<p>Is your life not together? Are you unemployed and can&#8217;t invite your date out to an activity that you will both enjoy? Do you have other commitments at home that require you to limit the time you have available for dates or cancel them while they are going on? Do you feel unhappy about where your life is going at this point in time? Are you in the process of moving away to some other location? Are you new in town? All of these circumstances and situations will affect how you date, and your personal situation will sooner or later become evident to the person you&#8217;re dating. If you&#8217;ve been smart enough to choose someone worthwhile to date, who has the same goals in dating as yourself (we&#8217;re assuming the only real purpose of dating is what we stated at the beginning: to meet and find someone to love), then when you don’t have your life in order they will immediately realize that investing in a long term relationship with you is probably a risky prospect. Many people might decide not to get further involved with you if this is the case.</p>
<p>Are you an uninteresting person? Are you negative, sarcastic, or a general buzz kill? Do you have angry outbursts? Are you selfish? (selfishness is the biggest turnoff for women, while neediness seems to be the biggest turnoff for men). Or perhaps you don&#8217;t have any serious personality flaws but your life revolves around work and TV (or work and videogames, which seems to be the Bay Area equivalent!). Do you have fun hobbies that someone else (i.e. your date) might like to learn about or share? Do you have an exciting social life that your date might want to participate in? Are you happy? It goes without saying that throughout the dating process both sexes evaluate what the other person brings to the relationship. If you are unable to contribute in an amount equal to what your date brings, chances are the relationship won&#8217;t go very far.</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, alright, these are all good points, but how does that help me when dating?&#8221; you might ask. Well, the biggest secret to dating is &#8211;that there is just one secret. And this one secret is this: Are you happy? It is this question that encompasses all of those items a, b, and c. above. If you are a genuinely, unhesistatingly, and enthusiastically happy, you&#8217;ll be an irresistible date. Everybody likes to be around positive, high-energy people who are confident and content with where their life is at the moment. Rules will suddenly not matter, because if you&#8217;re happy you&#8217;ll have the confidence to break or follow conventions and rituals according to what feels right for the situation. If you are happy, too, you will know when to let go of dates or situations that are draining, unhealthy, or are not leading you to where you want to go.</p>
<p>O.K., I forgot. There IS another little secret. And it is this: date only happy people. Yes, they are rare (because many people say that they are happy when everything in their life reflects that they aren&#8217;t), but when you find one, and you are happy too, I guarantee you that your dating experience will be all that it was always meant to be: wonderful.</p>
<p>by TechieGirl<br />
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-8688915077274433";
/* 468x15, created 1/31/10 */
google_ad_slot = "6589425587";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 15;
//-->
</script><br />
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script></p>
<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/the-only-one-secret-to-dating-you-will-ever-need/' addthis:title='The Only One Secret to Dating You Will Ever Need. ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://loveengineer.com/the-only-one-secret-to-dating-you-will-ever-need/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Best Way to Break Up with Someone</title>
		<link>http://loveengineer.com/the-best-way-to-break-up-with-someone/</link>
		<comments>http://loveengineer.com/the-best-way-to-break-up-with-someone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LoveEngineer.com</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice for Men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice for Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dealing with Breakups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Better Person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bitterness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Break]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drag On]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ending Relationship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excess Baggage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heart To Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heart To Heart Talk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nightmares]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://loveengineer.com/?p=59</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/the-best-way-to-break-up-with-someone/' addthis:title='The Best Way to Break Up with Someone '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>Romance can fade and love stories can turn into nightmares. This is the reality of life. But many people still find it hard to amicably break up with someone. If you’re currently not satisfied with the relationship you’re in and you’re thinking of ending it soon, here are a few for establishing the best way [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/the-best-way-to-break-up-with-someone/' addthis:title='The Best Way to Break Up with Someone ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/the-best-way-to-break-up-with-someone/' addthis:title='The Best Way to Break Up with Someone '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div><p><script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-8688915077274433";
/* 468x15, created 1/31/10 */
