Adultfriendfinder: Singles turning to online dating
Every word counts. Every word is scrutinized. And then the picture. Yikes! The picture. You're supposed to post one. My sweat-beaded fingers waivered over the computer keyboard. My legs rocked back and forth with anxiety. Wait a second. If online personals are supposed to deflect the tsunami-sized stress of dating, what was happening? Why was I pulling out my hair, editing, cutting, pasting, writing and rewriting my personal ad before launching it into a...
Adultfriendfinder: Stalked in cyberspace
The victims of internet stalkers have little legal protection in NSW , report HARRIET ALEXANDER and VANESSA McCAUSLAND There was a time when a young woman's reputation and future could be marred by a malicious prankster scrawling her name and phone number on the wall of a public toilet.The constant, harassing phone calls would undermine her family relationships, work and sense of safety, with police powerless to catch and punish the culprit.In the 21st century, cybersavvy...
AdultFriendFinder Sex Survey Says: 45 Percent Need Sex Weekly... or They Feel Weakly
FriendFinder Inc. Timothy Chanaud, 650-289-3125 tchanaud@friendfinderinc.com How long can you go without sex? For members of AdultFriendFinder.com, the world's largest adult online dating site, the answer is: not long. Forty-five percent of more than 11,000 members responding to an online sex survey conducted by AdultFriendFinder.com said they can't go more than a week without showing signs of deprivation. But 14 percent say they are "masters of their own...
Adultfriendfinder: When intimate images appear online
Q. My ex posted intimate photos of me on Yahoo and Adult FriendFinder. I ve asked the sites to remove the photos, but they won t help. What can I do? A. Some bonds of trust shouldn t be abused, even after the relationship is through. Yet some folks won t let go. I m sorry that you have to deal with this. It must be emotionally draining. A good first step is to know the policies of the sites with which you're dealing. That means going through the site s posted legal fine print. It s...
Adultfriendfinder: Clicking with someone online
Tim Karan When we were 15 years old, many of us believed that by the age of 30, we would be blissfully married to our soul mates, living white-picket-fence lives and possibly traveling via matter transporters.But, for a lot of us, those soul mates, like the matter transporters, have yet to arrive.Is it because we're picky?Is it because it's difficult to meet interesting, non psychotic people?Or is it because dating is just really, really...