GETTING ONLINE FOR LOVE
For an increasing number of people, the road to happiness may include
the information superhighway.
For example, about a million men and women around the world are using one
Web site--date.com--to meet their soul mates. In fact, in 2001, about 50
couples who met at the site got married.
Angelica
Alonzo is one who found love and happiness on the Internet when the San
Antonio paralegal met Roy Maxwell on
Date.com. "My family thought it
was a bad and dangerous idea," Ms. Alonzo recalled. Within short
order, however, an e-mail relationship blossomed into a love affair. Roy
and Angelica got engaged and tied the knot on June 16, 2001 in a small
ceremony in Texas.
As
Angelica Alonzo learned, registering at
Date.com is free and finding
someone at the site can be easy.
Step
1. Fill out an online profile.
Step
2. Search the other profiles and find someone you like, or just hang out
and perhaps someone will find out.
The
personal information you give is completely private and anonymous. No one
can find out your real name, your address, or your e-mail address without
you telling it to them. All the mail you get at the site goes to a new
e-mail account assigned just to you.
You
can browse through thousands of profiles to find someone or specify
exactly what your looking for. The 20 to 30, 31 to 40, and 41 to 50 age
brackets each represent about 30 percent of the
Date.com member base, the
remaining ten percent are over 50.
Members
can get into chat rooms where they can hang out and meet other singles.
Different chat rooms are set up for different ages and sexual preferences.
If you have a special hobby or interest, you can set up your own chat
room.
The
site offers advice on online dating etiquette and practices. There's even
an in-house astrologer to tell you what the start say about your search.
The
system was designed by relationship experts and psychologists, who created
a formula for matchmaking that takes into consideration basic human traits
and the results of years of relationship research.
Finding
meaningful relationship is what online dating is all about. One recent
survey found that 77 percent of nearly 12,000 respondents said they are
spending more time dating online since the tragic events of Sept. 11.
People are looking to "connect" and online dating is an
increasingly popular method of doing just that.
You
can read success stories, register to join or just learn more online at
www.date.com.
This
article courtesy of
Date.com
Unlike most other online dating sites, which focus on casual dating and
quick "hook-ups", Date.com caters to a community of singles from 25 - 50
years old, looking for something serious and long-lasting.
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