http://idleromance.com Can a twice divorced 55+ year old man find romance on the Internet? Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:11:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a recent visit to CNN.com I bumbled upon an article about Internet dating sites that cater to (let's not call them cheaters) attached individuals looking for some extra curricular activity. The politically correct term for this is Internet Married Dating.  Strangely I found this rather intriguing. 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Though it hasn't rendered a single actual date (or phone call, for that matter) I have noticed that I use a specific process when I am checking out someone's Internet dating profile. 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Consequently you find yourself signing up at an Internet dating site and "working it" until you have exhausted all the acceptable possibilities (Yes, I am discovering exactly ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-b--d1TpyKdOw9lxbij6Ebr-LNk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-b--d1TpyKdOw9lxbij6Ebr-LNk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-b--d1TpyKdOw9lxbij6Ebr-LNk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-b--d1TpyKdOw9lxbij6Ebr-LNk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/IdleRomance?a=5z9VYUxOcx4:LfeDQYPCSzA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/IdleRomance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdleRomance/~4/5z9VYUxOcx4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IdleRomance/~3/5z9VYUxOcx4/ http://idleromance.com/?p=146 I'm still navigating (badly) the hazards of Internet dating. I've discussed it before so you'd think I'd listen. For a number of weeks I had been corresponding with a lady I "met" on the dating web site OKCupid.com. 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I've already covered the divorce thing here and I have decided to continue to leave that out of my base profile. Still it is hard to know what you ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qN-sZnJsA9wI5hWjomjxVVrkcKY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qN-sZnJsA9wI5hWjomjxVVrkcKY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qN-sZnJsA9wI5hWjomjxVVrkcKY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qN-sZnJsA9wI5hWjomjxVVrkcKY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/IdleRomance?a=K4kUQfQMfp4:2G3crDdlb_g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/IdleRomance?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdleRomance/~4/K4kUQfQMfp4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IdleRomance/~3/K4kUQfQMfp4/ http://idleromance.com/?p=136 Continuing with my analysis of dating site PerfectMatch.com's analysis of me - we come to the Complementary Test. Again - the names of these tests are a bit mysterious.Your Complementary Test Results - SCTI  Structured, Compromiser, Temperate, IntrovertYou have strong opinions and you like things "just so". 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Their approach is a bit different than the other matchmaking online dating sites in that they focus on you. I am not exactly sure why this section is called the "Similarity Test". 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