Article Subject: Online Dating is Stressful

Article Link: http://www.onlinedatingmagazine.com/columns/drjim/2007/35-onlinedatingstressful.html

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Dr. Dato’s Brief:

No one every said that online dating is easy and not only that, it can be very stressful if you are not too careful. This post has been written by medical doctor who gives sensible advise on how to reduce your stress load when it comes to online dating since without good health what’s the point of dating, right?

Although he covers several points that affects stress and how to reduce this, I have taken the most important ones and listed here.

- take out coffee or any caffeine out of your diet: this is a common advise given to many people and can have much beneficial effects on the body and system

- exercise: you knew this was coming, but clearing your head and going for a short walk can do you a world of good

- mult-tasking: pace yourself at work and play, you can often tell when you are being un-productive when something is taking longer than usual, go for a break and come back and tackle whatever task with a fresh mind.

So there you have it, the actual advise will also apply to your other walks of life. In online dating, pace yourself, be consistent and you will find that you are less stressed than you think and at the same time being productive with your tasks.

staying healthy with a good mind will make you more productive in mundane tasks

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Look and Feel

Website is a multicolored with the background being off-white around an all purple color. You will be very surprised to learn that the site contains many options to find your punk personals. One thing that put me off is that the site contains many matrimonial, group dating and Google advertisements. If you hold a passion for music, sports, religion etc. you will find similar people with passions by clicking on the passion button which is provided at the bottom of the website.

Registration Process

If you are bored by filling in the same information to all the dating websites and then getting the verification mail then, this site offers a quick and easy option. You just need to give your username and email. The site will send you a verification mail, you click on the provided link and you are ready to fill the registration form. Just like other dating websites this site also asks you about your physical build, drinking, smoking habits, political views, age, date of birth, location etc. The system of this website verifies the location automatically, if it detects incorrect information than the profile is deleted automatically, mainly to trap spammers who mask their location. After registration you will find a list of many other dating websites and if you wish you can join them just by clicking ‘yes’. They are probably linked as an affiliate to those dating sites. In the next page you have to provide information as to why you are joining this site and for what you are looking on this site.

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You have to complete your registration within 24 hours or you may need to restart from the beginning with a new username. You must be at least 18 years old for registering to this site.

Login & Customizing Profiles

If you are a new user then you are automatically kept logged in after sign up. For the existing members you can login by providing just your username and password. Customizing your profile through this site is easy as you can view and change your mail settings, edit your profile, and see your favorites and online friends. You can also view the forums, blogs, smooches etc.

Photo Profile Section

The photo uploading options to this site is easy and you can directly upload your photos from your computer. You can crop the photos for a better appearance.

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One thing that pleased me while uploading photos is that you can make the photos public or private. You have the facility of arranging and organizing the photos for all your other sites including punk passions. There is also a free photo editor option, where you can edit your pictures to make them look better.

The website has rules for uploading the types of photos just like all the other dating websites. You can upload 10 photos and they all should be in jpg or jpeg format. You cannot upload nude photos unless you have chosen ‘nudist passion’ during registration.

Children’s minor photographs are discouraged and and likely to be deleted without any warning. You will not see your photos right away since it undergoes approval through the site administrator.

Browse & Search Feature

Browsing and searching is the highlight of this website and you can browse any section of the whole site.

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All the menus are positioned nicely on the top. Users will be pleased to see that they can chat, add videos & do fun stuff such as read books, vote for books all for free. Users can view the whole community to see who’s online and who is in popular list. The forum and blog buttons are on the top where you can post to the forum or blog on general topics of love, sports, politics, music etc.

You can make a quick search by giving the location and age group of the match you are searching for. The users can also browse by group, state or search by keyword.

Messaging

Messaging is a great feature of punkpassions.com and everything that is needed in messaging has been provided on this site.
First, go to the profile of the person you are interested and you can send an email, virtual gifts, and real gifts. The first real gift is free but you need to pay for the next real gifts. IM is also available in this site.

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