Archive for Online Dating
Are Marriages From Online Dating Happier?
Posted by: | CommentsABC4NEWS — About 20% of couples meet online today. The other more
traditional ways include meeting through friends, at school and at work.
Dr. Gonzaga is a senior research scientist at eHarmony whose life career is
to study the success of online dating. He goes as far as to say he thinks
online dating users will have a lower divorce rate in the future than those
who meet through other means. Dr. Gonzaga says eHarmony manages to set up
236 marriages a day simply because the survey matches ‘like with like.’
Contrary to the popular adage, the love doctor says, “opposites ‘do’
attract…but then, they attack.”
Searches for Love Online Up in Bad Financial Times
Posted by: | CommentsIn a recent Reuter’s article the stock market woes have given single folks a kick and has driven them in large numbers to start looking on line for love. Going online is not only a distraction from the financial whipsaw of the market, but it’s saving singles money, according to dating Web sites.
Several online dating sites have reported an increase in memberships since the global financial crisis hit in September as people seek a companion during tough times and save money on face-to-face dates by searching for potential partners on the Internet.
“On days when the U.S. Dow Jones industrial (average) went down by a lot, by more than 100 points, more people were likely to log in and spend more time on the site,” Gian Gonzaga, senior research scientist at Web site eHarmony told Reuters.
“It makes a lot of sense. People seek out companionship in times of stress. Studies repeatedly show that being in a relationship can help a person’s psychological and physical health.”
The Dow Jones industrial average is down 35 percent this year, hitting a year low on November 21, and presenting a new situation for the relatively new online dating industry which has only gone through one economic crisis before, after the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
Match.com, an online dating service, said it had experienced its largest membership growth over the last seven years in November as the daily drumbeat of bad economics sent people looking for love.
“During these trying times, people are looking for hope in their inbox,” said Thomas Enraght-Moony, CEO of Match.com which has online dating sites in 40 countries.
Perfectmatch.com reported a 47 percent jump in the number of members in the three months to November compared to the previous quarter, supporting theories that online dating could be a countercyclical business that does well in an economic downturn.
A poll by Opinion Research Corp., conducted on behalf of eHarmony, found that 57 percent of Americans said the credit crunch made them worry about their love lives with married men the most stressed group with 63 percent of them concerned.
But when researchers divided the 1,092 respondents into age groups, those aged between 25 and 34 were most stressed about the impact their personal economic situation would have on their love lives, with 75 percent of them concerned.
However, researchers found that younger, single people who were stressed about the economy and its impact were more likely to seek out a relationship.
Older people, who were more likely to be married, were concerned that financial stress would harm their relationship, particularly if they feared losing their job or their house.
“When people are stressed they want to find a relationship but if they are in relationship, that extra stress will make that relationship that bit harder,” said Gonzaga, adding that similar surveys in Australia and Britain came up with the same results.
“Stress gets under the skin of relationships. Partners spend less time together because they have to work more. There are often more fights over bills and household budgets.”
Another survey by Avalanche LLC, which operates online dating Web sites date.com and matchmaker.com, found 48 percent of people were spending more time online or on the phone
Dating In A Tough Economy
Posted by: | CommentsWith all the talk of the slow and spending along with a drop in profits in retail and restaurants one would think that online dating would suffer. The reality is that online dating increases as singles strive even harder to find a relationship. Studies show that married couples are healthier and don’t have the stress of singles, most likely because they share expenses and can share both the good and the hard times. Some of the top dating sites have seen spikes in traffic, some over 40%. In particular, “relationship” and “marriage minded” sites such as Eharmony.com, PerfectMatch.com, Chemistry.com and Match.com have seen larger increases compared with sites that cater to casual dating.
In a tough economy the cost of finding a date is crucial. A membership on most sites is around $1.00 a day which is a huge savings over the time and cost put into gas and spending on drinks and bars and coming home empty. Most folks won’t put their love life on hold because the economy is down. It’s just time to adjust spending habits, invest a small part in a quality online relationship service instead of running to a string of unproductive and expensive nights at a local pub. Find a relationship today!
