Where will you be in 2012?

What will you be doing?

And more importantly, who will you be with?

The search for love, romance, passion, companionship, and friendship occupies a great deal of our time when we are single.  The urges and desires for varying levels of intimacy with other human beings are with us throughout our lives.

Happily for those who are single, divorced, over 40, gay (men), Christian, a single parent, alternative, or bisexual  help is at hand.  The Love Cup is a new, fresh, and flavoursome online dating site.  It’s a glittering gem of a site among plenty of dull stones.  The site gives the online dater ample opportunity to search for love and/or passion using a variety of sites divided into flavours.

Pour a fresh cup of coffee, pull up your chair and take a look.  Better still, sign up and see what’s behind the door.  You won’t be disappointed.  The owners of this site have not only produced a site that’s full of ways of making the task of approaching people online much easier and more fun, but the keep coming up with innovative new ways to do so too.

We like the ‘bolt on’ idea by which you choose which additional features to add to your profile’s toolbox.  It gives you much more choice that the rather flat idea of a limited free membership versus the full subscription membership.  For example, you can use the bolt-on VIP Search which ensures your profile is highlighted in search results.

The future looks good and the Love Cup will make it tastier for you.  Yes indeed, the coffee in the Love Cup is always fresh and just how you like it.

This week the site announced an expansion of its network as new options have come online. Online daters now have these options to choose from:

• General online dating for people of all ages and interests
• Dating for divorcees looking to start afresh with a new partner
• Dating for single parents hoping to find a child friendly partner, perhaps with children of their own
• Dating for gay men looking for romance and longer term relationships
• Dating for Christians looking for that soul-mate
• Over 4os dating for the more mature singletons
• Adult dating for those looking for something a bit more spicy

Online dating works, but you can make it work for you quicker and more cost effectively by narrowing your search to a particular niche site. These options make it easier for the single person to find exactly what they’re looking for and if they have no particular tastes in mind then the general option is still open to them.

Since those early days it has been through a few changes the most recent of which was a transformation in July 2010 into a free social network, but after a year on this track the owners realised that they had gone off course and they are now back on track with a new site and a fresh launch.

The site encourages anyone with an attraction to aviation to sign up even if they don’t actually work or play in aviation.  This means it’s designed for private pilots, air crew, cabin crew, and aviation enthusiasts too.  Basically, if you like aeroplanes, airlines, and aviators then Love Air is the dating site for you.

As is so often the case these days basic membership is free and there are optional upgrades for those who want to take-off and fly rather than taxi around the airfield.  Like all good reputable dating sites these days the site is managed and administered by professionals who are on hand to deal with any enquiries and to solve problems.

Love Air is open for members in the UK, USA, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and Australia.

1. Submit something to the blog: http://www.loveair.co.uk/blog/
2. Swap links with the site: http://www.loveair.co.uk/links.html
3. Follow Love Air on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/#!/LoveAirDating
4. Find Love Air on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Love-Air-Aviation-Dating/119915738113143
5. And/or just sign up using one of the links below:

Love Air UK	Love Air AU	Love Air ZA

Love Air NZ	Love Air IE	Love Air CA	Love Air US

The Daily Telegraph reports on the scale of the problem and its findings are based on the research carried out by Professor Monica Whitty, a psychologist and Professor of Contemporary Media at the University of Leicester, and Dr Tom Buchanan, a psychologist at the University of Westminster, who surveyed more than 2,000 people through an online YouGov survey.

The article claims that this is a largely unreported crime and that would seem plausible since those who may have fallen victim to the fraud may be reluctant to own up to being duped and perhaps don’t believe that there’s any hope of recovering their money.

The article points out that the scam is a double blow to the victim.  Not only are they defrauded of money but they also suffer the heartache of realising that the person for whom they had developed strong feelings has hurt them emotionally.

The simple rule to follow is this; never, never, never send money to anyone you’ve met online.  It doesn’t matter what sob story they tell you – don’t lend or give money to anyone you’ve met through a dating site.

Dating sites exist to provide a medium to bring people together and get to know each other so that they can eventually meet and develop a relationship. The relationship you have online with someone you’re getting to know is not the true relationship!  It’s just the beginning of one so keep your wits about you.

• Don’t send money to people who say they adore you but can’t afford to come and see you.
• Don’t send money to people who tell you about a sick relative who needs an operation.
• Don’t send money to those who claim they have money coming soon but need a short term loan.

More information:

•  Ten Top Tips For Internet Dating Safety
• Online Dating Scams – 419 Advance Fee Fraud

Eco Friendly Dating caters for people whose search for a partner involves using a check-list on which there’s one tick box that is a mandatory requirement.  Each member is looking for someone who shares their concern for the effect we have both collectively and as individuals on the planet and within the local environment.  If the prospective partner doesn’t hold green issues close to their heart and if they don’t put environmentally friendly living high on their agenda then they be passed by in favour of someone who does meet the required standard.

However, that is not to say that all members are hair shirt wearing eco warriors who knit their own yoghurt. Green issues cover a wide spectrum of interests and while it describes a river of people who share a common interest it’s also gives the membership plenty of scope for variety.

For example, you might be a solar panel installer who loves harnessing the energy of the sun and generating power from it, but then on this dating site you might meet someone whose passion is running an online cosmetics company that only uses organic and ethically produced products.

The range of subjects that green issues covers is large and the interest in these various aspects is growing all the time.  Eco Friendly Dating is there to put like minded souls in touch with each other and then let nature do the rest.