Looking for Love? 8 Single Types to Avoid

Looking for Love? 8 Single Types to Avoid

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eharmonyadvice is offline eharmonyadvice — Advice Official Moderator Post #1  January 9,2012, 1:00pm

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If you are looking for love or a long-term relationship, these are the daters to avoid at all costs!
 
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Gr8Guyn2008 is offline Gr8Guyn2008 Post #2  January 9,2012, 5:11pm
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"The moral of this slideshow is to not settle for second best - or whoever happens to walk through the door. You deserve the best - so hold out for someone worthy of your love, who is also on the same page relationship-wise." = You will never find anyone good enough.

Yet again some real fine advice from the eHarmony staff
 
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Out of all of those I think the "Daddy's Princess" is the worst. However most of the time it's the mothers of the princesses who have raised these brats with such a sense of entitlement.
 
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nick222 is offline nick222 Post #4  January 10,2012, 5:22pm
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Better advice would be to avoid eHA lists.
 
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The advice in this article is good. In theory. But perhaps a bit too limiting in the real world.

I married a Princess and can attest that it made the relationship a challenge. She was still a lovely girl. That marriage sadly failed for some other reasons and I still sometimes miss her. I'd be cautious about dating another Princess; but I'm not sure I'd avoid at all costs. It wasn't exactly easy; but it wasn't impossible to deal with, either.

What is curious is that in the six months I was active on eHarmony, I ended up with exactly ONE date, two hours away, that failed ten minutes in (the girl was expecting instant fireworks I think...too bad, she seemed so promising in email). I would go weeks without new matches. I have had much, MUCH better success out there on my own (nothing serious, maybe, but certainly more dates). eHarmony's advice? Lower my standards. Open myself up to a bigger variety of women. Expand my distance to (I think they said) 250(!!!!) miles. Probably a good idea; but something of a contradiction to their advice stories which generally seem oriented toward winnowing down a large amount of opportunities.

Perhaps stories like this are more oriented toward the attractive young woman who's receiving a dozen contact attempts a day?
 
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I swear, I think I have a flashing neon sign on my forehead that toggles between two messages: "SERIAL DATERS APPLY HERE!" And, "SEEKING ALCOHOLICS\USERS" The thing is, I really don't know which one is worse. On one hand, the alchies and users are sober - at least sometimes - and usually rather enjoyable to be around. The serial daters, on the other hand, are only there when they want that free dinner and great conversation - they lull you in, at least initially, with the false sense of interest and then that's it! They're off to the next victim, and the next, and the next...but that phone call comes, eventually, that they're ready for their next date. I usually just tell them I'm no longer interested. As for the princess, I can spot those a mile away and don't even give them the chance to make it through the castle gate.

I have to say, I was sorely disappointed with eHarmony - again. I thought I'd give it a second chance but the matches were *unbelievably* lackluster. I finally just cancelled my eHarmony membership. Talk about a waste of very good money and a year of my time! Never, never, never again.
 
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I'm not too keen on the pictures that were chosen to go with the article. They imply that the issues listed are more either or male or female depending on which slide point you're looking at. Once again, it's a high level article with no real depth.

BTW, 'bejeweled' is a trademarked name of a game owned by Pop Games. Perhaps there's a non trademarked name that could be substituted.
 
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