google_ad_slot = "6589425587";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 15;
//-->
</script><br />
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script></p>
<p>Romance can fade and love stories can turn into nightmares. This is the reality of life. But many people still find it hard to amicably break up with someone.  If you’re currently not satisfied with the relationship you’re in and you’re thinking of ending it soon, here are a few for establishing the best way to break up with someone.</p>
<p>The best way to break up is usually through an in-person heart-to-heart talk. Whether you do this in public or in private is up to you. </p>
<p>Remember, you need to be firm with your decision to break up and stick with it.  Don’t let it drag on for days and weeks as this could cause more friction between you two. If you’re a hundred percent decided on ending relationship, then let the person know.</p>
<p>Be honest with your reasons on why you think you’re both better off apart. You have to remember that no matter how long the duration of the relationship was, you still shared a special feeling with that person. And the least that person could hope for is the real reason why you’re breaking up.</p>
<p>Finally, be optimistic for the both of you. You should accept that the relationship has ended but know that you will still find love in other people. By knowing this, you both will be able to move on with no excess baggage and bitterness. </p>
<p>Now that you know these tips on ending relationship, you can become a better person and end the relationship in a good fashion. It will definitely save you all the drama in the long run.</p>
<p>Do you really want to know the best way to break up with someone? ?<br />
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-8688915077274433";
/* 468x15, created 1/31/10 */
google_ad_slot = "6589425587";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 15;
//-->
</script><br />
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script></p>
<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/the-best-way-to-break-up-with-someone/' addthis:title='The Best Way to Break Up with Someone ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://loveengineer.com/the-best-way-to-break-up-with-someone/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>From Casual Dates To A Real &#8220;Connection&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://loveengineer.com/from-casual-dates-to-a-real-connection/</link>
		<comments>http://loveengineer.com/from-casual-dates-to-a-real-connection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LoveEngineer.com</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice for Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bottom Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casual Dates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laughter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Attraction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Right Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Single Men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://loveengineer.com/?p=50</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/from-casual-dates-to-a-real-connection/' addthis:title='From Casual Dates To A Real &#8220;Connection&#8221; '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>Casual DatingDid you know that a man will decide very quickly whether you&#8217;re a woman he wants to get to know better and spend his time with &#8211; or not? If you&#8217;re frustrated that he stopped calling or emailing after what felt like a great date or dates (lots of laughter, connection, interesting conversation), then [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/from-casual-dates-to-a-real-connection/' addthis:title='From Casual Dates To A Real &#8220;Connection&#8221; ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/from-casual-dates-to-a-real-connection/' addthis:title='From Casual Dates To A Real &#8220;Connection&#8221; '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div><p><img class="size-medium wp-image-106" title="Casual Dating" src="http://loveengineer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/adviceonbreakingup-200x300.jpg" alt="Casual Dating" width="200" height="300" />Casual DatingDid you know that a man will decide very quickly whether you&#8217;re a woman he wants to get to know better and spend his time with &#8211; or not?</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re frustrated that he stopped calling or emailing after what felt like a great date or dates (lots of laughter, connection, interesting conversation), then you need to read this special web page I put together about creating andbuilding a strong and natural ATTRACTION with a man.</p>
<p>Bottom line &#8211; women who naturally know how to create this kind of attraction rarely have to worry about a man getting distant or pulling away.That&#8217;s because a man will feel literally COMPELLED to keep seeing you and being around you when you know how to trigger that &#8220;special&#8221; kind of deep attraction.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve got to be honest with you about something here&#8230;</p>
<p>A while back I realized that even though another woman may read my newsletters or eBook, and &#8220;get&#8221; how men think, how attraction works, or what it takes for great communication to happen&#8230;</p>
<p>Still&#8230; there are some women who &#8220;get&#8221; all this but who are single, alone, and struggling just to find a great man to share their life with.</p>
<p>I can understand how the process of &#8220;doing the work&#8221; and still not being able to find the right man, let alone get things started and working in a relationship, can be incredibly frustrating.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve thought about women in this situation a lot &#8212; women who are smart, attractive, great people who just can&#8217;t seem to make things work with men and dating.</p>
