Welcome to the May 8, 2008 edition of the Dating Blog Carnival. We had a tremendous number of submissions this week, so I'll jump right into the content.

Charles H. Green shares What's Your Trust Quotient? posted at Trusted Advisor Associates, his fascinating proprietary test that shows you how much other people trust you. Although the test focuses on business relationships, it works just as well in the context of romantic relationships. I was surprised by my results, and even more interested to see where I fell on the curve compared to others who had already taken the test. Not surprisingly, my strongest trait showed to be empathy and allowing people to feel safe sharing details of their lives. (A skill that definitely comes in handy when answering Dating Advice requests).

Martha asks I Wonder If He Likes Me, which she blogged about at thrive!. Martha's well-written lament isn't a teenage angst-filled plea, but rather a valid query and debate about 50-something dating, and whether or not a man who forgets to call is nothing more than forgetful or just plain not interested. Which, interestingly enough, was also being debated over at 1000 Web Dates by a 30-something woman in her post, Does He Like Me?

Next, Neelakantha at Nerds Do It Betterpresents what I thought would be a humorous blog posting, but ends up actually being quite informative. 25 Ailments That Can Be Cured By Having Sex actually does discuss in a straightforward, succinct manner several complaints that have been shown through research to improve after sex (such as depression and arthritis). Hm.

And finally, we end this week's dating blog carnival with another lovely poem from poet Madeleine Begun Kane, who this week is presenting A Modest Dating Proposal For Anxious Guys posted at Mad Kane's Humor Blog.

That concludes this edition. To submit your blog post to the next dating blog carnival or to apply to be a host, please review the dating blog carnival guidelines.

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