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The dating game is a precarious one these days. There is no uniform way of dealing with this obstacle to lasting happiness and anybody newly single will attest to the fact that it is a veritable meat market out there. Clubs and pubs can be difficult places to meet people given the noise levels as this makes conversation impossible and I can speak from personal experience that most men who try to come onto you in one of those places is certainly not interested in getting to know your brain but more likely getting into your underwear - and not while you’re out shopping!

So, for those out of the teenage field how do you meet new prospective partners? Work relationships become very complicated and most people are spoken for or are carrying baggage too heavy to work into a new relationship. So that leaves us with speed dating, personal ads and the frowned upon internet dating.

Speed dating is a good evening out that has taken off recently and the advantage to this is that you can be grouped by age so you’re not going to be stuck chatting to someone just out of school. It also means that if you don’t like the person you are talking to you get to move on after a minute or two. The possible rejection of not being matched with anyone at the end of the night is short lived as you will probably never see these people again anyway. Speed dating is a very good way to find out how good your instincts are when it comes to first impressions.

Personal ads are full of pitfalls. First, you have to know the lingo and then you realise that those that do know the lingo have obviously been doing it for some time so what is wrong with them? You will also be mightily concerned about those adverts that state they are looking for a domineering woman who can boss them around or the man who claims to have a good sense of humour (and boy are you going to need one too when you realise he wants you to send a photo of yourself dressed in rubber!)

Moving swiftly on, we come to the sensitive area of internet dating. This has its good points and bad. Firstly, you get people that post photos of themselves ten years younger and two stone lighter but these are soon wheedled out, even if it takes as much as a first date. It also has its fair share of meat market shoppers. However, given the fact that they are relatively anonymous, it does mean they are quite upfront about what they are looking for and again can quite quickly be discarded.

Internet dating was seen as a bit of a nerdy thing to do when it first started out. It was seen as the domain of saddos who were unable to get themselves a date by conventional methods. However, in this day and age when life is so insanely busy, who has time for conventional dating? At least with on line dating you can state your needs and wants and get all the initial niceties out of the way early on. There is no age limit on these sites and there are even sites that are specifically set up for those with certain requirements.

There are a few dating sites that only list people who are at least solvent and at best millionaires. There are also on line dating sites for those who like someone in uniform (that’ll be me, then!) Here we have a place for those in the services that wear uniforms that find it difficult to find love as they are away serving their country so much. They are looking for a relationship with a person that could understand that issue but are still willing to give it a go.

And then there are people like me who just love a man in uniform. Believe me, when you get to forty and find yourself single once again you realise there is no point in wasting time and you may as well go straight for a little of what you fancy. An on line dating site that caters specifically for those in uniform or looking for the one in uniform is a great idea and I would like to shake the hand of the person that made it possible. If nothing else, simply looking is fun.

Relationship expert Catherine Harvey looks at the new game of uniform on line dating sites. To find out more please visit http://www.matrixuniforms.co.uk/

Everyone knows that breaking up is hard to do, as the song goes. But you don’t necessarily have to sit back and let your relationship take up permanent residence in Splitsville. There are strategies you can use to get your relationship back on track.

First, don’t resort to desperation and begging. Excessive neediness is not attractive at all and no one wants to be “guilted” into staying with a partner. You want them to be with you because they love you, not because they’re afraid they might end up talking you down from a bridge. Be an independent person in charge of your own happiness. Let your ex know that you want them, but don’t hinge your entire life’s happiness on whether or not they agree to get back together. People like to feel wanted, but feeling as if you are someone’s only reason for getting out of bed in the morning is not pleasant.

Be the person your ex fell in love with. Now is a good time to take stock of how you’ve changed since you first met your partner. Have you let your looks go? Have you stopped telling her you love her? Maybe those things are part of the reason she left. You may want to try going back to your old ways in the romance department if you want to get her back.

You’ve heard it said that the squeaky wheel gets the grease, right? Not always! Don’t bombard your ex with pleading e-mails, text messages or telephone calls. Doing so will only come across as desperate and will make you seem like a stalker. Giving her some space is a much better approach. In fact, she may even start to wonder how you are doing and call you! You will be sending the message that you respect your ex’s feelings enough to give her some breathing room. Doing so will benefit you, too, because you will have a chance to evaluate the situation and make a plan for what comes next. Your emotions will be running high right now, but you want to make decisions with your head AND your heart, not just with your heart.

The breakup of a relationship is usually the result of a number of factors, not just one. And more often than not, the contributing factors can be clearly identified if you really stop and think about it. But don’t focus on what you think is wrong with your partner; that’s her job. Take responsibility for your role in the breakup and try to figure out how you can fix what you can control.

Once you decide you are really ready to start re-opening the lines of communication, be prepared to discuss things from the perspective of what you intend to change. It will do you no good to go to the negotiating table on the offensive.