<p>And after reading literally hundreds of emails from women and taking a few years to observe what&#8217;s really going on&#8230; I&#8217;ve recognized a specific set of &#8220;problems&#8221; that keep most women from being lucky or successful when it comes to men, dating&#8230; and getting a relationship started that will LAST.</p>
<p>Here are just a few of these specific problems:</p>
<p>-   Having no idea where to go to meet quality, attractive single men (or it seems like all the good men are already &#8220;taken&#8221;)</p>
<p>-   Going on &#8220;dates&#8221; (which they dread in the first place) and having them either go NOWHERE&#8230; or having things go great on the date, but the guy never calls or asks you out again</p>
<p>-   Seeing a man you&#8217;re attracted to, and wishing you knew EXACTLY what to do and say to get his attention without sounding dumb, goofy, or desperate</p>
<p>-   Not knowing specific things to ASK a man to figure out very early on whether or not he&#8217;s honest, mature, and &#8220;into&#8221; having a real relationship&#8230; without sounding pushy, manipulative or scaring him off</p>
<p>-   Never knowing the reason WHY a man stops calling or making plans after one or more dates, when there seemed to be so much &#8220;chemistry&#8221; at first (Just knowing WHY could save you from feeling UNECESSARILY bad because you&#8217;re wondering about what you did or said wrong)</p>
<p>Any of these sound familiar?</p>
<p>If so, then your life just got a lot easier&#8230; because I&#8217;m about to share the answers and insights to these problems that women run into while meeting men, &#8220;dating&#8221;, and trying to builda great relationship from scratch.</p>
<p>I had a big &#8220;Aha!&#8221; moment recently, and my realization was this:</p>
<p>Most women would be MUCH more successful with men and dating if they not only had their own &#8220;act together&#8221; as women&#8230; but they knew the specifics of exactly HOW, WHERE, WHY, and WHEN to do things with a man.</p>
<p>Such as&#8230; how to get a man&#8217;s attention, why he responds the way he does, and when to take things in the direction you want them to go in your relationship.</p>
<p>In other words, sometimes it&#8217;s just NOT ENOUGH to be a great person. You need to know how to SHOW him that you are.</p>
<p>Which means&#8230; if you don&#8217;t know how to say or do the right thing with a man to get him to<br />
recognize what&#8217;s really inside of you, and who you are&#8230; then it&#8217;s all for nothing.</p>
<p>Now, some women have written me over the years and seemed to be looking for a &#8220;tool box&#8221; or a cheat-sheet that they could refer to for CLEAR answers to questions about real-life dating situations&#8230; and how to handle them.</p>
<p>And not having those tools at their fingertips was driving them CRAZY.</p>
<p>They were tired and frustrated with consistently meeting men who accidentally turned<br />
out to have all the WRONG qualities&#8230; and they didn&#8217;t know how to identify and attract only the right men.</p>
<p>Of course, this isn&#8217;t too uncommon.</p>
<p>Have you ever thought you were really clear on what you wanted in a man and a relationship, and you found what you thought was a great guy&#8230; only to later discover that the man and the<br />
relationship you had weren&#8217;t anything like what you thought they were?</p>
<p>This kind of experience can literally BLOW YOUR MIND and leave you wondering if you&#8217;re completely blind. Why is it so hard for YOU&#8230; when so many other couples have found each other and found happiness so easily?</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the reality&#8230;</p>
<p>What you need isn&#8217;t a whole bunch of new life-lessons.</p>
<p>What you need are some real-world tips and TECHNIQUES that are going to help you quickly draw the right man to you, weed out the bad apples early on, and keep things growing so that the right foundation for a great relationship comes together quickly and EASILY.</p>
<p>And guess what?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s time you learned how to quickly go from &#8220;Hello&#8221; to &#8220;I love you&#8221; with a man, and enjoy<br />
the process and build the foundation for a LASTING RELATIONSHIP at every turn.</p>
<p>And now you learn all this by simply watching the DVDs of this incredible program in the comfort of your living room, or listening to the audio in your car on the way to work. In no time at all   you&#8217;ll start learning how to OVERCOME the dating frustrations that may be haunting you now.</p>
<p>So don&#8217;t keep trying what DOESN&#8217;T WORK just because you don&#8217;t know any other way.</p>
<p>here&#8217;s a way that works. Check it out for yourself right here:</p>
<p>www.albinafabiani.com/love.html</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll talk to you again soon,</p>
<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/from-casual-dates-to-a-real-connection/' addthis:title='From Casual Dates To A Real &#8220;Connection&#8221; ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://loveengineer.com/from-casual-dates-to-a-real-connection/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Using The Law of Attraction To Attract Love and Relationships</title>
		<link>http://loveengineer.com/using-the-law-of-attraction-to-attract-love-and-relationships/</link>
