{"id":293,"date":"2010-05-19T10:30:01","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T10:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?293"},"modified":"2010-05-19T10:30:01","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T10:30:01","slug":"be-yourself-the-most-important-rule-of-dating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/be-yourself-the-most-important-rule-of-dating\/","title":{"rendered":"Be yourself &#8211; the most important rule of dating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those who have been out of the dating game for some time and are using social networkingThose who have been out of the dating game for some time and are using social networking sites in the hope of finding love should not pretend to be anyone other than themselves. <\/p>\n<p>Psychologists Sam Buser and Glenn Sternes in their new book The Guys-Only Guide to Getting Over Divorce explain that people who are back on the singles scene should be aware that dating has changed and online dating is an increasingly popular way to meet people, the Chicago Tribune reports. <\/p>\n<p>However, those who think spinning a web of tales to make them look more interesting and exciting would be incorrect. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;If you are not acting like yourself and you find a special someone, she will like you for this not-you facade,&quot; the authors state. <\/p>\n<p>Bettina Arndt, writing for The Australian, recently advised that thanks to the advent of the internet dating environment, singletons are no longer reliant on their friends or work colleagues to help them find love.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Samantha Thompson<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19785882-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=19785882\"\/>sites in the hope of finding love should not pretend to be anyone other than themselves. <\/p>\n<p>Psychologists Sam Buser and Glenn Sternes in their new book The Guys-Only Guide to Getting Over Divorce explain that people who are back on the singles scene should be aware that dating has changed and online dating is an increasingly popular way to meet people, the Chicago Tribune reports. <\/p>\n<p>However, those who think spinning a web of tales to make them look more interesting and exciting would be incorrect. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;If you are not acting like yourself and you find a special someone, she will like you for this not-you facade,&quot; the authors state. <\/p>\n<p>Bettina Arndt, writing for The Australian, recently advised that thanks to the advent of the internet dating environment, singletons are no longer reliant on their friends or work colleagues to help them find love.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Samantha Thompson<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19785882-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=19785882\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being yourself is important when dating a new person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Be yourself - the most important rule of dating - Forces Penpals GB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/be-yourself-the-most-important-rule-of-dating\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Be yourself - the most important rule of dating - Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Being yourself is important when dating a new person.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/be-yourself-the-most-important-rule-of-dating\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-05-19T10:30:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Forces Penpals\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Forces Penpals\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/be-yourself-the-most-important-rule-of-dating\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/be-yourself-the-most-important-rule-of-dating\/\",\"name\":\"Be yourself - the most important rule of dating - Forces Penpals GB\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-05-19T10:30:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-05-19T10:30:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/be-yourself-the-most-important-rule-of-dating\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/be-yourself-the-most-important-rule-of-dating\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/be-yourself-the-most-important-rule-of-dating\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Be yourself &#8211; 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