| Facebook adds new twist to the sometimes rocky road of romance
Breaking up has always been hard to do, but lately, the suddenly single are discovering a whole new heap of heartaches with Facebook. The popular social networking website allows users to indicate their relationship status with labels like "married," "single," "engaged" and the mysterious "it's complicated." But changes to the status are often broadcast on a "News Feed" to a user's Facebook "friends" - everyone from close pals to college drinking buddies to co-workers. Since you don't actually talk to many of your so-called friends on the site, it adds a totally new dimension to dating, says Dave, a Winnipegger who didn't want his real name published. Dave recalls having a misunderstanding with his girlfriend late one evening, and by the next morning she had changed her relationship status on Facebook, which automatically updated Dave's page.
'You scope 'em out'
Women also are going online to find moms who match their personality and interests, much like singles use an online dating service. "You scope 'em out," says Magalie Belanger, 31, about prospective mommy-friends in Helena. "You see how they deal with their children, and with yours." It's like dating, but the dates are with other moms and their children. While the kids play, hopefully without tantrums or biting, the moms are free to talk about the things they have in common, from the lofty subjects of religion and politics to the more practical topics of teething and diaper rash. "Women, they want someone else who is going through the same thing," says Drury Sherrod, a Los Angeles social psychologist who studies friendship. Often, that can mean seeking out other women in the same trimester of pregnancy or whose children are similar in age, he says.
New Men's Dating Club Match-2-Match.com Launches
Join the newest men's dating club catering to single men looking for single women. Match-2-Match.com offers luxury gifts, slide shows, virtual kisses and meet & mingle parties. Walnut Creek, CA (PRWEB) June 26, 2006 -- Last week the hottest new men's dating club, Match-2-Match.com was officially launched. Match-2-Match.com is different from other dating sites in that it offers a high ratio of women to men and is the only site online that offers Meet & Mingle Parties for members. Match-2-Match.com also offers the ability for members to send a virtual kiss and men have access to their own artistic slide show of beautiful women. Match-2-Match offers luxury gifts and prizes to its gold and silver members, and it brings this type of innovation to everything it does.
Self-professed nerds find love at dating clubs
The nerds of the world have finally met their match: Each other.Thanks to nerd-themed dating Web sites, museum parties, steamily intellectual lectures, meetups at comic book conventions and, yes, even a matchmaking company called Nerds at Heart, self-identified nerds are finding that smart is the new sexy.Carrie Dahlby, 29, of Chicago sought out Nerds at Heart after becoming disappointed with the more conventional ways of connecting."As a shy teetotaler who attends 10-20 science-fiction fandom conventions per year, I knew I needed a place other than a regular bar or club to meet people," she said.The one person she met online and dated wasn’t a good match, and the results were equally fruitless on a singles phone line.She struck gold at the first Nerds at Heart event she attended, meeting boyfriend Josh Rasey.
Black Singles Meet Online Over Greens and Cornbread
GreensandCornbread.com is a premiere online dating site for African Americans. Carlton Enoch the sties creator has found a creative way to target the growing market of minority singles looking for love online. African Americans are very passionate about soul food. Soul food represents a down home quality and triggers warm and loving memories. .
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