		<comments>http://loveengineer.com/using-the-law-of-attraction-to-attract-love-and-relationships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LoveEngineer.com</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice for Men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice for Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Dating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Playing the Game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attract Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Create A Virus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Create Virus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E Mail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free E Book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Having Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How To Use The Law Of Attraction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Of Attraction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love And Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Material Things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://loveengineer.com/?p=48</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/using-the-law-of-attraction-to-attract-love-and-relationships/' addthis:title='Using The Law of Attraction To Attract Love and Relationships '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>Law of AttractionA lot of people seem to automatically associate the law of attraction with money and material things. Sure, we all want the nice car and the big house and maybe even a business that we LOVE. However, having love and wonderful relationships is also a very integral and important part of living a [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/using-the-law-of-attraction-to-attract-love-and-relationships/' addthis:title='Using The Law of Attraction To Attract Love and Relationships ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/using-the-law-of-attraction-to-attract-love-and-relationships/' addthis:title='Using The Law of Attraction To Attract Love and Relationships '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div><p><script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-8688915077274433";
/* 468x15, created 1/31/10 */
google_ad_slot = "6589425587";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 15;
//-->
</script><br />
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script></p>
<p><a href="http://www.loveengineer.com"><img class="size-medium wp-image-105" title="Law of Attraction" src="http://loveengineer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/relationshipadvice-300x200.jpg" alt="Law of Attraction" width="300" height="200" /></a>Law of AttractionA lot of people seem to automatically associate the law of attraction with money and material things. Sure, we all want the nice car and the big house and maybe even a business that we LOVE. However, having love and wonderful relationships is also a very integral and important part of living a life that is filled with abundance.</p>
<p>Here are a few tips that can help you to use the law of attraction in Love and Relationships:</p>
<p>1. Know what it is that you want from your relationships. Are you looking to settle down and get married? Or are you more into the idea of having fun relationships that aren&#8217;t so serious? Whatever it is that you want, you have to make sure that you clearly define what you want to attract. Otherwise, you could just as easily attract what you don&#8217;t want.</p>
<p>2. Give up your limiting beliefs about love and relationships. Sure, we all know that 50 percent or more of marriages end up in divorce. However, that does not mean that has to be YOUR experience. Limiting beliefs about love and relationships will creep in and create a virus that infects the relationships that you DO attract.</p>
<p>Most people seem to automatically feel that the law of attraction is all about attracting more money and other things along those lines. We all know that a complete life includes much more than just finances. You can learn how to use the law of attraction to attract love and relationships and anything else that you desire.</p>
<p>Would you like to learn more?</p>
<p>Go to:</p>
<p>Law of Attraction and Love and Claim Your FREE E-book and Two FREE Lessons by E-Mail!<br />
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-8688915077274433";
/* 468x15, created 1/31/10 */
google_ad_slot = "6589425587";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 15;
//-->
</script><br />
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script></p>
<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/using-the-law-of-attraction-to-attract-love-and-relationships/' addthis:title='Using The Law of Attraction To Attract Love and Relationships ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://loveengineer.com/using-the-law-of-attraction-to-attract-love-and-relationships/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Get Boyfriend Back With These Tips</title>
		<link>http://loveengineer.com/get-boyfriend-back-with-these-tips/</link>
		<comments>http://loveengineer.com/get-boyfriend-back-with-these-tips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LoveEngineer.com</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice for Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dealing with Breakups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living In A Bubble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Playing The Victim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Destruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tendency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Troubled Person]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://loveengineer.com/?p=46</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/get-boyfriend-back-with-these-tips/' addthis:title='Get Boyfriend Back With These Tips '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>Are you wracking your brains out thinking about the methods to win the love of your ex? Have you been living in a bubble all this time that you have fully lost track of time and you are on the edge of self-destruction? Well, before it&#8217;s too late, know that it will only take time [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/get-boyfriend-back-with-these-tips/' addthis:title='Get Boyfriend Back With These Tips ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/get-boyfriend-back-with-these-tips/' addthis:title='Get Boyfriend Back With These Tips '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div><p>Are you wracking your brains out thinking about the methods to win the love of your ex? Have you been living in a bubble all this time that you have fully lost track of time and you are on the edge of self-destruction?</p>
