Online Dating Peaks At Christmas
Posted December 14, 2006 12:00 pm.
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Besides the fact he’s not much of a matchmaker, you might not want the jolly old elf to be squeezing down a chimney with your hopeful betrothed.
And if your love life isn’t exactly adding Yule to the fire, you’re not alone. It turns out online dating services experience a spike in the lovelorn as people seek to be with someone before the big holiday hits.
Lava Life, one of the largest of the Internet dating sites, sees response spike around this time of year. And it goes up 20 percent by the time we reach Boxing Day.
“It is a tough time for people who are single from friends and family,” agrees the site’s Lori Miller. “If you are single, why are you not with someone? People have been out to tons of parties probably by themselves and they have New Year’s coming up.”
Samantha McCaffrey is a waitress who tries to take on extra shifts to keep busy during the holidays. She’s currently unattached.
“It is kind of sad. It kind of sucks,” she emotes. “Hopefully, I will find somebody. You know, you want somebody to share the holidays with.”
Miller’s advice? If you don’t want to stay single, make sure you mingle.
“Get out there,” she proclaims. “Don’t turn down any invitation.”
Many of the sites are about more than just meet and greet. They organize events to make it easier to find out what that special someone you hooked up with is really like.
Meet Market, for example, has a pottery class you can take, so you can spoon as you make a bowl.
Lava Life has a special New Year’s Eve event planned.
Dinner Works plans a sumptuous feast for those with an inn-“ate” need for company and food.
And 25 Dates actually lets you have that many encounters for a period of three minutes each.
Which means finding someone you can click with sometimes starts with someone you click on.
Here’s a list of just a few of the more prominent online dating sites.
How to get away from it all with someone else.
Billed as the #1 dating site in Canada
Bills itself as a dating service for busy professionals.
“100% free,” it boasts. “Put away your credit cards.”
“Created for Singles in Ontario, with Access to the World!”
“The Speed Dating Service” -25 three minutes dates
It proclaims that it’s “Ontario’s largest and most respected dating service”
Arranges dinners for four men and four women. Uses the slogan “Eat, Drink and Meet Mary.”
You’ve got to be rich to join this club
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