Marriage/Relationship Type Sites:
Eharmony.com strong relationship/marriage site based on values and religious faith…..good for Christians and Catholics
PerfectMatch.com relationship oriented for all faiths, non-religious
Chemistry.com relationship oriented for all faiths, non-religious
Match.com relationship and more casual dating
Single Men: There Are Too Many Women on Online Dating Sites
Posted by: | CommentsOnline Dating site Match.com is getting ready to start a new summer TV campaign that targets single men. The campaign is called “Too Many Women” and is accompanied by a 7 day free trial offer.
Single men were the first to try online dating with the advent of the internet, and in the beginning made up 60-70% of online dating sites. Over time, the women have caught up and surpassed the number of men on online dating sites.
Men that sign up for the free trial before the 14 September will get one week free. The offer will be accompanied by the original and best ‘make love happen guarantee’ from match.com which promises that those signing up who don’t find love in six months, will get six months free.
Ten Reasons I Won’t Date You
Posted by: | CommentsOnline dating has it’s moments. The weird and icky people you come across as you peruse the profiles your search. And the even more bizarre folks that write you. Here are the reasons single women will hit the DELETE button:
10. Your entire profile consists of some of the following phrases:
“fun-loving”, “open-minded” and “looking for that “special friend, lover” sounds like you are just looking for sex or exotic sex
“I’ll tell you later” in response to questions posed by the online dating service (tells us you are uncommitted to an answer, lazy, or just looking for something casual).
“Simple man” tells us that you are a bore.
“No Mind Games Please” tells us you have had bad experiences with women and don’t trust them.
“Laid-back and “enjoying life to its fullest” We all love fun. Everyone seems to think they are laid back. They are NOT. And if you were living life to its fullest, you would be having on hot date right now instead of messing around on the internet trying to find someone to have it with.
9. Your online dating profile has:
-the number “69″ such as Steve 69 I don’t care of you were born in 1969, the sexual innuendo in your profile name is enough to make me run.
-a name that make me want to run: knight in shining armor, knight, tiger, prince, king, vegas, cat, rat, poke, passionate, fox, hound, player, toy
-”New Friends Wanted or Lonely”-makes you sound like a desperate loner
- “A package deal” with a photo of your kids tells me your kids come first and we will never have alone time.
8. All of your photos were taken by yourself, using a cell phone camera or webcam. Get some friends to take you photo. By the way, we can tell by the hair cut and the clothes the photo is ten years old.
7. You are way out of my age range . I am not looking for a rich sugar daddy or celebrity, nor am I looking for a boy. If you are old enough to have kids in college. or young enough to think that stolen street signs are appropriate decor, do not contact me.
6. Your photo is shirtless/bare-chested. Sorry, but when we see a photo of a guy from a computer web cam bare-chested we assume he sits at his computer naked, and plays with himself while watching porn.
5. Currently separated is NOT legally divorced. I don’t care you are a week from signing the papers. Don’t wink or email me until the papers have been signed. In fact, don’t‚ wink until you’ve had a year or two to adjust. I’m really not interested in being your rebound relationship. Actually, don’t wink until you’ve been divorced long enough to at least question whether or not your marriage was that bad, and you’re really ready to get into a long-term relationship again. And if it was divorce #3, don’t wink, don’t email, don’t bother me.
4. If your hair is longer than mine, I don’t think you are a rebel, I think you have gender issues. My world is a mullet-free, clean cut, clean shaven zone.
3. Ball caps are for frat boys, or outdoor sports and beards tell me you are too lazy too shave or a secretive person. If I see you in a “lid” I assume I will have to see you in person wearing a “lid” all the time. We also assume a guy in a lid for a primary photo is hiding a bald head or a rug. Oh, and goatees are so 2000. Get with the times. Your main photo should show your full face, hair cut, and cleanly shaved
2. Spell and grammer check. Use it.
1. If I enjoyed exchanging raunchy emails and phone calls with perfect strangers, I would be getting paid for it. When I receive emails and calls that are raunchy I assume you do prostitutes. YUK!
Whether it’s your profile or an email you are sending, think about this ten items as you write and the impression you are giving your online love interest.