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6. Keep
conversation light and fun. Don't bemoan your bad dating luck or how much you're dying to have children...immediately! Think of a first meeting as a cocktail party: you’re meeting someone new and
talk is typically frivolous and casual. Discuss your work, where you were raised, any traveling you did recently. Based on your personal ads, you should already have some idea of what you have in common. If it’s your mutual love for
Yankees or your record of never missing an episode of “Survivor,” talk about it.
7. Keep it casual and easy. Great ideas for a first meeting: grab some java at
local coffee house, hit happy hour for a glass of wine and buffalo wings (then go home!), have an al fresco lunch where people-watching is ample (terrific for any lulls in
conversation), or meet at
dog park with your pooches in tow.
8. Don’t forget to have fun! Online dating, like any dating, is an adventure. Go with an open mind and you’ll do well. If nothing else, you’ll have great stories to tell your friends later.

Jennifer McVey, along with her two her best girlfriends, rode the internet dating wave for several years. Now happily married to a cute Canadian she met online, she is the webmistress of the internet dating directory, First Kiss Café, where you can find personals, great advice, tips, travel and more for your dating adventures. www.firstkisscafe.com