When you do make contact, do so in stages. An e-mail is a good way to make initial contact. It is non-confrontational because your ex can read it whenever she wants and can choose whether or not to respond. Don’t let your first sentence be “I want to try to get back together.” That approach can be off-putting. Instead, just drop her a casual line asking how she is. If she had a birthday recently, ask her how her day was. (Don’t make contact on her birthday, however. Let her enjoy her day without having to figure out your motives or wondering if she wants to get back together). Remember, the last thing you want is to sound desperate and needy, even if you truly are.

Once you have made contact and it has been reciprocated, take things very slowly. Communicate by e-mail for a while, then maybe initiate a phone call. Eventually you can meet for coffee to talk things over, then maybe go on a trial date. Whatever steps you take, remember there are no guarantees your ex will want to save your relationship. But even if you can’t agree on common romantic footing, know that you’ll be okay. Not all relationships can, or should, be fixed. If yours happens to fall into that category even after all your efforts, you may just have to be content with that. No matter how upset you are now, you will get through it and move on to someone else.

Most relationships can be saved no matter how bad the situation is.

You can watch a video “1st Step To Stopping A Break Up”
at http://www.howtosaverelationship.com

This video will show you exactly what you must NEVER do, what you should do to get your ex back and why.

If you want to save some money on your wedding invitation, you may consider creating the cards yourself. However, even if you have decided to create your own wedding card, you may find it difficult to make one. It is true that not all the people are graphic designers and it will not more difficult for a layperson to create a wedding card oneself.

Yet there are still ways to solve the above problem. Of course you will still need to have some basic knowledge on some simple graphic software otherwise it is still impossible for you to create your own wedding invitation.

In fact, you can try to search on the internet and you can find a lot of resources for you to make a wedding card. You can find some free clipart on the web for you to use. You may even find tons of examples on wedding card design. Of course it will also be a good idea if you can afford the time to make some handmade invitations. However, people are very busy working nowadays and you still have a lot to do when your wedding planning is concerned. As a result, you may not want to spend so much time on your handmade wedding invitations.

To this end you may still go back to the idea of a printed invitation since this will certainly save you a lot of time. So the question here is, how can you find some ideas for your wedding invitations?

One of the options will be using some free wedding invitation templates. You can in fact find tons of different free wedding card templates from the internet. You can just perform a basic search on Yahoo with the keyword “free wedding invitation printable templates” and you can certainly get tons of results.

In most cases the templates will be free for your personal use. Of course you have to read all the terms carefully before you actually use the templates because you do not want to infringe any copyright law.

After you have downloaded these templates, you can start working on it. In most cases you will need to use software such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator to modify the templates.

One of the most difficult parts when you are creating your own wedding invitation is the wordings. You can again search on the internet for different options of wordings. You may also opt to create your own wording. However, when you are creating your own wordings, you should make sure that all the necessary information such as the time and date of your wedding is included otherwise it will only be a mess.

You will also need to shop for some materials for you to print the wedding invitations. There is a full range of options when the material is concerned. You can buy some paper from your local art suppliers to test if you like the material. At the end of the day it is not difficult to create a unique and personalized DIY wedding invitation.

Jerry Leung is a wedding invitation designer. He has a great interest in Chinese Style Wedding Invitations. His works can be found from http://www.983wedding.com. His personal blog is http://www.weddingabc.net and some other wedding vendors can be found from http://www.imarry.org

If your anything like most men then you probably spend more time wishing you had a girlfriend then you do going out to meet women. This is often called procrastination. It’s when you put things off that you know you should be doing. In this article I’m going to tell you what you need to be doing this week to start improving your dating life.

#1 Make Time To Go Out

It’s impossible to have any kind of a dating life if you don’t make time to meet women. Set aside at least one night out of the week for you to get out on the town. That shouldn’t be too much for even the most busiest of men. Cut back on watching TV and playing video games if you have to. You have to invest some time and effort into your social life just like you would anything else.

#2 Learn A Hobby That Will Allow You To Meet Women

Next up is to find something that you can do in your spare time that allows you to meet more women and people in general. This could be dancing lessons, cooking classes, joining a bolling league, yoga, or something else all together. If you can find something where women outnumber men a great deal then you will be in a great situation.

#3 Improve Your Look

Is there something about your appearance you would like to improve on? Would you just like to change things up? Try getting yourself a new haircut, some new clothes, and a daily workout plan. Just a few tweaks here and there will make you feel good about yourself. Let’s not forget that it will also get the attention of others.

#4 Meet Women Throughout The Day

Your going to have to leave the house at some point. Why don’t you start some conversations with women while you are out buying groceries, going for a walk, or at the mall? Your conversations don’t have to be long. Just say a few words to see where things can go from there.

#5 Make It Your Goal To Say Hi

Don’t waist all your time trying to think of the prefect words to say. There are no perfect words and never have been. Just say Hi when you see a woman you would like to meet. It’s a normal thing to do and you won’t have to look like a creep. If she sends out a friendly vibe you can then ask her questions about herself to get her talking.

