Month: September 2022

Best dating sites for over 50

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Many local newspapers had online personals in the mid 1990s but were bought out by these big dating sites. From some of the comments it really shows how desperate dating sites are for money that they even advertise in comment sections. You have a much better chance going to local events and you will probably spend less than what you would spend on an online dating site.

Other apps have indicated that they might actually move closer to Facebook. For example, Bumble, founded by a former Tinder executive, said they had already reached out to Facebook regarding how to collaborate. And, “One thing everyone seems to agree on is that Facebook’s effectively endorsing online dating will be a huge legitimization event for the industry,” says Jefferies Internet analyst Brent Thill. According to Amanda Bradford, chief executive of The League, an elite dating app, “Facebook is validating that dating is a high-tech industry with really interesting and hard problems to solve. Still, Facebook could face some obstacles in building enough separation between the dating service and the legacy social network; some users might not like having both activities live on one app.

After giving him some time to cope with his cat passing away, he made plans to see her again and she was thrilled. He canceled the date last minute again because he said his grandma had died. Although this seemed too tragic to be true, she gave him the benefit of the doubt that he was telling the truth. Additionally, if someone is giving you a checklist right away of all of the things they want in a future partner, this may be a red flag for some controlling behaviors. It’s one thing if they express their non-negotiables but it’s another thing entirely if they are listing required traits. If you feel like someone is already trying to change things about you to suit their needs, that’s not okay. How someone initiates a conversation with you will say a lot about how they view you as a person and how they might treat you as a partner.

Online dating users are more likely to describe their overall experience with using dating sites or apps in positive, rather than negative, terms. Some 57% of Americans who have ever used a dating site or app say their own personal experiences with these platforms have been very or somewhat positive. Still, about four-in-ten online daters (42%) describe their personal experience with dating sites or apps as at least somewhat negative. Happily, there are some dating services that are looking to overcome the vanity. For example, Hinge matches people based on personality and preferences and lets you create a more interesting and rounded profile to draw people in. One of the few dating sites designed for affairs, Ashley Madison connects users for discreet encounters.

Basically all a guy like you has to do is instantly grab her attention in a memorable way with both your profile and your messages, then spend the least amount of time possible convincing her to meet you in person. For those who are hesitant to enter the online dating world for reasons related to safety or awkward conversation lulls, Double aims to take the pressure off with Double dates as opposed to one-on-one.

State things that are really important to you and be done with it. Connor turned an attempt at small talk into a rant about “gold-digging whores,” and the dating app was not having it. Matt- But what about when you said you would meet me in real life and we would lose our virginity together. One Love educates young people about healthy and unhealthy relationships, empowering them to identify and avoid abuse and learn how to love better. If you are going somewhere that serves alcoholic beverages, most bartenders are using secret codes to help customers signal, privately, when they need help if they’re getting harassed or feeling unsafe on a bad date.

With no financial requirement, free sites will naturally attract a greater proportion of people who are not really committed to finding a genuine relationship. Memberships you gain additional features such as being able to send more messages and receiving event discounts.

Acts of Defiance and Care in Somaliland in the 1980s

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Acts of Defiance and Care in Somaliland in the 1980s

Ebba Tellander has successfully defended her PhD dissertation: The Wind That Blows before the Rain: Resistance against oppression in Somaliland (Northern Somalia) in the 1980s at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Continue reading “Acts of Defiance and Care in Somaliland in the 1980s” →

Pregnant Somali Breast Cancer Patient Chose Gestation over Abortion

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Pregnant Somali Breast Cancer Patient Chose Gestation over Abortion

Fadumo Mohammad Omar from Somalia was diagnosed with locally advanced stage three breast cancer which, according to doctors, could have spread all over in no time. Continue reading “Pregnant Somali Breast Cancer Patient Chose Gestation over Abortion” →

Somaliland Children: Goat Herders in the Morning & Students in the afternoon

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Somaliland Children: Goat Herders in the Morning & Students in the afternoon

Mohamed Hersi Jama’s son, 11, and daughter, 10, are enjoying their third year in school in Lafta-Farweyne village, 60 km south of Hargeisa, whilst keeping up with their duties herding the family’s livestock. Continue reading “Somaliland Children: Goat Herders in the Morning & Students in the afternoon” →

Milho Village in Sanaag Region Witnesses Rare Suicide Bombing

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Milho Village in Sanaag Region Witnesses Rare Suicide Bombing

At least five people were killed yesterday in a suicide bombing at a crowded cafe in the village of Milho in the Sanaag Region, a contested area laid claim to by both Somalia and Somaliland. No group has yet to take responsibility, though Al-Shabaab, al Qaeda’s East African branch, is widely suspected.

