VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ — Plentyoffish.com offers a positive, growing community and services that are completely free. "We haven’t really spent any money on marketing," founder and CEO Markus Frind states. "Our company vision is to keep costs to a minimum and pass the savings on to our members, providing services for free that almost every other model charges for."
Older Men Still Want to Become Fathers
NEW YORK, Sept. 15 — Midlife is typically a time when men are perfecting their golf game. But some are finding that patty-cake is more their speed. Fatherhood is on the minds of more men in their 40s and 50s these days, impacting the dating world….Between 1980 and 2002, the rate of births among men age 40 to 44 went up 32 percent, and up 21 percent for those age 45 to 49. For men 50 to 54, the growth was 9 percent. “They’re waiting until they’re ready,” suggests Armin Brott, author of Father for Life. Older fathers are often calmer and form strong emotional bonds with their kids.
Pollstar; The Concert Hotwire
POLLSTAR–Sept 16th–Singles Night @ Pollstar.com is THE place to be for the discerning, concert-loving single. And I believe that a man should never scrimp on the concessions. When I take a woman to a concert, say, Gretchen Wilson & Big & Rich, I always spring for the extra large Cokes, burgers and fries. 6,000 artists, 49,000 events!
Technology Makes Spying on a Flame Simpler
TUCSON CITIZEN–…The same technology that makes the Internet a global village also can make it feel like a small town where everyone knows your business. Your ex'es don't have to rely on local gossip for information about your new love interests: They can just go online and get it themselves. And the effect may be changing the rules of love. Call it Mayberry meets Big Brother.
The full article was originally published at Tucson Citizen, but is no longer available.
AmericanSingles.com Salutes U.S. Service Men and Women With a Special Offer
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ — AmericanSingles.com today introduced a special offer to help U.S. military personnel, currently on active duty, connect with its members for companionship, dating, or friendship with a complimentary one- month Premium Membership.
ConnectU and TheFaceBook Face-Off
HARVARD CRIMSON–Co-founders of the college-geared Friendster knockoff ConnectU are pitted against the thefacebook.com. The founders of ConnectU allege that Zuckerberg stole their idea for a networking site while he was doing unpaid work for them.
The full article was originally published at Harvard Crimson, but is no longer available.
eTwine.com Officially Launches its Social Networking Site
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 14, 2004– eTwine.com founder Darrell Lerner believes that eTwine’s rapid growth can be attributed to its fun and interactive feel and integration of eTwine’s numerous unique features; social networking, event planning & management, and blogs. "We believe we offer users the ultimate social experience on the net and more ways to meet people than any other site on the market." All eTwine features are currently free. At the core of the eTwine.com site is each member’s personal community page and detailed picture profile.
Committed to Gay Marriage Equality; Gay.com
GAY.COM–It was devastating when the California Supreme Court announced the day we married at San Francisco City Hall had no meaning at all as far as the state of California is concerned. After 17 years together, we did not anticipate that getting married would touch us so deeply and how powerful the reaction of our friends and family would be. A gay friend wrote us that news of our wedding is "actually making me cry …with happiness for the two of you and what it means for all of us." A straight friend wrote that she, her husband and their kids are "jumping over furniture because we're so happy for you two!"
Match/Gallup Poll; Politics of the Heart
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS–Sept 13th – A recent Gallup survey of 1,001 singles conducted for online dating service Match.com found that more than 60 percent of singles would discuss politics on a first date, 92 percent would consider going out with someone whose political views conflicted with theirs and 57 percent would consider a politically mismatched marriage.
The full article was originally published at RMN, but is no longer available.
Men Spend Far More on Romance
BILLINGS GAZETTE–Sept 19th – …32% of men spend more on grooming products than their female partners. A growing number of male baby boomers age 40 to 58 are turning to plastic surgery, accounting for nearly 15% of all procedures. Men are leading the way in the online-dating revolution with nearly 90% of all users being male.
The full article was originally published at Billings Gazette, but is no longer available.