Archive for September, 2006

OLDER AND BETTER MANY 40-SOMETHING WOMEN ARE BRINGING A NEW CONFIDENCE TO THE DATING SCENE.

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

Forty and flirty doesn’t quite capture it. Try 40, free to be me and anything but desperate to find a husband, say women in their 40s who are shaping a new dating scene.”It’s ‘I know who I am, I know I look good, and I know what I want,’ ” says Dr. Joy Browne, a […]

Online child care assistance: Employers help working parents reach babysitters

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

Parents value good babysitters like precious gems, and now they’re using the Internet to find some nearby.Working parents are logging on to Web sites like Sittercity.com, which “is the Match.com of child care,” says CEO Genevieve Thiers, who founded SitterCity in 2001. Like the online dating sites, SitterCity connects like-minded folks in the same geographic […]

Online Love

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

Are dating Web sites a last-ditch effort for desperate singles? Or is it the only way to meet someone in the rush that is American society? Either way, there’s no shortage of businesses, even right here in Lincoln, looking to match up desperate singles.Here’s a rundown of a few local offerings.*Datelincoln.com Who runs it: Glenn […]

Waubonsie grad, wife named eHarmony’s Couple of the Year|A match made . . .

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks need to take notes.It’s the best romantic comedy that the two never made: A football coach’s mother talks with a friend at church and discusses her son’s unsuccessful attempts at finding a mate. The mother hears of how this online dating service has changed some people’s lives. So, like any […]

COLUMN: Hanging out doesn’t pass for dating

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

(U-WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. — Proper dating is going out of style faster than Paris Hilton on three guys. What happened to the good ‘ole days, where a decent, nice boy met a decent, nice girl and the two flirted in a sincere, innocent sort of fashion, and Nice Boy asked Nice Girl to a dinner […]

Dr. Phil Goes LIVE With Match.com to Answer Love’s Burning Questions!, ***LIVE Online Audio Chat*** Thursday, September 28, 2006 7 P.M. (PDT)

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

PRNewswire — The following was released today by Match.com: Who: Match.com invites single men and women nationwide to join America’s most trusted relationship expert, Dr. Phil McGraw, for an exclusive online audio chat. What: Have a question about dating and relating? Dr. Phil has answers. Join Dr. Phil for a live online chat […]

Washington State U. cable channel debuts new student dating show

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

(U-WIRE) PULLMAN, Wash. — Speed dating, online matchmaking, Facebook, blind dates and even church. Cable 8’s new dating show, “Get Hooked Up!,” now offers another option for single Washington State University students for whom love has remained elusive. “I don’t trust the Internet. A girl might be nice and kind and then she’ll ask you […]

Couple finds perfect harmony

Sunday, September 24th, 2006

Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks need to take notes.It’s the best romantic comedy that the two never made: A football coach’s mother talks with a friend at church and discusses her son’s unsuccessful attempts at finding a mate. The mother hears of how this online dating service has changed some people’s lives.So, like any mother […]

Europeans Nearly Fifty Percent More ‘Engaged’ in Online Dating Compared to North Americans, European Online Personals Category up 26 Percent versus Year Ago according to comScore World Metrix

Sunday, September 24th, 2006

PRNewswire — comScore World Metrix, the leader in global digital media measurement, today released an analysis of usage of the online personals category, revealing that European Internet users are far more engaged in online dating than those in North America. According to the analysis, 18 percent of European Internet users (38.2 million) visited online personals […]

Lovebirds of the year Chip meets Rachel on eHarmony; the rest reads like a script

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006

Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks need to take notes.It’s the best romantic comedy that the two never made: A football coach’s mother talks with a friend at church and discusses her son’s unsuccessful attempts at finding a mate. The mother hears of this online dating service that has changed some people’s lives.So, like any mother […]