Amor: Dating Site Reviews and Advice

“It literally happens every day on that site,” said Hyde, 33, who works in public relations in Daytona Beach, Fla. “I am open on the sites about my size. I am who I am.”

The dating show “More to Love” suggests that love comes in all shapes and sizes, but plus-size singles say their weight sometimes gets in the way of finding love online, even though two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese.

Cynthia Colby, 55, who works in multimedia marketing and promotions in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, said she tried eHarmony and Match.com with no luck.

“Either I was overlooked or I would sometimes get someone who didn’t read the part where I said how heavy I was,” said Colby. She included that she was a large woman (size 20) in her profile and posted photos, but typically when she reminded matches about her size, they’d say, “‘Oh. I didn’t know. That changes things.’”

Cheryl Sellick, 54, of Cherryville, N.C., who has been on Match.com and Plentyoffish.com, doesn’t say she is a BBW (big beautiful woman), size 26, in her profile, but does post photos.

She sends the men an e-mail before meeting in person: “‘I want to remind you I am a big beautiful woman. Are you sure you want to do this?’” Some guys are gracious about it, she said, but “most of them are just gone.”

Sellick is now looking for matches on the MoretoLove.com dating site, and feels more comfortable knowing the men are looking for larger women…

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The world of cyber-dating is getting more creative. We no longer have to rely on sorting through matches on our favorite online dating sites to meet other single strangers; we can grab our iPhones or iPod Touches and in an instant, have a date. Or at least, we can be informed of available daters within a 5-mile radius of where we are drinking our coffee. Now that’s technology.

Two new iPhone applications have launched this week, and they offer quite different services than an online dating site like eHarmony. “iHookUpNow” by Checkmate Mobile, Inc. provides a GPS-enabled application to help you find singles located in your immediate area. Their website advertises a more casual approach to dating. For instance, if you find yourself in Santa Monica and want to visit a local bar, you can send a message to all iHookUpNow users in the area, and see if you get any takers to join you. If you do, you will receive a message with a picture of a potential hook-up….

Find out more about the new Iphone apps at examiner.com >>>

Though we are in the 21st century, interracial and intercultural dating can still be considered controversial.

At 4 p.m. today, the “Choice of Colors” brown bag panel discussion series continues with “The Truth About Interracial Dating” at the La Casa Latino Cultural Center.

The panel includes people who are married or who have been in relationships with those outside of their ethnic or cultural background.

The panelists have had varied experiences that range from non-problematic to causing major conflicts, said Lillian Casillas, director of La Casa.

Read the read about the interacial dating disscussion at the idsnews.com >>