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Staying Safe When Meeting an Online Date in Person

Moving from messages to a first meeting is an exciting step. It is also the point where a bit of planning matters most. Most dates go fine, but a few simple precautions cost nothing and give you more control.

The eSafety Commissioner publishes practical online dating safety advice for this stage. This guide draws on that advice, from setting up your profile to what to do if something goes wrong. It covers the steps before, during and after a first date.

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Spotting Romance Scams on Dating Apps and Social Media

Dating apps and social media have made it easier to meet new people. Most people you match with are there for the same reasons you are. A small number are not. Some create fake profiles to win your trust and then take your money.

The government’s Scamwatch service calls these relationship scams. It says scammers use romance, dating or friendship to earn your trust and steal your money. This guide covers how the scams work, the warning signs to look for and what to do if something feels wrong.

Why Infidelity Makes No Difference To Most Divorce Proceedings

Why Infidelity Makes No Difference To Most Divorce Proceedings

The assumption is that when a couple is married, or in a de facto relationship that they will remain faithful to each other for the entirety of the time they are together. When that is not the case, and one partner discovers that the other has cheated on them, then their next move tends to be to call their family lawyer at to start divorce proceedings.

Invariably they will tell their divorce lawyer that the reason for the divorce is infidelity, however, since 1975, getting divorced for that reason has not been a legal possibility. This is due to the fact that the Family Law Act of that year entered into Australian law the principle of no-fault divorce.

Prior to 1975, if you had wanted a divorce, you would have had to sit down with your divorce lawyer and basically build a case against your spouse to show that they were to blame for the marriage ending. Obviously, adultery, if proven or admitted by the other spouse, would indeed show that they were to blame, and the divorce would be granted on that basis.

3 Questions You Must Answer To Enhance The Sales Copy For Your Online Dating Site

3 Questions You Must Answer To Enhance The Sales Copy For Your Online Dating Site

In the unlikely scenario that you have an online dating site that is merely there to provide information, presumably there is at least one service or product that you want visitors to your website to like and ultimately purchase. You can encourage them to do so in many ways, but the advice from digital marketing experts is to use excellent copywriting.

Copywriting is the art of using written text in order to persuade someone to take a specific action. That action may not always be to buy something, and copywriting is often used to persuade someone to enter their email address, or to convince them to take out their mobile phone and make a call, for example. Whatever the desired action may be, with great copywriting it can be achieved.

If you want to hire a copywriter to make conversions increase on your online dating site, there are three basic questions which you must answer before they start planning to write. Without answers to these questions the sales copy that they produce may not be as effective as it otherwise could, so let us look at each of the questions, and why the answers to them are so important.

What Happens If Your Partner Wastes Assets During Your Divorce

What Happens If Your Partner Wastes Assets During Your Divorce

Divorce is invariably a stressful time for the two spouses, with issues such as finances including spousal  and child support often at the heart of the matter.  If or when a partner deliberately wastes assets during the divorce to alter their financial position, it is legally termed as dissipation of assets, and if you think this is what your ex is doing this, then you must inform your divorce lawyer.

What is Dissipation of Assets During a Divorce?

According to Black’s Law dictionary, dissipation is regarded as “the use of an asset for an illegal or inequitable purpose, like a spouse’s use of community property for their own benefit, especially when a divorce is apparent.” To put it simply, dissipation is wastage of marital funds or using any marital asset for any other purpose that doesn’t benefit a marriage.

Dissipation of assets can also be regarded as reckless spending or conduct, mainly if that money leaves the marital estate, which thereby reduces whatever remains to be divided during marriage or divorce.

From Fridge to Face: 3 Food Based Skin Care Recipes

From Fridge to Face: 3 Food Based Skin Care Recipes

In our modern and complicated 24-7 life, its sometimes nice to get back to basics and live simply. Not sure where to start? Begin in the bathroom by nourishing your skin with the best ingredients nature can provide – food! Making your own beautifully simple skin care is environmentally friendly, zero waste and kind to your hip pocket too. Don’t spend money on expensive chemical laden skincare with fancy names. Its time for fridge to face beauty! Try these 3 simple and easy to make skincare recipes.

Clear Skin Masque
2 tablespoons of Honest to Goodness Organic Raw Honey

1 tablespoon of Bob’s Red Mill Aluminium Free Baking soda

Mix together and apply to face and massage on in a circular motion. Leave for 15-20 minutes then wash off with warm water.

Raw unfiltered and unpasteurised honey contains incredible nutritional value and health powers. It cleanses pores, nourishes skin and calms redness and is a natural antibacterial with wound healing effects which is great for helping to prevent acne. Baking soda is a great exfoliant, removing dead skin cells and clearing pores, leaving the surface of the skin feeling soft and smooth.

Unlocking Mental Performance Through Meditation

Getting Better at Mental Focus: A Simple Guide to Meditation

I’ve found that working on mental focus can feel like a big task at first. But here’s the thing – taking just a few minutes each day to meditate and think positively can seriously boost how much you get done.

Pretty cool, right?

From my experience, it’s amazing how meditation helps cut down stress, sharpen focus, spark creativity, and just makes you feel better overall – both in your head and body.

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Benefits of Laser Eye Surgery

Benefits of Laser Eye Surgery

Undertaking any type of elective surgery can be a huge decision to make – and laser eye surgery is no different. However, if your hesitation stems from not knowing potential benefits of such a surgery, then it can be quite important to do your homework. You may just discover more advantages of the procedure than you set out to find. 

No Need For Glasses

Perhaps the biggest and most obvious benefit associated with laser eye surgery is that you no longer have to wear glasses. That means each morning, you can get out of bed, see everything around you, and don’t have to feel around for your glasses. 

It can also mean you don’t have to worry about keeping them safe, matching them to your outfit, or having to worry about upgrading your frames or lenses every so often.

5 Myths About Dental Implants Debunked

Dental implants have been a solution for replacing missing or damaged teeth for some time now and have transformed the lives of many people. However, they may not be the most commonly known dental treatment, and certainly, compared to people’s understanding of what dentures are, there is certainly a gap in knowledge with regards to dental implant treatments.

As with any medical treatment or procedure that people are not 100% aware of, rumours, myths, and scare stories are conjured up by some unknown person or persons that invariably try to put a negative spin on it. Unfortunately, many of these stories seem so believable that they are accepted as the truth, and as such someone might deny themselves the opportunity to benefit from a treatment, that would otherwise benefit them.

Dental implants are as much subject to these myths and untruths as any other kind of treatment, particularly as it is considered ‘cosmetic’ and therefore in some peoples’ minds deemed as a prime candidate for negative stories. So, in order to help anyone who might be considering dental implants but has been put off by one of these myths, we are going to debunk the five most commonly told.

Website Design Principles Your Online Dating Site Must Follow

Website Design Principles Your Online Dating Site Must Follow

If you feel that your online dating site needs a makeover or even a complete rebuild with a brand new website, there are a number of basic website design guidelines you must follow if you want the completed website to be successful. These guidelines are some of the most important factors that the website design specialists at www.slinkywebdesign.com encourage every client who wants a new website to follow.

If you think about it, the building of a new website follows some of the same principles than if you were building a house, a car, or machine. It needs to be planned thoroughly, the assets required to build it must be in place, it requires a significant degree of skill and experience within the team who are building it, and the finished website needs to be fully checked tested before it goes live.

As well as those basic principles, there are additional guidelines that all experienced web designers will advise you to follow with respect to your new online dating website. Whilst there will be plenty of scope to make the website unique and to match your thoughts are in terms of its appearance and how it functions, these guidelines should be followed to ensure the success of your website.