humor

A good sense of humor and fun is to me one of the biggest pluses in relationships. It can change the color of your day when someone cracks a funny or you join someone in a spontaneous laugh at the ridiculous in our day to day lives or relationships.

This morning I had a look at http://poormatch.com ‘The Worst Dating Site in the World’ where you can read the profiles from hell written by David McCandless.

The introduction reads: ‘welcome love seekers. Looking for love online? You won’t find it here. Fancy being put through the emotional wringer and experiencing a unique cocktail of hope and despair? You’ve come to the right place!

Over one million people have had lukewarm romantic encounters since joining Poormatch.com. Millions more spend evenings projecting their fantasies onto desperate people, often drunkenly. Through gritted teeth. Why not join today?’

Through the power of satire, it exposes some of the difficulties & dangers we can face on online dating sites and puts a hysterical spin to it. If we couldn’t laugh then we would cry!

Of course a lot of people do find the love of their lives through the internet and a lot of sites are putting effort into becoming credible and to weed out the false profiles (from Nigerian hopefuls!) One of the big problems that I encountered when using the sites a few years back is that it is hard to find the people who are a real possible match with you. I wanted to get an overview of the possibilities & choose what would suit me. Obviously we all have different values and highest priorities in a match. And I find it really nice to be the one deciding, rather than relying on someone else or something else, like an online dating site or a romantic assessment. Then if it doesn’t work out its just down to my bad choosing & judgment. It is just feels much more empowering!

After this foray into the online dating world, I created the AstraMatch Meter using my astrological and relating wisdom. It scores a match between 2 people on 6 different categories and is based on their astrological relationship chart. It is live since last week, so give it a go & see how you score in your relationship. Share the link with your friends who may be navigating the single lane on the online dating sites or social networks.

What is the worst that can happen when you meet a blind date live for the first time (well hopefully not this!)

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