Welcome to all!

Well, did you make a good impression with your new love interest on Valentine's Day? Or did you do a good job of reaffirming your affections with that special someone in your life? Either way, don't let down now. Keep the romance going!

Included in this issue is a great poem from Edgar Allan Poe, "Annabel Lee." Do you remember the scene in the move, Holes, where the school teacher is reciting a poem and the brilliant handyman is listening from outside the schoolroom window? He completes the lines of the poem from memory. That poem was "Annabel Lee."

It's a wonderful poem, the last one that Poe wrote. He wrote it as an expression of his enduring love for his young wife and his grief that she died. Poe died two years after his wife, and "Annabel Lee" was published two days after Poe's death. Enjoy it!

Enjoy the following features of The Dating Advisor and keep your spirits high!

In This Issue

1) Favorite Dating Service Reviews
2) Find a Unique Gift at 1-800 Florals
3) Article--Do's and Don'ts For Replying to Personal Ads
4) Love Poem--Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe
5) Romantic Movie--Ever After
6) Love Song--Songbird by Fleetwood Mac

1) Favorite Dating Service Reviews

Lavalive.com
Lavalife is "where singles click." When you click on lavalife you’ll find 10,000 or more singles on the site almost any time of the day. This is a supersized dating service with a great looking website and an outstanding assortment of features. It is quick and easy to get started with lavalife, and in no time you will be searching among their enormous membership for that special someone who really catches your attention. There are many success stories here and you just may be their next one.
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Tickle.com
Tickle.com is an amazingly huge social and matchmaking network with over 18 million members in total networks and over one million members in the matchmaking network. As you can tell by the numbers, their resources are deep and their popularity is widespread. Tickle specializes in two areas and is a wonderful site to visit for both. Their large Social Network allows you to find friends for conversation, for idea exchange, and for hanging out with on the internet. Tickle has produced hundreds of Fun Tests and Premium Tests and adds 6 to 8 more each month. Fun Tests are like, “What’s Your Cat’s Type?” or “Is Your Pad Rad or Bad?”

The Matchmaking Network is also large and includes a number of tests. The Personality Profile is quite detailed and fun to take. The results give a good scientific snapshot of you and of your potential match. One of Tickle’s mottoes is “Find Romance With Scientific Matching.” You will be able to use the Personality Profile to produce a compatibility score, which will help you to match up with other fun, interesting, and attractive singles. It works well, as you will find. In the words of one Tickle member, “I never imagined I could meet someone I'd connect with on so many levels. We felt like we've known each other all of our lives.”
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2) Find a unique, fun gift at AAA Balloons

Balloons always create a smile! They bring out the kid in us. Order online or call the balloon Gift Specialists toll free. Huge selection but divided by categories to make it easy to order the right bouquet. Plus you can get same day delivery.

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3) 10 Tips For Frugal Daters by Dateable.com

You have found a possible soul mate, but now you are worried of the cost of the whole wooing process because you’re on a thrifty budget. Well, do not fret over it because there are alternative ideas. It is possible to date with little or no cash flow and it can allow you to be creative while having a frugally fun time.

1. Do some star gazing at a local college observatory. It is open to the public during the school year and it’s absolutely free.

2. Feel one with nature. Have a picnic and explore a state or national park (admission is typically under $10 or free).

3. See a music laser show at a planetarium for around $6.00.

4. Check out a poetry reading or other events at a bookstore. Sometimes snacks or beverages are provided.

5. Create a food themes night and cook each other a dinner and appetizer at home.

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4) Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe

Love poems have the power to inspire us and to warm our hearts. We should take a few minutes each day to recall an inspirational line or stanza.

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee; -
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

She was a child and I was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love -
I and my Annabel Lee -
With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud by night,
Chilling my Annabel Lee;
So that her high-born kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me: -
Yes! that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud,chilling
And killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we -
Of many far wiser than we -
And neither the angels in Heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee: -

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride
In the sepulchre there by the sea -
In her tomb by the side of the sea.

Read interesting notes about the backstory of Annabel Lee.

5) Ever After Movie Review

Drew Barrymore plays the endearing Cinderella superbly in this realistic enactment of the fairy tale classic. The film is charming and touching all the way through. Have fun!

Here's a review by Amazon.com contributor.

"This is one of my favorite movies of all time! Of course, as its known by the title the story is based on the Cinderella fairy tale, but in this movie the heroine is smart and strong, yet vunerable at the same time. Drew Barrymore is great and Angelica Houston is just wondrously wicked as the evil step- mother. This movie is recomended to every woman!!!"

6) Love Song
Songbird by Fleetwood Mac

This haunting song was written and performed by Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac. For the Rumours album they recorded this in the huge Zellerbach Hall at U. C. Berkeley, which gave the song a deeper sound. When the group performed in concert they vacated the stage, leaving Christine McVie alone on stage with her piano, voice, and wonderful lyrics.

For you, there'll be no more crying,
For you, the sun will be shining,
And I feel that when I'm with you,
It's alright, I know it's right

To you, I'll give the world
to you, I'll never be cold
'Cause I feel that when I'm with you,
It's alright, I know it's right.

And the songbirds are singing,
Like they know the score,
And I love you, I love you, I love you,
Like never before.

And I wish you all the love in the world,
But most of all, I wish it from myself.

And the songbirds keep singing,
Like they know the score,
And I love you, I love you, I love you,
Like never before, like never before.

That's all for now.

Make it a great week.