Lonely after his wife of 46 years died in 2000, Roger Moore, 75, tried Internet dating but quickly grew tired of prospective dates’ self-promotional profiles. The “online meat market,” as he called it, consisted primarily of details such as would-be dates’ hair and eye color and their affinities for sunset walks on the beach. The […]
Autumn Ortiz broke off a relationship that was headed nowhere, lost 100 pounds and was ready to get out and start meeting new people. So she posted her picture and profile on Match.com, an online dating site.Only Ortiz wasn’t necessarily looking for love. She was looking for a girlfriend - a totally platonic pal to […]
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Lonely after his wife of 46 years died in 2000, Roger Moore, 75, tried Internet dating but quickly grew tired of prospective dates’ self-promotional profiles.The “online meat market,” as he called it, consisted primarily of details such as would-be dates’ hair and eye color and their affinities for sunset walks on the beach. The descriptions […]
(*#_Company_Name_#*) WALTHAM, Mass. — For students, dating can sometimes pose a challenge just as persistent as academic and employment pursuits. At Brandeis University, students often complain about a lack of romantic prospects. Online dating, though, can broaden options and present a new resource for engaging in the adventures of romance. Zoe, a Brandeis senior whose […]
Dan Stillman said he embarked on a project with his friend, fellow Wesleyan student Matt Eaton, because he wanted an easier way of finding a girlfriend.The idea — an online campus dating service — has since caught on, not only at Wesleyan, but also at four other colleges and has sparked charges of plagiarism at […]
We recently heard from a reader named Megan who claimed that some men were abusing Internet dating. These men, she said, would find a woman they liked online but keep right on looking for more. “Internet dating is exaggerating the hunter role of men,” Megan said, “eroding trust between the sexes and keeping men from […]
OK, OK. Just one more column devoted to reader feedback on the question of online dating. And although I got many more horror stories than success stories (which probably illustrates beautifully the concept of needing to kiss a whole lotta frogs, etc.), there were many who e-mailed me protesting my negativity and noting that they […]
ePersonals, Inc. Jason Llorin, 206-203-1743 or Phone Matrix Inc. Jaye Goldberg, 416-250-7438 ePersonals.com, a leading online dating service provider, today announced the launch of PrivateCall(TM), a new technology developed by Phone Matrix Inc., a Toronto, Canada-based company, which will allow its members to communicate through private phone calls. The PrivateCall(TM) system has been integrated into […]
I asked, you responded. I wanted to know your worst online dating tales, and you had some doozies. As I read through them (and apologies that I could not fit them all into one column), the immortal words of Richard Brautigan came to mind — the coda to a story about a woman who wreaked […]