#6 Meet Women Online

I wouldn’t put all your eggs in the online dating basket. I would just use it as another way of meeting women. Set up a good detailed profile of yourself. It really does need to be good and you need a picture. Start sending messages out to women by asking them a question about themselves. This question should be something you noticed about her in her profile. If you can’t come up with a good question to ask then don’t bother messaging her.

#7 Speed Dating Events

This is a love or hate it type of way of meeting people. I recommend that you do give one a try from time to time. Look to see what events are running in your city. The best way to use these events is to be ready to ask her a few questions a head of time. Come up with a short list of questions. Make your questions interesting. You don’t want her to be asked the same questions as every other guy.

#8 Date For Fun

Dating is serious, but it shouldn’t be so serious that your not enjoying it. When you lighten up you not only take pressure off yourself, but also your date. This way the two of you are more likely to enjoy your time together even if nothing serious does come out of it.

#9 Get Over Your Past

When you fall in love you are also risking yourself to get hurt. The problem is that once you get hurt you start to fear getting hurt again. You have to give yourself enough time to get over things, but also not dwell on your past forever. All fear must be conquered in order to achieve the life that you want. Recognize that there is a difference between the feelings of pain and fear of feeling pain.

#10 Identify The Type Of Woman You Want

One problem allot of guys get themselves into is dating any woman that will have them. Attractive men are picky and set very high standards for the women that they bring into their life. Just dating any woman is a sign of desperation.

Conclusion

Just picking one of those things this week will help you see a drastic improvement in your dating life. If you can work towards all ten then your dating life will flourish.

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Sure, we all love ourselves a little peek into other people’s sex lives -especially famous sex lives. And we have a plethora of celebrity sex to rent at our favorite online store. Sometimes we even get to watch the best clips on network tv. Well, okay, not the best clips, but surprisingly, we do see clips.

Pammie and Tommy Lee showed that rock stars do actually do it exactly as we suspected -with gorgeous blondes and well endowed men. Thanks to Paris Hilton, we found out that ego-centric rich kids will do it for the camera even when it’s a home video camera and “it” is actually for oral happiness. Even the pathetic hanger-on kids of celebrities do a decent home video. Kim Kardashian is better than adult films for many of us.

Now its personal tapes of people long dead. Marilyn Monroe and Jimi Hendrix showed up in adult video news over April and one may actually be real. The Marilyn Monroe sex tape is one of many hoaxes we all wish were true. Sadly, a Monroe look alike did a few of these sex tapes and it is likely the latest rumored Monroe monkey dance is hers as well.

But Vivid pictures unearthed a Jimi Hendrix tape that groupies claim is him (I should know,they say.) and ex-girlfriends admit may be a very good imposter. Either way, it is real enough in looks to help any imagination send you to the 60s with a man who could call Tommy Lee tiny in celebrity and size. Is it really all that fascinating to see some dead celebrity doing this? Once I saw the trailer for the Hendrix tape on youtube, I wasn not so sure I could pass this up. My order is in the works.

In OTHER adult fun news, Isabella Rosselini the stunning daughter of Ingrid Bergman and perverse songstress from Blue Velvet- made a handful of exceptionally short tapes that came out this month. Surprised? Want to know where you can see it for free? The Sundance Channel. Shocked? So was I. Until I watched them. “Green Porno” is about insects mating. Bug. Sex.

How can I say more? It is informative and entertaining in a way only an ex-girlfriend of David Lynch can make it. Rosselini re-enacts bug sex like a bizarre Nina Hartley for entomology fetishists. It is called Green Porno and do NOT watch it to get turned on. Watch it to be baffled by the European mind. And laugh in an awkward way.

So the Hendrix tape and the Rosselini shorts got me thinking. Pornography is changing so rapidly. It is quickly going down the road sex toys have been going down. Pornography is no longer a hidden, dark hobby of lonely men. It has in recent years become popular with women and couples. And now it is on the fast path to the mainstream world. While adult actresses find their way to mainstream media (Jenna Jameson in this months theatrical release of Stripper Zombies and Mary Careys reality tv), they are watching their industry crossover with them.

Many adult movies have production value and mainstream film and tv are getting more racy making the two industries practically overlap. A tv episode can be just as much of a turn-on as adult videos. A recent episode of David Duchovnys Californication was scolded for being as close to porn without showing genitalia. While I find genitalia-less adult movies way too far from real adult movies to make a comparison, it does say something about where we are headed.

Hopefully, this is a step forward for those people who are sick of having their perversions (toys, sex props, and adult movies) called perversions instead of what our preferences truly are, absolutely mainstream.

Justina Mathews writes about issues that affect couples and today’s woman concerning relationships and sexuality. She’s also a staff writer for the blog “Architects of Sex” at http://honeymoonsextoys.thumblogger.com/