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Dating … High Tech Style
American Chronicle
In today’s high paced world, a single person has many options when it comes to getting a date. We no longer need to go to the supermarket and crash a shopping cart into another when the person pushing the cart is someone you wish to know. In today’s society we have the Internet. Read the whole story >
The Missing Generation Looks For Love
The Buffalo News
For twenty- and thirtysomethings, it's tough to find a date. So what's an attractive and interesting twenty- and thirtysomething to do? The first step is admitting the problem. The next is understanding we're not alone. Knowing you're not alone is a comfort. Read the whole story >
Online Dating Discovers A New Age
Post-Gazette.com
Seniors are the fastest growing group of online users, according to Nielsen/NetRatings, an Internet research firm. Nielsen says computer users 55 and older account for 16.7 percent of all traffic to online personal sites -- the equivalent of 4.2 million unique visitors. At Yahoo Personals, those over 50 account for 21 percent of their visitors. eHarmony is experiencing an increase in business from people 55 years and older. All of this suggests that seniors are becoming more computer savvy and more comfortable surfing the Internet, which leads to their growing interest in online dating. Read the whole story >
Looking For Love In All The Fun Places
The Miami Herald
There's no loneliness like holiday loneliness. But noisy bars, tired singles scenes and pathetic matchmaking attempts by friends and family rarely conjure up Prince Charming or Ms. Right. If you're on the hunt for a date -- or just looking to meet up with friendly folks -- these entrepreneurs have been busy cooking up new ways for you to meet someone. Read the whole story >
What Happens When A Non-Traditional Person Tries Online Dating
AlwaysOn
This morning I filled out the questionnaire for eHarmony after watching about two minutes of an infomercial starring its founder. This is not the first time I tried online dating. I joined Match.com and met a succession of truck drivers who had never graduated from high school (no offense, but no common interests either), retired insurance salesmen, and people of indeterminate occupation who thought they had correctly surmised that I was wealthy from my profile. I gave up in disgust. More recently, I tried jDate.com. Now I'm not in touch with my inner Jew, but I reasoned that Jewish men made good husbands and were generally intelligent, so would probably appreciate me. Read the whole story >
What We, Our Friends And Our Enemies Had To Say About Gay In 2005
Houston Voice
“We don’t really want to participate in something that’s illegal,” Dr. Neil Clark Warren, founder of eHarmony, on why his online dating site does not offer matchmaking for gay singles, arguing the site is marriage-oriented and gay couples can’t marry in most states. Read the whole story >
Tiff Over Dating Web Sites Leads to Bitter Claims
AllAfrica.com
A new player in the online dating industry has denied allegations that it is sending fake replies to lonely hearts to woo them into paying a subscription fee. Suspicion that the website Two2Meet was misleading potential customers began when internet researcher Ramon Thomas posted a very scanty description of himself on the website.
Single. 40. Now what?
The Courier-Journal
You're over 40, single and about to dip into the dating pool. Now what? For singles of both genders, the dating game is more complex once you mature. Potential matches tend to have a past -- children, former spouses, maybe old flames that haven't quite died out. The need for understanding and compromise may be greater. Read the whole story >
Match.com Attorney: Suit Claiming Fake Dates Frivolous
Law.com
Match.com, the popular online dating site, has recently gotten the attention of the media and dozens of bloggers over a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles claiming it set up a fake date to keep a client subscribing. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips partner Robert Platt, who is representing Match.com, said the case is simply a "frivolous" claim that the company plans not to settle. Just like any other business, people are looking to make an easy buck, he said. Read the whole story >
No Advice Heeded – Guys Don’t Talk About Relationships
Hartford Courant
If it indeed takes two to tango, if on a very basic level men and women are seeking the same thing - each other - why are women so much more keen to study the ins and outs of dating and relationships? Where are the advice books for men? And why aren't they thumbing as hungrily through the ones out there as women? Read the whole story >
New Online Dating Website ~ Is Your Date 'Marriage Material?'
PRWEB
Swiss psychologist Carl G. Jung conducted astrological experiments with 483 married couples' birth charts in 1952. He found significant correlation of some astrological aspects. In an attempt to shortlist the hundreds of possible matches for frustrated online dating users Compatti.com employed a reliable tool based on Jung’s astrological marriage indicators. Read the whole story >
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For some of us, online dating is extremely frustrating because we don't get the results that we are looking for. No matter what you look like; say; post; comment, or do, you're not gona force someone to pick up the phone and actually arrange a real life appointment to meet you. Plain and simple. Women have more success than most men; it's obvious why.
- James Hvizdalek