As busy as you are, it's probably pretty rare that you get the chance to stop and chat with your friends, much less with someone completely new. Meeting can be hard even if you have the time, and it's more important then ever nowadays that you find a way to meet people beyond your circle of friends or co-workers.

But there is a solution. Online dating is the next big thing, and provides all the elements of a traditional chance encounter without anywhere near the same amount of work. You just create a profile, and let the service you've chosen match you to your perfect partner. Of course, this is not always as easy as it sounds, and even when you've met the other person the road can be rough.

Enter Anita. A professional relationship consultant, she has years of real-life experience as well as a degree in psychology and a great deal of expertise on all forms of relationships. She now works as a columnist for dateswho.com, a site providing in depth advice on online dating.

She spends her evenings working for one of the most successful matchmaking services in her city, and was recently a profile editor for a popular online dating service. Now she dispenses valuable advice to all who ask, based both on her previous studies, and from her own experience.

Having gone through two failed marriages, three turbulent common-law relationships, and an uncountable number of disappointing dates, she now has a very firm grasp on the realities of dating life. If you want to get in touch, just head on down to dateswho.com, and ask Anita anything. Her dating advice is invariably spot on and helpful.

After deciding to go for online dating, you need to track down a dating site. There are plenty of sites available, either for free or with a membership cost, and it won't take you long to track them down with google. You may have to look through a few, of course, to find the one you want.

If you have any trouble deciding between them all, then the best plan is just to sign up for as many as you can. If finding a partner is really important to you, this is obviously the way to go, as you can be sure that at least one of those will be right for you. Just spend some time browsing through them all, and then pick the one that looks right.

If you need help deciding, or advice on dating online, there are a number of sites that offer that as well. You can just jump to dateswho.com, of course, but you might want to do a search on google as well and find some other places. I doubt you'll have any difficulty finding some friendly tips or reviews of dating sites.