Cyberdating for the New Millenium

Are you looking for a compatible mate, either from your own or another ethnic background, who shares your values and goals? Then say goodbye to nineteenth-century marriage brokers and "picture brides"; say hello to cyberdating!

When Eric Fagan began searching online for a soulmate in September, 1998, he was 63 years old and, by his own account, an average-looking guy with little computer expertise. Over the next ten months, he e-mailed more than 400 women (of whom about half responded), corresponded with about 100 and met 20 in person before finding a woman whose beliefs, habits and hobbies were compatible with his.

Eric firmly believes that if he can do it, anyone can. He reveals his search methods in his book entitled Cast Your Net: A Step-By-Step Guide to Finding Your Soulmate on the Internet (Harvard Common Press, 2001). Based on membership cost and total number of people signed up, he recommends the websites below to start your search

American Singles.

Match.com

FriendFinder

Links to all Matchmaker Dating Communities

Cast Your Net: A Step-By-Step Guide to Finding Your Soulmate on the Internet
by Eric F. Fagan

Tens of millions of singles are hooked up to the Internet in search of true love, and Internet matchmaking services provide social connections undreamed of just a few years ago. But how do you make the most of such opportunities to find a lasting, loving relationship? Cast Your Net will show you how to throw your line out into the ocean of online possibilities to catch the person who is right for you—your soul mate.

Cast Your Net demonstrates how you can use your home computer to safely and successfully navigate an online search and connect with that elusive mate. With Eric Fagan’s help you’ll learn to determine what you want and need in a soul mate; find the best Web matchmaking sites and use them properly; write a profile that will attract potential partners; ask the right questions to uncover telltale flags; maintain privacy and ensure safety; decide how, when, and where to make contact with or meet potential partners; bail out gracefully anywhere along the line; and more.

With so many places to meet people online, knowing where to start can be a challenge. With a witty, insightful, and trustworthy approach, Eric Fagan expertly guides the romantically inclined of all ages through each step of the journey. —John Gray, Ph.D.

How to Find Your Soul Mate Online

The world of online dating is booming, and Internet matchmaking services provide social opportunities undreamed of just a few years ago. But if you're looking for a long-term, loving relationship, where do you begin what can seem like an overwhelming and intimidating process? In Cast Your Net, Eric Fagan takes a chronological step-by-step approach to computerized courtship to explain how you can safely, securely, and successfully navigate an online search for your soul mate.

Learn how to:

determine what you want and need in a soul mate;
find the best Web matchmaking sites and use them properly;
write a profile that will attract potential partners;
ask the right questions to uncover telltale flags;
maintain privacy and ensure safety;
decide how, when, and where to make contact with or meet potential partners;
bail out gracefully anywhere along the line;

and much, much more.

About the Author

Eric F. Fagan, has been a trial lawyer fore more than 20 years. Before that he held numerous other jobs, including real-estate broker, bean picker, factory foreman, and restaurant owner. He spent 10 intensive months looking for a soul mate on the Internet, contacting more than 400 women, meeting 20, and eventually finding Ute, the treasure of his life, in Hawaii

Cast Your Net: A Step-By-Step Guide to Finding Your Soulmate on the Internet

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