Lighten Up and Log in for Love: How Humor Helps Baby Boomers Survive Online Dating

Online dating is a staple of contemporary culture. Very profitable websites have been built on the promise to deliver true love and happiness. But copywriter and author Eric Robespierre knows it isn’t as simple as that.

Robespierre has spent eleven years dating through online sites, and he has realized one thing about his experiences: they’re absolutely hilarious! In this funny guide to finding love, he never loses sight of the fun, flirty part of the online-dating experience.

Many people treat it like a test or a game. Robespierre reminds you to treat it as a date! Make sure that you and your potential match have a great time with some of Robespierre’s simple suggestions.

Robespierre includes advice on

• choosing a site,
• building a profile,
• answering important questions,
• dating as you grow older,
• going from online to a live date, and
• deciding whether you’ve found a match.

Some of his dos and don’ts are hilarious (don’t post a profile picture of yourself in a Speedo!), but all show important truths about online dating. With anecdotes and advice from many other online daters, Robespierre has captured the best and worst the online community has to offer in an effort to help readers discover what romantic partners are looking for and what they respond to.

Robespierre concludes that by find the laughter and joy in online dating, you can make it a positive experience and have some fun with it!

Eric Robespierre was born and raised in New York City. He has worked as a screenwriter, playwright, documentary film director and web designer. He has been an award winning advertising copywriter creating campaigns for Mitsubishi, Izod Lacoste, and other major brands.

Robespierre is now a fulltime writer. Together with Helen Brand he wrote The Yummy Hunter's Guide: The Best-Tasting, Low-Calorie Foods and Where to Shop for Them.

He is also the author of Cracking the Walnut: How Being a Little Nuts Helped Me to Beat Prostate Cancer, and Living Large in America: The Life and Times of the Family Ginsburg (Pronounced Du Pont). His latest book, just published August 21017, is called Lighten Up and Log In For Love: How Humor Helps Baby Boomers Survive Online Dating.