A general view of online dating and in particular Irish dating online.

It's only once every 4 years, but today, us ladies can propose to a man. This was made law in the middle ages and if a lady proposed to a man on February 29th and he refused he had to buy her a silk gown and pay a fine of £1! St. Bridget is said to have suggested the idea to St. Patrick that women should, occasionally, be able to propose to men and it seems that one day every 4 years was enough.

Well I don't know about proposing marriage, but I do think, for the day that is in it, all the women on the site should make first contact with at least one man today - go on girls you know you want to:-)

I look forward to your comments, and your stories of successes with your new contacts!!
Best comment of the week wins a months membership on Maybefriends.com - the Home of Irish Dating.

Labels: Irish online dating - leap year

Today, I'm going to have a little rant about photos on profiles! You're on a dating website, look on it the same way as if you were going out for a night on the town. What would you do? You'd get all dressed up, looking your best. Make-up and heels for the girls, after shave and clean clothes for the guys and off you'd go. So why then, when you are putting a photo on your profile, do you not give it the same attention? Blurred photos with two or three people in it is no way to attract the opposite sex. Taking a picture of yourself by holding your mobile phone in front of your face also doesn't produce the best results.
Get yourself dressed up, then get a friend or family member (or better still go to a professional - you wouldn't think twice about spending a fortune on a night out on the town so why not spend it on a photographer) to take a few pictures of you - head and shoulders is enough, you don't need a full length shot. Make sure you are looking straight at the camera and smiling! then post it on your profile and watch your mail box fill up - it's as simple as that.
So I'm really looking forward to seeing some wonderful photos on the site over the next few days.
Great comments to the Google post yesterday so I look forward to somemore great ones today. Remember, best comment of the week wins a months free membership on Maybefriends.com - the Home of Irish Dating

Labels: Irish online dating - photos

48% of our members Google potential dates! Isn't it fantastic to be able to find out information on people so quickly and easily. My guess is that if we do this poll again in a years time that % will have increased quite a bit. If nothing else it gives you good conversation pieces, especially if they haven't Googled themselves and don't know that they are, in fact, a world famous footballer!. I write childrens books in the States according to Google - or at least a namessake does.
It would be nice to know who Googles you though - I wonder if they would ever let you have those figures.
This week's poll is about how long you go out with someone before you consider it a committed relationship. Personally I think it depends on the person you're with - it can be very quick if the chemistry is there and you hit it off immediately.
Looking forward to seeing the results.
Remember the best post of the week wins a month's free membership on Maybefriends.com - The Home of Irish Dating

Labels: Irish online dating - googled

Are you one of those people that sends the same old introduction message out to lots of people, every day, in the belief that "if you fling enough mud some will stick"? Perhaps one or two people do respond to you this week but the I bet your respond rate is really low.
I often hear people complain that they sent tonnes of messages and got very few replies. Well try it this way instead. Do a search, read the profiles and find ones that genuinely appeal to you. Then send them a message that refers to their profile and what you have in common.
So, for example, if a girl says she loves dogs, don't just say that you love dogs too - that's just an unsubstantiated fact - tell a story about a dog you have or used to have. Tell her the dog's name, what he looks like, what he likes to do.
If a guy says he likes football tell him about your favourite team, why you like it, any matches you have been to.
What I'm saying is back up your facts with feelings. It is not enough to state something you have give a little more.
And the more you give the more you get back - in spades.

I'd love to hear your comments on this and remember best comment of the week wins a months membership on Maybefriends.com - The Home of Irish Dating.

Labels: Irish online dating - messages

Well it's now official, our members favourite first date is a Coffee followed by the Pub - we are a thirsty lot!

I do think coffee is a great first date - it can take as long or as short as you like. It can be daytime or evening, and it's a great way to get to know eachother without having to shout over music or throngs of people so a good choice in my opinion.

This week's poll I think should be quite interesting - "Have you ever Googled a potential date?" I'm sure most of you have Googled yourselves so you know what a potential date will read about you on the web but I can't wait to see how many of you Google someone else.

Congratulations to Toffee for winning the best post of last week and I look forward to seeing some more comments this week, remember the best comment of the week wins a months free membership on Maybefriends.com - The home of Irish Dating.

Labels: Irish online dating - coffee

If you are looking for something to do this weekend or somewhere to go on a date then why don't you consider going to the Peacock Theatre in Dublin - Fool for Love by Sam Shepard previews this weekend and it sounds great; Here is their take on it....

Eddie, a stunt man returns once again to his girl, May. In a motel room in the middle of nowhere they thrash out their love in a doomed relationship.

An American classic, Fool for Love is an intensely physical, car crash of an evening with all the gruff romance of the fading wild west - spurs, guns, horses tequila and a sexy broad in a red dress. It cries with the longing, humour and violence of love gone wrong.

Labels: Irish online dating - Fool for Love

Well I hope you all enjoy your Valentines Day today - remember in Medevial times they used to say the first single person you met on Valentines Day would be your spouse within a year - so check out that person you got chatting to on the train again - You never know!