Yesterday afternoon, a bomber wearing an explosive vest stepped into a crowded cafe in Milho, a small inland village not far from the town of Las Qorey on Sanaag’s northern coast, as locals were having tea. The bomber then detonated his explosives, killing at least five people and wounding another 10.

No militant group has yet to take responsibility for the blast, though locals placed the blame on Al-Shabaab. al-Shabaab has a history of operating in and around Milho, with the group mounting an offensive against troops belonging to Somalia’s semi-autonomous area of Puntland stationed in the area earlier this year. The town also briefly came under the direct control of the jihadist group in late 2020.

Somaliland claims control over the entirety of the Sanaag Region, including the Las Qorey area, though in practice the eastern part of the region is physically controlled by Puntland. The two states have clashed over the full control of both Sanaag and the Sool Region, just south of Sanaag, on multiple occasions since 2007.

Local militias, backed by Puntland forces, have attempted to keep the al Qaeda branch out of the Las Qorey area. However, Al-Shabaab also attempts to exert its influence in the area in a more indirect manner, trying to extract “taxes” from the locals. Residents of Milho thus blamed the suicide bombing on local businesses refusing to pay the extortion money to the jihadists.

Al-Shabaab has attempted to make inroads with members of the Warsangali clan in Sanaag, a sub-clan of the Darood clan family, and the prominent clan of the area. The Warsangali also inhabit areas of northern Puntland, where the jihadist group has been able to establish firm ties with Warsangali militias that constitute much of its manpower in the north.

However, it is unclear that Al-Shabaab is making the same progress in Sanaag as local militias have rose up against the jihadist group on multiple occasions. It is then possible that Al-Shabaab has decided to take a more aggressive approach in its strategy for Sanaag and the suicide bombing, in addition to its offensive near Milho earlier this year, are part of this potential change in its calculus.

The suicide bombing marks the first such instance in Sanaag and the first in the northern contested areas since 2018. That year, two prominent politicians in the town of Buhoodle in the Togdheer Region, another area claimed by both Somalia and Somaliland but with its own secessionist past, were killed in a suicide bombing targeting their vehicle. Like yesterday’s explosion, Al-Shabaab was widely blamed though it never officially claimed credit.

This silence is not atypical of Al-Shabaab for its militant activity inside Somaliland. For instance, its most infamous attacks in the declared republic, the 2008 suicide bombings in Hargeisa that killed at least 30 people, were never officially claimed by Al-Shabaab (though it celebrated the attacks with clips of the bombers themselves in its media years later). As such, the jihadist group has likely only conducted three such suicide attacks inside Somaliland and the contested northern areas since 2008.

Al-Shabaab, for its part, has largely only publicly taken credit for operations in these disputed areas that resulted in territorial gain. For example, in 2019, it touted its forces for briefly taking control over a village not far from Erigavo, the capital of the Sanaag Region. A year later in Oct. 2020, it again celebrated the brief capture over a series of villages near Las Qorey. And in Dec. 2020, it lauded the capture of Milho.

Yesterday’s suicide bombing nevertheless represents a worrying development. Though Sanaag has witnessed some of Al-Shabaab’s violence, it has largely avoided the same level of bloodshed that its neighbors in Puntland have suffered. If Al-Shabaab is indeed taking a more aggressive approach in the region, the bombing could be a harbinger of more violence. Though as shown during in its offensive against Milho earlier this year, local militias in Sanaag are so far more than willing to stand up against the jihadist group.

About the author:

Caleb Weiss is a research analyst at FDD’s Long War Journal and a senior analyst at the Bridgeway Foundation, where he focuses on the spread of the Islamic State in Central Africa.

Pentagon Research Center Quietly Refuted Austin’s Positive Assessments in Africa

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Pentagon Research Center Quietly Refuted Austin’s Positive Assessments in Africa

Last month, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin touted the accomplishments of U.S. Africa Command, commending its leaders and personnel for tackling terrorism and making the continent more secure and stable. “Every day, AFRICOM works alongside our friends as full partners — to strengthen bonds, to tackle common threats, and to advance a shared vision of an Africa whose people are safe and prosperous,” he announced at a ceremony honoring the new AFRICOM commander, Gen. Michael Langley. Continue reading “Pentagon Research Center Quietly Refuted Austin’s Positive Assessments in Africa” →