<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Dating: News &amp; Videos about Dating - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Dating</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Dating from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:05:43 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Dating: News &amp; Videos about Dating - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Dating</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Dating from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Stop obsessing about finding love</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/11/24/finding.love/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/11/24/finding.love/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A lot of the letters I get asking for advice are from people who worry they'll never find love. "I'm 27 and still single!" they wail, or "I'm almost 30 and all my friends are married!" And while it's certainly natural to desire love and companionship and to get a little antsy about finding it, the idea that time is running out or that one should be married or at least in a long-term committed relationship by a certain age is not only wrong, it's potentially damaging.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sherri Shepherd's Next Challenge: Finding Love</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20316965,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20316965,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>"I'm ready for the ladies of The View to set me up on a blind date," she says</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Jessica Simpson Is Open to Online Dating</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20312129,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20312129,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Though she's yet to click her mouse to find Mr. Right, it could happen</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Robert Pattinson claims he can't get a date</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/10/13/robert.pattinson.date/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/10/13/robert.pattinson.date/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Women take note: It may not be as hard to find your way into Robert Pattinson's heart as you might think. Just remember his name.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>100 coffee dates to find 'The One'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/09/22/o.dates.meet.the.one/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/09/22/o.dates.meet.the.one/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>One hundred cups of coffee with 100 men.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wall Street's $25,000 matchmaker</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/17/magazines/fortune/banker_dating_matchmaker.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/17/magazines/fortune/banker_dating_matchmaker.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Until recently, some bankers tried trading on their lucrative professions to attract members of the opposite sex. 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Under normal circumstances I don't snoop, don't obsess (too much), and am generally fairly sane(ish) in my dealings with the opposite sex.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The two kinds of single women</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/07/27/tf.two.kinds.single.girls/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/07/27/tf.two.kinds.single.girls/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In January, I left a live-in relationship after three years. The experience was all the sad adjectives you can imagine. But after the sobbing spells and the heavy drinking, the fog lifted -- I was finally single again for the first time since after I graduated college.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Automatic online dating deal breakers</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/07/22/tf.online.dating.dealbreakers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/07/22/tf.online.dating.dealbreakers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>I've been doing the online dating thing for a while. Match, Nerve, JDate, OkCupid, you name it. Generally, I'm a fan (it feels sort of like shopping for boys, no?). That said, there's also a lot about it that never fails to appall me. Namely, what guys seem to think is attractive, funny, or sexy in their profiles.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is online dating a waste of time?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/07/21/tf.online.dating.waste.time/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/07/21/tf.online.dating.waste.time/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Groucho Marx once famously quipped "I don't care to belong to a club that would have me as a member." I sort of feel the same way about online dating sites. There has got to be a better way to meet people. Sadly, mental telepathy does not work. 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I met my long-term boyfriend that way and the majority of weddings I've been to over the past couple years have been for couples who've met via the Internet.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 13:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to flirt with text messages</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/05/08/flirtext.text.message.dating/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/05/08/flirtext.text.message.dating/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Dating advice books take a tech-addicted turn with the release of "Flirtexting: How To Text Your Way To His Heart."</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How 10 women met their last boyfriend</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/05/18/Tf.10.Women.Met.Boyfriends/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/05/18/Tf.10.Women.Met.Boyfriends/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When you're single, meeting eligible men can be kind of frustrating. 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Matchmakers thrive in slump</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/04/15/economy.matchmakers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/04/15/economy.matchmakers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Everybody's got a hungry heart, but when bad times hit, it can become positively starving.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Don't let dating dry spell turn desperate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/04/16/tf.dry.spell.too.desperate/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/04/16/tf.dry.spell.too.desperate/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>While some women have trouble with breasts that droop or low-hanging butt cheeks, my heart has always been my least-resilient body part. Like Chet Baker once crooned, I fall in love too easily. 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I'm always obsessively worrying about everything when it comes to my daughter, not just dating issues.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Awful Valentine's Day -- how to avoid it</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/02/12/tf.avoid.awful.v.day/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/02/12/tf.avoid.awful.v.day/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Valentine's Day is a minefield. 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What were you thinking?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/09/04/lw.date.him.what.were.u.thinking/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/09/04/lw.date.him.what.were.u.thinking/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When her colleague at a Cleveland construction company fixed up Bethany Billi, the guy she was about to date seemed like a winner - on paper.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Candidates should computer date their VP choice</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/30/rollins.veep/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/30/rollins.veep/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>One of the great dilemmas of modern romance is computer or Internet dating. Put in all the qualities you think you want in a future mate or date and out pops "Mr. or Ms. Whoever!" More often than not, it turns into a big disappointment. Picking vice presidents has also become a form of computer dating.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Michelle Obama on Date Nights with Her Husband</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20215533,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20215533,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Plus, the Senator's wife talks about being a parent &amp;amp;#8211; and whether she weighs in on policy matters</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Online Dating's Real-Life Matchmakers</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1826644,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1826644,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>An Orthodox-Jewish singles site has humans, not algorithms, work the Web to find the perfect partner</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Some concerns of 30-something women</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/07/18/o.30.something.in.us/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/07/18/o.30.something.in.us/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>What's it like to be a 30-something woman in America today? From religious choices to parental pressures, a successful single woman in Washington, D.C. and a devoted mother of four open up.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How not to get a second date</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/07/10/tf.dating.donts/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/07/10/tf.dating.donts/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The unholy trinity of Photoshop, spell check and the Internet mean that even the most illiterate, personality-deficient, hideous troll can land a first date, much to a lady's disappointment.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your personal ad photo -- don't do this</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/07/03/tf.personal.ad.pix/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/07/03/tf.personal.ad.pix/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As any savvy online dater knows, you can spend hours crafting the perfect combination of wit, sophistication, and charm, but all your pretty words won't mean squat if your photo reeks.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Looking for love? Keep an eye on your wallet</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/04/21/romance.fraud/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/04/21/romance.fraud/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Julia Abrantes spent hours cleaning her house and primping in front of a mirror before heading to John F. Kennedy airport in New York. She was there to pick up the love of her life, whom she had met on the Internet.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Be a savvy consumer when looking for love online</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/02/14/roym.online.dating/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/02/14/roym.online.dating/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Looking for love this Valentine's day? Make sure Cupid's arrow doesn't hit your wallet.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>GAO: Government credit cards used improperly </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/09/gao.spending/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/09/gao.spending/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Federal employees charged millions of dollars to government credit or debit cards, according to a Government Accountability Office study released Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How do you know your love is real? Check Facebook</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/04/04/facebook.love/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/04/04/facebook.love/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ashley Shinn didn't know she was in a relationship until asked to confirm it in a message from Facebook. </description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>George Clooney's Guys' Night Out</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20182501,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20182501,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The debonair star hits the town and greets fans with pal Rande Gerber</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Matchmaker's dating dos and don'ts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/03/03/o.dating.dos.donts/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/03/03/o.dating.dos.donts/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Unlucky in love? 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her friend Heath Ledger Thursday night with a "crazy" night
out at Pianos on New York City's lower east side.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Some digital neighborhoods better for dating </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/11/07/web.dating.warning/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/11/07/web.dating.warning/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>With social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace now in the digital dating mix, there are plenty of new chances to meet the right -- and wrong -- people online.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How (not) to get a man</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/11/05/o.get.a.man/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/11/05/o.get.a.man/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The rules tell you to scheme, flatter, and play hard to get, but our favorite life coach doesn't think that will get you very far. 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