A DATING service for people with learning disabilities which has introduced 15 couples and arranged more than 100 dates, is looking for funding to continue.

Mates ’n Dates was launched in October 2007, and now has almost 250 members across Oxfordshire.

Guideposts Trust, based in Witney, co-ordinates the service on behalf of Oxford Learning DisabilityPartnership Board, the Ridgeway Partnership and the charities Kingwood and Style Acre.

Mates ’n’ Dates co-ordinator Hannah Wolstenholme, 30, said: “We have chaperoned 68 dates so far this year, and many have led to further dates and even relationships. There are 15 couples we know of who have found love and many more who have made great friends, and that’s what it is all about.”

Mates ’n’ Dates recruits members, aged 18-80 through day centres, charities and word of mouth, and organises social events like barn dances, bi-monthly speed-dating and a ball. Nearly 80 people attended the last speed-dating event.

Have you ever noticed the difference between the inhabitants of province and the city? Does your province girl differ from metropolitan? In what aspects?

Let’s have a look at the definition of the word “province”. The Shorter Oxford Dictionary defines “province” as referring to “parts of a country outside the capital”. Dr Johnson's dictionary describes “provincial” as “rude; unpolished”. Who’s right?

In Russia, there is a great difference between capital, city, town and country inhabitants. There is a great abyss between provincial and metropolitan girls. But here, we define metropolitan girls – as inhabitants of capitals and big cities, like Moscow, St. Petersburg. Provincial – as all the others.

As you know, the main difference between small towns and big cities is society, and the relationships inside it. The benefit of a small town is the sense of community, more communal attitude. Everybody knows each other, knows the living, habits. The best theme to talk about is gossips: who is pregnant, who drinks a lot or plays cards.

That is why people care what the neighbors can say or think about their daughters and bred them in strict morals or even restrictions.

That’s why provincial girls are more old fashioned, traditionalists, religious, family-oriented. The main goal for women here – is to get married, give birth to children, to keep house. She needs to be modest, to be faithful to husband, to be good cooker.

They haven’t seen life, as it is, and that’s why they are stays emotionally “clean”, so called “tabula rasa”: native, trustful, persons of ready sympathy, loyal and understanding. Such women are true, real in their emotions, in love and hate.

It is fact that most people after a bad relationship will try what ever it takes to forget those bad memories. If you are reading this you must be having a hard time to forget those bad memories that hurt you so much.

It is your birthright to live a life full of joy, a life of happiness and confidence. What if you could find a simple way to change all painful memories that make you sick?

Online dating is very popular nowadays and many people from all the world have just visited matchmaking sites online. On these services there are a lot of best single women and you can meet them. But in your off line life you can find many beautiful and single girls too - on the street, at home, at work and in other public places. But why people are so interested in online dating? If they see best single women on the street - why they can not meet them here?

In the Internet you have many variants to select. In the search form you can type age, height, weight, color of hair, eyes, etc. And the search of dating site will show you profiles of best single women, who are correspond to your requests.

On the dating site spending some seconds, you will find best single women, who want to create family too. In that way you sit at home, spend some seconds and find girls, who correspond to your requests - fantastic!

I saw some of my previous posts and realized that I really like it when someone throws a good question my way.

It turns out that some of the most interesting posts I've put out has always started this way.

Keep in mind that some of my previous posts may have already addressed your questions, but go ahead and fire away and let's see if we can try to accommodate some of the potential of education to our favorite topic.

I fully understand that a trip to Russia or the CIS is not the easiest thing in the world to do.

Everyone has the obligation to their studies, work or business, and I know that it can be very difficult to get off the fast-moving treadmill of life to seek love and adventure on the other end of the world.

These problems are further compounded by obvious logistical issues associated with time, money and lack of local expertise.

Or, in other words ..

Once you step off the plane for the first time you can ask yourself.

"Well, I'm in Russia .. What the hell do I do now?"

At some point in our lives some of us may have a relationship that travels between the face and the unreal.

His position, bending the rules and expanding our horizons.

But it can also be a place that breaks your heart.

Many years ago there was a place for me.

Now I admit the following article can be a little biased, because it came from the English edition of the newspaper Moscow Times ..

But hey ..

I do not think I could have done better to write such an article was inspired by our favorite women in Russia itself.

But in ANYCASE ..

I can certainly relate to this guy.

I am always amazed at the beautiful women in Russia you can find just walking around you in close proximity

One day, you can be on station just to watch all the pretty ladies walk or the next day while going to the salon to get your hair cut you just might encounter the stunning reception as beautiful Natasha here.

You might find her smile is intoxicating and her behavior is a charming and friendly to those who are just so curiosity gets the best of you, and the conversation began.

You may find that it is a 22-year-old college student finishing his degree in economics and that she and her 26-year-old sister live completely on their own within five years.

You can also find out that she never had the opportunity to travel to another country and that she only made it to Moscow.

Now one can only hope that someday she will be able to see a little more light.

But until that day comes, I'm sure her bright smile will be held daily.

Because even in the cold early autumn, this simple girl leading the way.