Columns – Luke's World
Luke is a gay man who trained as a psychologist. He describes himself as either a cynic who believes in love or a romantic who is deeply wary.
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Luke's World
As I wake up next to Rashad. Or is it Raveen?
To meet or not to meet, that is the question. Or at least that’s the question I ask my fellow internet daters. The advice given on a lot of sites suggests you don’t give out your phone number immediately. They encourage you to get to know someone and to meet in a neutral place on the first date.
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Narcissus of the internet
A dating profile is a mysterious thing. Mostly an outline, like a tracing of the real thing, it is often vague and always partial. Occasionally, though, it acts like a projective test, the profiler unwittingly revealing a lot more than he imagines.
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Fooled by a floozy
The first time I went onto gaydar I got a flood of responses. Okay I made that up. A gentle surge would be more accurate. Flushed with slightly embarrassed pride, I spent a happy few hours sifting through my haul.
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Never tell the truth
One of the ten commandments of internet dating is THOU SHALT NOT TELL THE TRUTH. Of course, I only discovered this a few weeks into my first foray. I had decided upfront that I was going to be honest. Surely, I thought, if a connection starts off on a lie, where else can it go but downhill?
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Witty, lonely or just plain horny?
I’ve always believed I should make relationship decisions based on the lives of the rich and famous. Take Whitney Houston for example. Okay, so she and Bobby Brown did take a truck load of drugs, he is a womaniser and she may have had an affair with her manager. All that aside, when Ms Whitney sang “I’d rather be alone than unhappy,” I just knew she was speaking to me.