<p>Well, before it&#8217;s too late, know that it will only take time to win your ex back. The 1st step is to avoid disagreeing with him or her. If you consistently argue with him or her within your presence and disagree with them every chance you get, you risk losing them forever.</p>
<p>The reason being because both sides have a tendency to be defensive. Rather than disagreeing, it&#8217;d be best to simply say sorry.</p>
<p>This is the following step among these tips to win the ex back. Say sorry in a way that you&#8217;d still get left with some sense of self-respect.<br />
Saying sorry doesn&#8217;t suggest you are owning up to something you failed to do. Rather, it&#8217;s a robust tool to let your ex&#8217;s defenses down and end the debate. Which leads us to the a step which is to step back and distance yourself from your ex.</p>
<p>Both of you need some space so it&#8217;d be good if you can leave them for some times and try and experience life like you have never been with them. The mind of a troubled person who has just gone thru a terribly distressing break up is a little fouled up that they will not think straight anymore.<br />
Are there one hundred ways to win back his lover? The reality is, it need not be that convoluted and tough.</p>
<p>It will only take four methods to get your ex to come back. Did your ex do something so awful you can&#8217;t even make yourself think about it? Or are you the one responsible here?</p>
<p>If you are facing the cause upfront, it&#8217;s going to be less complicated for you to execute the remainder of the steps on the techniques to get your ex to come back. Next, don&#8217;t come off as &#8220;needy&#8221; side here.</p>
<p>Nobody wants to see someone that&#8217;s playing the victim. Instead, show your ex that you can stand on your own feet and that you are robust enough not to contact him for approximately two months. Go out with your family and friends and have some giggles. When your ex sees you doing pretty well than they where expecting, This is going to be curious enough to ask you out or get in touch with you.</p>
<p>Again, it&#8217;s critical to hold your ground. Finally , be open about the idea of reconciliation. Don&#8217;t compromise but let them know matter-of-factly what precisely you would like from the relationship. Once you follow the above tips, you&#8217;ll have you ex returning to you in virtually no time.</p>
<p>Remember to be patient and clam at all times and keep your emotional state in check. This is key when trying to get your Ex back who wants to be with someone who is an emotional mess.</p>
<p>Discover some conventional and some very unconventional tricks to make your ex come begging you to take them back. http://HowToWinBackMyEx.infoThese are a set of easy to follow psychological tricks which will make your ex crawl back to you within a few days guaranteed. So If you want to know How To Get Ex Back http://HowToWinBackMyEx.info</p>
<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/get-boyfriend-back-with-these-tips/' addthis:title='Get Boyfriend Back With These Tips ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://loveengineer.com/get-boyfriend-back-with-these-tips/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cheating &#8211; Are Things Getting Suspicious?</title>
		<link>http://loveengineer.com/cheating-are-things-getting-suspicious/</link>
		<comments>http://loveengineer.com/cheating-are-things-getting-suspicious/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LoveEngineer.com</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice for Men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice for Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dealing with Breakups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chat Rooms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheating Husbands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dating Sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E Mail Address]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extramarital Affair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extramarital Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fidelity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Having An Affair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How To Catch A Cheating Spouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Husbands And Wives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investigation Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Private Investigator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Signs Of Cheating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suspicion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suspicions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unfaithful Wife]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://loveengineer.com/?p=44</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/cheating-are-things-getting-suspicious/' addthis:title='Cheating &#8211; Are Things Getting Suspicious? '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>Has your spouse all of a sudden started to be distant? Have they started to take overtime? Has your spouse quick including your involvement or input in plans they make? Do they make excuses to e away from you? Sure, these could be any number of things, but right now you are probably looking towards [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/cheating-are-things-getting-suspicious/' addthis:title='Cheating &#8211; Are Things Getting Suspicious? ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/cheating-are-things-getting-suspicious/' addthis:title='Cheating &#8211; Are Things Getting Suspicious? '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div><p>Has your spouse all of a sudden started to be distant? Have they started to take overtime? Has your spouse quick including your involvement or input in plans they make? Do they make excuses to e away from you? Sure, these could be any number of things, but right now you are probably looking towards them being signs of cheating. There are many husbands and wives that know about that ill feeling when they have reason to believe that their partner is having an extramarital affair. Right now, you have a bad suspicion in the pit of your stomach that your partner is cheating on you and it will not go away, no matter what you do. How do you go about proving it, without letting your spouse know about the suspicions you are having. Today, in this article titled: &#8220;Extramarital Affair &#8211; Cheating &#8211; How to Catch a Cheating Spouse, &#8221; we are going to tell you just what you need to know.</p>
<p>In this day and age, with technology booming, the Internet is the starting pointing for many extramarital affairs out there. You have those chat rooms called &#8220;Married but looking&#8221; and those dating sites are rampant.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not just men looking for relationships outside of their marriage as there are plenty of women that frequent those rooms as well. Those escort forums and escort websites are unfortunate, but sadly they are popular places for anyone who is thinking about having an affair on their spouse.</p>
<p>The Internet plays a big role in helping out that unfaithful wife or husband and today, there are many services that have been designed in order to track and catch those partners that are not exactly faithful.</p>
<p>There are online fidelity investigation services that do not need much information (sometimes just an e-mail address) and they can find, track and trap your cheating spouse.</p>
<p>Sure, you could always try to do the investigation yourself, or you may want to hire a professional private investigator to help you out with the suspicions of your spouse. However, if that relationship is purely online, there may be a good chance that you can catch them in the act yourself.</p>
<p>When it comes to the online investigation services that are available, you are going to find it easy to catch that spouse that is cheating (or testing the waters). Through a number of investigations, the investigator will be looking for your spouse on ads and married but looking type of web sites.</p>
<p>As we said, the Internet is generally a starting point for that affair, so an online fidelity investigation service may be the most effective and cheapest way for you to go about catching your spouse.</p>
<p>If you find that your spouse is having an extramarital affair, then that obviously means that your marriage is in trouble. The affair may appear to be a short-term solution to the problems in your marriage, but the smartest move right now would be for you to find ways that you can go about mending that marriage and get back into that loving relationship once again.</p>
<p>The smartest move right now would be for you to stop being a Cheat and get back into that loving relationship once again. For more information, check out http://www.break-free-from-the-affair.com.</p>
<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/cheating-are-things-getting-suspicious/' addthis:title='Cheating &#8211; Are Things Getting Suspicious? ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://loveengineer.com/cheating-are-things-getting-suspicious/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Dating in a Struggling Economy</title>
		<link>http://loveengineer.com/dating-in-a-struggling-economy-2/</link>
		<comments>http://loveengineer.com/dating-in-a-struggling-economy-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice for Men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice for Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dating Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Dating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blessing In Disguise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Curveball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dangit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fact Of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fireman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gentle Game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Interaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Initial Excitement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intellectual Stimulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irregular Schedules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mating Ritual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naysayers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peckham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pheromones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simple Fact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waking Hours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workday]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://loveengineer.com/?p=36</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/dating-in-a-struggling-economy-2/' addthis:title='Dating in a Struggling Economy '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>By Angie Peckham Everyone wants love.  It’s a simple fact of life.  We like the idea of someone finding us so amazing that they’d rather be spending time with us than doing almost anything else (not that I can actually think of anything anyone would rather do than spend time with us, but you know [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/dating-in-a-struggling-economy-2/' addthis:title='Dating in a Struggling Economy ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/dating-in-a-struggling-economy-2/' addthis:title='Dating in a Struggling Economy '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div><p><script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-8688915077274433";
