Singles Sites: HEARTS ON THE LINE / BOOKMARK IT DATING
UNTIL recently the Web had a reputation, however unfairly, as the province of pathetic loners, and so not surprisingly it has a wealth of singles pages, personal ads and other sites devoted to helping you find a friend, casual relationship or possible marriage partner. Web-based singles sites are attractive because e-mail is a much less threatening way to meet someone than a telephone call or meeting in person. Another attraction is that it puts singles around the world at your fingertips,...
Singles Sites: Expert: Personals a means of brodging gaps
Personal ads are one of the ways society is dealing with not having small communities where everybody knows each other, says a University of Idaho professor who teaches a class in intimate relations. Not only are the ads a less traditional way to meet mates, says Cynthia Schmiege, they immediately cut to the chase of an individual's expectations.With the ad, it is clear the person is looking for someone for a certain kind of relationship like a serious long term relationship or...
Singles Sites: COLUMN: Wedding cakes and petitions
(*#_Company_Name_#*) PHILADELPHIA -- Valentine's Day was decidedly anticlimactic this year. "It's a Hallmark Holiday," all those singles sites on the Internet say, but they're bitter and they lie. It's really just one of those holidays that makes you feel more anti-social than you already do after spending your entire weekend in your common room writing enough cover letters to fill a U-Haul and having little to no human...
Singles Sites: Web hot in LDS singles scene
PROVO -- Lynn Scoresby was shocked at the response to his recently launched, LDS-oriented Web site. "We're virtually dumbfounded by the extent of the response and the intensity of the interest that people have in what we've done," said Scoresby, a Brigham Young University psychologist. "We've had people walk in -- men, interestingly -- who ask to be taught how to use the computer so they can get on it."The...
Singles Sites: SINGLE CHRISTIANS FLOCK TO INTERNET
In the often racy realm of cyberspace dating, these are come-on lines with a difference: Avid reader, enjoys theological studies. Single, conservative Lutheran pastor in rural Iowa.Uncomfortable with local bar scenes, restless in the social circles of their own churches, single Christians by the tens of thousands are flocking to Internet services offering the prospect of spiritually correct matchmaking. Some of the sites are listed in the same directories that promote Hot Sexxy Singles or...