{"id":11715,"date":"2009-12-07T22:26:28","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T22:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?8"},"modified":"2009-12-07T22:26:28","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T22:26:28","slug":"soldiers-should-work-out-what-they-want-before-joining-dating-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/soldiers-should-work-out-what-they-want-before-joining-dating-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers should work out what they want before joining dating sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soldiers be warned &ndash; diving into the world of online dating before knowing exactly what you want from it will lead to a world of frustration and disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s according to GK Men, which claims that one reason why many blokes give up with online dating is that they think it is a one-size-fits-all thing, which it isn&rsquo;t.<\/p>\n<p>Various sites concentrate on different personality traits, physical features and other things, so it is crucial that soldiers have a think about what they want.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Does she need to share your religious beliefs? Does she need to be local? Does she need to be professional? Does she need to have children, or does she need to be childless? Spend some time truly evaluating what is essential to the success of a relationship to you,&quot; the news provider claims.<\/p>\n<p>Only once they&rsquo;ve done this should members of the armed forces go in search of a dating website because, until then, they will be flailing around in the dark.<\/p>\n<p>Those who think online dating is for losers better think again, because it is a world of beautiful single women looking for their knight in shining armour, according to author Satch Ejike.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Daniel Ohio<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19499487-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=19499487\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It isn&rsquo;t as simple as just finding a site and signing up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-armed-forces-dating"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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