/* 468x15, created 1/31/10 */
google_ad_slot = "6589425587";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 15;
//-->
</script><br />
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script></p>
<p>By Angie Peckham</p>
<p>Everyone wants love.  It’s a simple fact of life.  We like the idea of someone finding us so amazing that they’d rather be spending time with us than doing almost anything else (not that I can actually think of anything anyone would rather do than spend time with us, but you know the opposite sex &#8211; they’re slippery).</p>
<p>The point is, we are addicted to our mating ritual.  We crave the butterflies we feel at the beginning of a relationship.  We anticipate that first kiss and making sure the pheromones are all working the way they should be.  We dream about settling into a gentle game of playing house once the initial excitement has abated.  We love being in love.</p>
<p>Finding that special person to happily fall asleep with and slowly wake up with is complicated enough without the economy throwing us a curveball.  So what are we, the poor, the struggling, the unemployed to do?  Are we to sit at home in the dark, getting more and more depressed, isolated from workday human interaction and denied the experience of feeling those butterflies and playing house?</p>
<p>Some might think that if you are unemployed, you should not be out having fun at all.  They believe that you must spend all of your waking hours on your job search.  These people are normally amongst the employed.  We don’t like them.  What those naysayers fail to realize is that you need the human interaction.  You need the emotional and intellectual stimulation, dangit, and you need to get out and see the world once in awhile.</p>
<p>What you may not recognize, while you’re sitting around moping and eating everything in your fridge out of boredom, is that a struggling economy can actually be a blessing in disguise.  Just think &#8211; now you can date people with irregular schedules.</p>
<p>You know that fireman you’ve noticed when you’re out doing your grocery shopping?  The one with the shiny red truck and the large hose?  He has an irregular schedule, and now, you have a schedule perfectly suited to dating him.  The hot blonde behind the bar with the tight top and the great assets?  Guess what time she gets off work?  You don’t have to get up in the morning.  Therefore, you can handle her schedule, and then, if you’re lucky, her assets.  Think police, wait staff, DJ’s, musicians.  Your being unemployed has suddenly opened up an entirely new dating pool for you.</p>
<p>Now that you’re aware of the unemployment bright side, you need to figure out how to date on a limited budget.  This is the really sucky reality of unemployed dating, but it can be done.  Here are some things to keep in mind:</p>
<p><strong>Be Honest – </strong>Be up front about your situation with potential dates.  If you have an online dating profile, make it clear that you are currently a victim of the economy, but that you are excited about your prospects for the future.  You will inevitably be asked what you do for a living if you meet someone in a social situation.  Have an answer ready.  Lucky for you, the economy is bad all the way around.  A lot of people have lost their jobs, and everyone knows someone who has been affected, so there are a lot of understanding and sympathetic people out there.</p>
<p><strong>Don’t Spend – </strong>It’s very hard to be a social butterfly if you don’t have the cash to do so.  Do you have friends who play in a band or work in a bar or nightclub?  Have them put you “on the list.”  This allows you to get in for free and possibly meet someone new.  If you’re a guy, the pressure to buy someone you’ve met a drink can feel overwhelming, so decide ahead of time if this is the kind of outing you’re going to have.  If you’re a girl, you’re a little luckier, as someone will likely buy you a drink at some point.  Only attend free events.  Concerts in the park, exploration of the city, throwing some darts, going on a hike – all of these are fun, interactive and free or virtually free.</p>
<p>Even buying the gas to get to an event can be a struggle, so factor that into your costs when planning outings, and if you’re the one dating a financially struggling person, keep in mind the cost of having them come to you.</p>
<p><strong>Get Active – </strong>We are no good to anyone else if we aren’t being good to ourselves.  The worst thing you can do for yourself when you lose your job is hide out in your house.  If you were on an exercise regimen before your situation changed, keep it up.  In fact, now’s the time to step it up.  You get to enjoy the gym when nobody else is there.  You get the bike paths to yourself.  You can go running at 11:00pm if you like.  It doesn’t matter what you choose.  Just choose something.  If you feel good about yourself, that vibe will carry and you will attract others.</p>
<p><strong>Have Fun – </strong>When you’re out on a date, keep the conversation light and have fun.  Try to forget your troubles for a little while and enjoy the company you’re with.  Who knows?  Maybe you’ll end up seeing a lot more of them.<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-8688915077274433";
/* 468x15, created 1/31/10 */
google_ad_slot = "6589425587";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 15;
//-->
</script><br />
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script></p>
<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://loveengineer.com/dating-in-a-struggling-economy-2/' addthis:title='Dating in a Struggling Economy ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://loveengineer.com/dating-in-a-struggling-economy-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

