From Monday the 15th of March 2010 we will be adding a new feature to Im yours online dating site. This feature is called Ice Breaker. Some of the function in Ice Breaker is quite similar to our wink feature in that it allows you to show interest in members of the opposite sex you are interested in.
Ice Breaker extends this feature with additional functions which includes the fact that you can contact up to 400 members local to you with just one message, we have nick named this feature love bomb. While the wink feature is available only to fully paid up members of Im your dating, Ice Breaker can be used by basic members to contact other basic members or full members.

The messages to all our basic members is to get flirting with local singles by sending ice breaker messages, who know what it could lead to. For members who are yet to upgrade, all you need to do to be able to use Ice Breaker is complete your profile.

Russia is one country where you will discover that the dating sites and agencies feature more Russian women than men. They are typically split into two groups – single women in the age band of 18-25 and married women in the age band of 35-45. These women are usually separated with a child or two to take care of. The other reason as to why there seem to more Russian women looking out for foreign men is that their numbers are far more than the men in Russia and they have to look for outside help to satisfy their craving of raising a family. This is one of the reasons you are more likely to meet Russian women online, except of course if you go to Moscow in person. If you think more of meeting your Russian beauty online, you may want to browse through this Russian brides photos

The site Russian Women offers equal opportunity for both men and women. Russian women looking for foreign partners as well as men seeking single Russian women will find a rich database of over 7000 members belonging to the Russia and Ukraine region. There are two membership plans – Gold and Platinum.

The Gold plan allows unrestricted access to information about the member besides enabling sending messages as well as photos to the desired member. The member can post the profile and have it perused by other members increasing the chances of a match. Moreover, the gold membership plan provides access to a search engine that makes sifting through the many profiles very easy as you can zoom in on a partner of your choice based on age and other physical statistics. Though the charge is $18.95 per month, discounts are given when you subscribe for more than a month.

The Platinum membership plan includes all the benefits of the Gold plan besides offering two other features. The first one is the emailing of the profile to all the opposite sex members of the site and the second one is the translation of the profile in the Russian language. This is a very useful feature as if you are a man, your profile is definitely seen by all the women members and when it is in the language of choice, there is much greater possibility of a positive response. You must remember that many Russian women are from the rural hinterland and they might not understand English and the local language is the only medium of communication that they prefer. This package understandably costs more at $24.95 per month but is worth it considering the greater chances of success.

The site also provides useful tips on how to communicate and correspond with members and that can be very useful for foreigners not accustomed and tuned to local sensitivities. It has a very laudable selection of Russian women in the age group 18 – 45 and that is its main strength.

The site definitely has scope for improvement in the way it is currently designed with only eight pictures that can be seen at a time and the links being positioned at the lower half of the site.

There are many reason why couples in failed relationships remain under one roof. One of the most common is when there is children involved and the parents are trying to minimise the impact of divorce or separation on the child or children. Staying under the same roof because of children is one of several emotional reasons coupled who’s relationship has broken down stay together in their property amongst many emotional reasons.
The economic downturn has added a new reason is forcing  couples who have split up and want to go their separate ways into  live apart under the same roof by a lack of movement in the housing market.

BBC reported several case of such arrangement  including the case of a woman from south east London whose case was reported as follows:
Gemma Appleyard had been with her boyfriend Ben Blackwell for three years when they bought a two bedroom terrace house for £350,000 in Hither Green, south-east London, last June.

At a house-warming party a few months later the couple’s friends kept telling them “you must be so happy”, which Gemma says made her think, “actually I’m not that happy”. By November the couple had broken up.