Wednesday May 16, 2012
**GUEST POST by Avi Roseman, author of Secrets of Shiksa Appeal**
I’m a die-hard believer in JDate.com, so die-hard that even though I write for their magazine, I couldn’t write this post for them. Why? Because it’s all about branching out from JDate and finding other Jewish dating sites. I feared, though, that the guys would be weird. This led me to JRetroMatch, a website that combines matchmaking and online...
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Monday Apr 23, 2012
I have a friend whose husband said he would divorce her if her weight ever reached Pretty Big Number (PBN). The woman in question is five feet tall, currently weighs 110, and is in relative control of her health. There's no immediate sign that she plans to reach PBN, nor do any factors indicate she's on her way there. Sure, she has gained The Newlywed 15 since the pair married four years ago, but that's no major offense...
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Thursday Mar 29, 2012
When my friend Meredith decided to join JDate, I encouraged her participation, but I didn't follow suit. The idea of uploading flattering photos, filling out mile-long surveys, and presenting the well thought-out, wittier version of myself had no part in my lackadaisical lifestyle. The notion of engaging in cheeky e-banter and phone calls exhausted me; I had no idea how I would have any energy left to set up dates and subsequently go...
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Thursday Mar 15, 2012
I’ll confess: I’m kind of wedding obsessed. I love the idea of patrolling catering halls and envisioning centerpiece bouquets and scouting magazines for just the right updo. So when my older sister, Elana, announced in 2009 that she had gotten engaged and wanted me to be her matron of honor, I hit the aisle running. Before we were off the phone, I had signed her up for an online planning account; run through the difference...
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Friday Mar 02, 2012
A friend and I want to start an online dating company called “mediocre expectations” for which we’ll arbitrarily set clients up based on no system beyond who’s next on the queue. (Angel investors, take note: the offline version of this tactic is how I met my own husband, so my success rate is 100%.) I mean, why not? There are dating sites broken down by any number of factors: religion, attractiveness, geographic region,...
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