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Every time when we go aboard — it’s a big problem, where to eat? How to find the right places? It’s always best to take care of it in advance, and search online for trusted places you can visit. There is a whole site designed for this purpose, where you can find the best London restaurants, as well as places to eat, drink and hang out, share your recommendations of places you have visited or post a review of your favorite places in London or anywhere in the world. This means, the site is based on real opinions of people who visited these places, and not adverts. Highly recommended to visit before you pack your bags!
Finally, after some technical issues we have been experiencing the past 2 months, my Free eCards site has been fixed, thanks to my incredibly talented partner - Conrad. Here are some notable cards you might find to be interesting..
And, the top picks - eCards that has been sent the most:
Enjoy spreading the joy!
Let’s face the sad fact and admit that life isn’t fair at all when it comes to opposite sexes. While men at their 30’s are still blooming and are open for offers, women around their 30’s and after this age quickly get downgraded in men’s eyes.
Let’s say you have devoted all of your 20’s to getting your career off the ground. Not that you haven’t been dating at all… of course you have, and had a great time, but not with serious intentions, since developing your life was more important and in some cases even essential. Now here you are, turning 30 and no long-term relationship on the horizon, but you can practically hear your biological clock ticking… It could make you nervous, but in essence, you have only a few priceless years to find a man to fall in love with, make him fall in love with you, get him to marry you, and have a baby or its lights out. Why only a few years? Because if you are single at your 38, you’re practically dead for most men at their 38. Sweet, is it not? But, that is life to you. Some guys would assume that if you are STILL single, something must be wrong with you, while others, when they are approaching their 40’s and are still unmarried, switch orientation to younger women, after all, they are only 38, would be a shame to waste the best years of their life on some 37-years-old granny, right? Either way, being single after 30’s — sucks.
When girl at this age realizes all of the above it either pushes her into a depression, or she goes wild hunting men and as a result scares them even more away. Presuming you’re already familiar with all of the men in your social circle, and none of them shows great interest, or not a good enough candidate, or just scares you off, what can you do?
Best is, to consider online dating.
You have the opportunity to read hundreds of profiles and look at hundreds of pictures in search of that “someone” that will be right for you. You aren’t limited to only those men that you come in contact with personally. The possibilities are almost endless, and while being cautious (it’s important!) as to who you are going to meet, you can find someone with similar tastes, hobbies and goals in life. Don’t forget that you need not be limited to Internet, there are many other alternatives such as mobile dating where you can meet new people and get in touch with someone new even when you sit bored in a metro on your way to work.
“Isn’t online dating consists of perverts, sexual predators and weirdos in assorted shapes and sizes?”
Well… while I’d not say anything about assorted shapes and sizes, not everyone who seeks a life partner online is a pervert. Not anymore anyway. That was true when online dating first came on the scene but now it is mainstream, and many business people who simply have no time to go to bars and hunt girls, avail of the facility to find a soul mate online. Use caution that you would use when meeting any stranger, as meeting someone on the street does not guarantee he won’t turn out to be married, pervert or god-knows what.
Never give your real name, address or phone number or other details until you feel safe doing so. Don’t rush into a face-to-face meeting until you are confident and then make the first meeting in a public place and during daylight hours. Still and all, give it a try… Man of your dreams could be just a few mouse-clicks away.
The problem with any alternative lifestyles sub cultures is that it’s hard to find a friend or a partner with similar interests. If you are seeking gothic personals to spend time with, get to know online or even take the adventure to “real life”, I found a goth dating site, you might want to check out. It was design especially for people who love heavy metal, dark metal, piercing, tattoos, Wicca or “just” enjoys the lifestyle. You will find quite a few interesting profiles, not all members are what you would class as “Goths”. Some seems to be very nice people who seek gothic friends while others have very impressive, traditionally gothic profiles. Highly recommended place for finding a friend, as the website also has a lot of fun features which turns it to a high quality online dating community for everyone.
The basic ingredient are:
1 cup of vodka (Finland is best)
1/2 cup lemon juice (green lime)
2 cups pineapple juice
2 fresh and mellow mangoes
1 table spoon of superfine sugar
Put all of the above into a blender and blend until it turns to a smooth and velvet liquid. Pour into cocktail glasses decorated with a sugar lemon or add this to vanilla ice cream. This could be a much better dessert for you and your partner instead of cookies and tea. Don’t tell me you disagree!
Friends are essential. We all want to have many of them, but some of us are shy so how to overcome this?
1). Be an honest, dependable and reliable person. Not divulging too much about yourself or other people around you is very important.
2). Be surprised, you can also win friends online using social media sites or chat rooms.
Making friends is not an easy task, not to mention they do not become our real friends over night; this process can take up days, weeks and even month. As long as you keep trying, lead a rich social life and maintain an active life — you will always be meeting new people and making new friends!
