Review: No-hype guide to Internet dating
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2012
Back in the stone ages, it was difficult to meet someone without first meeting them in person through school, work, church, or social activities. Or by hanging out in bars.If your "soulmate" happened to live 50 miles away, or on the other side of the planet, your chances of meeting them were virtually nil. There were services to set you up with people in another country, or in your own city, but they cost a lot and difficult to succeed with.Now we have the blessing of Internet dating sites making it possible to connect with other lonely people around the entire planet, based on your explicit qualifications. You can screen by race, age, politics, religion, experience, intentions, interests, and so on. This doesn't guarantee true love, but it helps eliminate obvious deal breakers. Now geography is only a problem when you reach the point where you want to meet the other in person.This book is a good guide to meeting a new partner online. It offers ranging from the basics to more sophisticated stuff, such as gaining what NLP -- can many dating guides based on it -- call rapport.My only qualm is it doesn't stress the importance of pictures. Recently I browsed an Internet dating site and was shocked by how many of the women had uploaded one and only one picture, and it was either of poor quality, or some kind of ultra-artistic closeup.Only one woman had uploaded enough high quality photographs to show off both her beautiful face and physique. I'm sure she's overwhelmed with guys approaching her, while many of the others wonder why nobody seems to want them. And for all I know, they may be just as hot as the first woman. But they're not showing it off.