(OGL) Five Online Dating Communication Turn-Offs!

By Gena Hymowech

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One might think finding and communicating with potential love matches online would be easier than doing so in person. Online, we don’t have to worry about our messy hair, worn-out clothes or bad table manners, for example. In fact, establishing a relationship online can sometimes be even more difficult for those not used to the experience. Online dating has its own set of quick turn-offs for potential mates important to avoid.

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(OGL) Is He Right for Me?

By Brian Rzepczynski,
Certified Personal Life Coach

When you’re dating someone, it’s very important to always be on alert to determine if you and he are compatible for the potential for a long-term relationship. This screening process should be done before and throughout the pre-commitment phase of the relationship. By gauging your goodness-of-fit early on in your dating relationship, you’ll either be laying the foundation for a bond of trust and intimacy or you’ll be disengaging from further connection before becoming too emotionally invested. It’s critical to discover this information as early on in your dating as possible to avoid becoming overly-attached and developing expectations that would likely lead to disappointment and grief.

In determining your compatibility with a new guy you’re seeing, here are three categories of questions you might consider asking yourself to help along with your decision-making process.

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(OGL) No One Likes A Houdini!

By Mark Strong (aka The Gay Life Coach),
Certified Professional Life Coach

For One Good Love

When it comes to breaking it off with someone, we tend to let fear get the best of us. Some of us choose to fly the scene and let our silence do the work. This is a readily available crutch, especially in the world of online dating. I am sure you have been at the receiving end of this at some point so you know how it feels when someone disappears. It sucks.

Don’t pull a Houdini. Man/woman up and be honest about your feelings and your desire to end the relationship.

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(OGL) Gaysians are Beautiful: Racial Lookism and Why the Gay Rainbow Needs to Embrace More Colors of Beauty!

by Jimmy Nguyen

One Good Love

“No Fats, Femmes or Asians.”  All too often, that ominous alert appears in profiles on gay dating and matching web sites.  It screams that the ideal of gay male attractiveness in America is not Asian, nor “Fat” nor “Femme.”  This warning is also the provocative title of a comedy show from Alec Mapa, the self-proclaimed “America’s Gaysian Sweetheart.”  Like Alec, I am also a gay/Asian double-minority.  With the title “No Fats, Femmes or Asians,” Alec succinctly raises questions I faced my entire adult life:  are Asian men unattractive to much of America’s gay community?  Are we ostracized like others with “undesirable” traits?  The truth is neither black nor white, but some shade of grey.   Yet this much is clear:  it’s time for gay men to embrace a more universal vision of beauty, one that appreciates every color of our rainbow.

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DEBUT! (Jet City Boy Culture) A New Beginning and The Stylist!

A writer's journey of dating and living gay in Seattle exposed.

by Tristan Wilde

So there’s this guy that I’ll call The Stylist. Our meeting starts out as nothing more than a friendly, “Happy Birthday” gesture made on my Facebook timeline. I’m one of those people who has thousands of “friends” on the social networks, and The Stylist is one such “friend” who I don’t personally know. Nonetheless, his post comes at just the right time in the early morning (before it gets buried beneath thousands of other birthday messages) and I send him a private message thanking him for the kind gesture. Although I’m tired and just getting ready for bed (it’s 3 o’clock in the morning, mind you), he immediately responds to my message. He asks me where I’m at in Seattle (obviously noticing my location shown on my profile). I tell him that I’m in the northern part of the city, adding that I just moved here from Phoenix. Within seconds, he responds back with, “I used to live in Scottsdale. We should go for coffee or drinks soon.” I reply back from my smartphone since I can barely keep my eyes open and have already crawled into bed. “Sounds good. Send me your number and we’ll coordinate.”

(OGL) Top 10 Secrets of Successful Gay Daters!

Dating can be like a roller coaster ride sometimes with its fun highs and frustrating lows. Ever wonder why some guys have more luck with the dating game than others? Ever contemplate what it takes to become more successful with men? Well, that’s a tricky business and there’s no scientific formula that will yield those positive results. I believe dating is partly luck and LOTS of preparation.

This article will list ten characteristics common to the profile of a successful gay dater. The list goes on beyond this as well, but these qualities can provide a starting point for you to assess your possible strengths and weaknesses as a single gay man on the prowl for your Mr. Right and to develop goals for self-improvement that will maximize your efforts out on the dating scene.

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