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
which combines state- of-the-art database technology with psychological
profiling - "the new way to date" It's no wonder they boast over
50 marriages last year.
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