It seems a fitting day to welcome a new partner of ours - Radio Kerry who have launched RadioKerry Dating in conjunction with ourselves today. We expect to have many new members joining us from the Kingdom and we'll host our first event there sometime in March.
We look forward to welcoming more partners to the site in the near future.
Best comment of the week wins a months free membership on Mayefriends.com - The home of Irish Dating

Labels: Irish online dating - Valenines Day

I wasn't listening to Ryan Tuberty yesterday but I believe he had a discussion about whether or not men and women can be "just good friends".
I think this very much depends on your love status. If you are single and available then it is far more difficult to be "just good friends" as there is always the possibility that some drunken night you'll end up getting it together whether you intended to or not! If either of you are attached then I think it is different as both of you enter the friendship knowing that the other is not available.
Of course you are always going to come across the occasional person who will see the fact that you are attached as a challenge, but in general I think it is possible to be friends and no more.

Let me know what you think - best comment of the week wins a month's free membership on Maybefriends.com - the Home of Irish Dating.

Labels: irish Online Dating - Good Friends

Todays blog has been prompted by a message on the Maybefriends.com messageboard about "mind games". I often wonder whether or not people play mind games on purpose - do they even know that they are doing it?

I've met people who play mind games but I tend to think it is more of a communication misinterpretation rather than a callous attempt to upset someone or manipulate them. Perhaps I just have a rose tinted view of the world because I never believe that anyone would purposely set out to upset somone or to mess with their heads.

Am I just naive?

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic. Remember best comment of the week wins a months free membership to Maybefriends.com

Labels: dating, Mind games.

When you're in the dating game it's always a good idea to look your very best all the time - not just because you might happen to meet THE ONE as you walk down the street, but also because it makes you feel so good and gives you great confidence in yourself - always important whether or not you're looking for someone.

So if you want help and advise on how to look your best then check out www.Stylebible.ie - it looks fab. Apart from the fact that they have Maybefriends.com on their home page! It is a fashionistas dream and it's not just for girls. They have plenty of fashion and image advise for guys too.

It's full of useful tips and ideas and they have great advisors on the site so take a look and see what you think.
If you know of any sites that you think might be of interest to other members let us know by adding a comment to the blog. Remember the best comment each week wins a months free membership on Maybefriends.com - the home of Irish Dating.

Labels: Irish Dating - looking your best.

Good to see my Valentine Theme has created a bit of dicussion. To fire you on a little bit more here are some lesser known facts about the day.....
February 14th has had strong links with fertility since long before St. Valentine ever arrived on the scene. It is meant to be the day when birds pick their mates for the season.

In the middle ages there was a belief that the first single person you met on Valentines Day would become your spouse - gives the commute into work a whole new meaning!

St. Valentine was said to have given a card to his executor on this day and it reportedly said "from your Valentine" hence the tradition of cards and notes on the day.

73% of Valentine Day flowers are bought by men and only 23% by women. Come on girls forget about girl power what about Flower Power - send them a rose.

Verona, the Italian city where Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet lived receives about 1,000 letters every year sent to Juliet on Valentine's Day.

If you have any more quirky trivia about Valentines or love/hate the day do share it with us. The best comment of the week wins a month's free membership on Maybefriends.com

Labels: Irish online dating - Valentines Day Facts

As Valentines Day approaches I thought I'd try and find out a bit more about the man. So we'll start at the end of his life .... Did you know that St. Valentine is reportedly buried in Dublin! The Carmalite Church in Whitefriar St. in Dublin City Centre claims to hold the remains of the saint. How the remains got to be there is quite interesting. One of the Carmelites attached to the church went to Rome in 1835 and he impressed the pope so much with his preaching skills - obviously the Irish Gift of the Gab - that the then pope decided to gift his church with the body of St. Valentine! The remains were duly transfered to Whitefriar St. Church from Rome in 1836 and have been there ever since. Nice gift!

If you have any strange or unusal stories about St. Valentines Day do let us know. The best comment of the week wins a months free membership on Maybefriends.com

Labels: Irish online dating - Valentines Day

Today's blog is courtesy of Toffee....

On Friday 1st Feb there was a 'singles night' in the Viper Rooms on Aston Quay, Dublin. The turnout was fantastic....over 150 single people all chatting, drinking, dancing to 70's/80's music and getting to know each other.

A large portion of the people who turned out were from Maybefriends and I seem to recall a bit of 'canoodling' going on between some of them:-) The feedback I have received from the night has been really positive with most people asking if it will be on again.

Well, due to the great success of the night, the organiser and DJ has decided that he may run this as a monthly event. A preliminary date of 29th February has been set (since it's a leap-year... and we all know the myth about this day being the one day every 4 years when a lady has the option to ask for a gentleman's hand...or in this case - a date)

Keep checking the MaybeFriends Event Board for further information and as soon as I receive confirmation of that date I'll post the event...and really hope to see some more of you there this time.

Many thanks Toffee for the update - if any of you have any juicy gossip don't forget to share it with us!!! Remember the best comment of the week wins a months membership on MaybeFriends.com

Labels: Irish Online dating - Singles Night

Hi,
Firstly congratulations to Yummymummy on winning the best comment on a blog this week - lads check out what she has to say - I think she makes a really good point.
The poll we ran last week was about which was more important to you when looking for a partner - Humour or Looks, at the start of the week humour was winning at about 90% to 10% but this changed slightly as the week went on and the final result was 77% feel humour is more important and 23% would prefer looks. I think the reality is that the looks will attract you in the first place but the humour is what will keep you interested and coming back for more!.
This weeks poll is about dumping people - "Would you ever dump someone by Text?" I look forward to seeing the results of that one next week.
The best comment this week wins a months free membership on Maybefriends.com so get commenting. All the best, Jill XX

Labels: Irish Online dating - Humour or looks