3). Do something yourself first! Don’t stay in waiting for new friends to suddenly appear. Socialize, talk, initiate conversations.
4). Even though it is easier said than done, try not to be shy when you meet new people.
5). Like-minded people often become good friends. If you have always wanted to do or try something different, say — take up a new activity, this could be the ideal time to try yourself out with something new and make friends along the way.
Despite being a psychologist, most of what I learn in life came through personal experience, and not through books and movies. When a certain situation takes place, I can analyze it with all the professional knowledge I accumulated, and learn from it.
The biggest share of all my knowledge came through my ex-boyfriend, to who I often refer as “The Master of my Dreams”. We had a long relationship and his very extensive understanding in psychology and psychiatry, together with loads of experience and some age advantage allowed him to practically enslave anyone emotionally. At that time it seemed natural to me, but looking back I assume he just knew what to do and how.
One of the most important things he “tought” me, was – there is no failure in relationship. He gave me a very confident feeling that I can’t fail him, disappoint him or displease him, and this confidence strengthened our relationship. Nothing can be better then when you can be yourself, knowing that no matter what crime you commit, HIS (her) love you won’t ever lose. This “method”, however, has a disadvantage for the other side:
- Of course your parter CAN disappoint you. Yes, he or she can, and probably will, if you are together for sometime.
Getting you bitter pill at some point is really unpreventable here. Two people from different families, with different past experiences and backgrounds trying to “match” their lives together… You both will cast each other down sometimes, these could be big or small failures, not living up to the expectations or anything else in between. But… It’s natural.
- So, does it mean I have to swallow everything and just move on?
No, of course not. By all means, let your parter know that you did not like what he did or on the other hand, did not do. If the disappointment was too deep, just leave this partner and seek another one, if, however, you love him / her and willing to accept it in order not to lose his or her love — be patient. Your sweetheart failed you, — make it clear to him what was wrong and more important what should or should not he do next time in order not to disappoint in the future. If your partner loves you and cares for you, he won’t do it again. Playing a poo-face for the rest of the century, or reminding him about it in every upcoming fight for the next millennium is wrong! Just put yourself in his place, what would change if you demoralize him over and over again about small mishap 5 years ago? He can’t re-write the history, he can only but learn the lesson and try to avoid it in the future.
Let your partner know that his or her mistakes can easily be fixed. This would give your lover a great deal of confidence and confidence leads to comfort and harmony in a relationship. You cannot achieve harmony if you have to be on your toes all the time, making sure you are “good enough”, especially if you occasionally get a reminded about how “bad” you were.
- Don’t forget to use your Joker any time.
Patience also gives you a big advantage here, sort of joker you can pull from your sleeve any time YOU disappointed your partner, and some day, at some situation, you might. If you have been a good and loving partner who let everything slide and is never angry for more than 10 minutes, never raises fuss around any displeasing subject, surely when something turns against YOU, you can demand an equal treat. You can easily put your partner back in his or her place if s/he unleashes his /her bitterness on you.
Why would this create a “desired slavery”?
Let’s face it, most women do raise a fuss about everything, they yell, get angry and remind their husbands about mistakes he made 20 years ago. And, let’s face it, most men don’t even know what patience is, and demoralize their girlfriends when something goes wrong. When you are in a relationship with someone who provides you with “100% No Failure Policy”, you feel welcomed, beloved, emotionally secure, and you won’t leave such a relationship, knowing that you won’t find such a treat anywhere else. And honestly, it’s really rare to find…
When people think of BDSM, they normally split into 3 categories. First category of people storms out and crawls in their skin from a mere thought of all these ‘’sick perverts” who do weird things to each other instead of enjoying. Second category of people has neutral feelings towards the minorities in our society. They are aware of the fact that there are gays, lesbians, sadomasochists and other groups of cultures and people who are just there, though it’s important to stay away from them. Third category of people finds it… exciting. Be surprised, many do, but of course not everyone would tell you about it, because they don’t want to look like perverts or “weird”, especially in their partner’s eyes, let alone be dumped for this reason. Read the rest of this entry »
For those of you who think that BDSM role-playing games mean a pervert all dressed up in leather clothes and torturing someone else to death – it’s not like that at all. In fact, if we take all the people who practice BDSM, only small percent of such people are actually really perverted, in the clinical term of this word. When I say ‘perverted’, I mean they cannot enjoy at all unless they cause sever pain or receive sever pain from their partner. Read the rest of this entry »
This is not really “positions tutorial” as the title promised you. It’s just a very fun video you will find to be highly amusing. Most of all, the last position she demonstrate made me smile — “if your husband does not want to see your face or if you are a chatter box…” Read the rest of this entry »