Archive for the 'Dating news' Category

Social dating sites and prohibitions on sex offenders

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

Back in the day, couples would meet at family gatherings, parties, bars or church outings. Today, in an age of electronic connectivity, old-fashioned courtship can seem quaint. Like so much else, dating has gone digital, Read more…

Is it better to couple up with a man who’s already been married?

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

While unmarried men over the age of, say, 40, aren’t looked upon with pity — as some single women archaically still are — maybe they should be, suggests a report from WABC in New York on Thursday. According to the local Read more…

Turn your favorite music into a dating profile

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

On Spotify, you can find music by Loverboy, or you can find a lover boy by music.  The popular music streaming service has released two new apps that assist not with music discovery but with people discovery. The apps, fellody Read more…

Middle-aged dating advice from a babe magnet

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Middle-aged men in search of a new life partner may need to drop the red Corvette and learn how to be better listeners. When it comes to post 50 dating, the one big thing they have going for them is that the gender odds are Read more…

Dating app connects singles within 100 miles

Monday, April 30th, 2012

A mobile app links single men and women within 100 miles and helps them to get together. A dating website is assisting more face-to-face meetings, replacing chat-up lines in bars with messages from the GPS-enabled app.  Read more…

Ladies, dating can be bad for your career goals

Monday, April 30th, 2012

The number of men available for dating can affect a woman’s career path, a study done partly at the University of Minnesota found. The less likely women are to find mates, the more energy they put into launching their careers, Read more…

To predict dating success, the secret’s in the pronouns

Monday, April 30th, 2012

On a recent Friday night, 30 men and 30 women gathered at a hotel restaurant in Washington, D.C. Their goal was love, or maybe sex, or maybe some combination of the two. They were there for speed dating.  The women sat at Read more…

Parents: Be aware of dating violence

Friday, April 27th, 2012

Parents: Dating violence is a serious issue. A study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health found that 1 in 5 high school girls has been abused by a dating partner. Unfortunately, many times parents are grossly Read more…

When online becomes offline: Attitudes to safer sex practices

Friday, April 27th, 2012

STI prevalence among older Australian women is increasing, the authors wrote, in part because women are finding new partners after losing a spouse to death or divorce. These women may be less likely to use condoms with their Read more…

Secret Service scandal: Why men buy sex

Friday, April 27th, 2012

The Secret Service is running an internal investigation of its alleged involvement in a prostitution scandal in Colombia, even as rumors fly about visits by the President’s security detail to strip clubs dating back as far Read more…

Are gay people more open to interracial dating?

Friday, April 27th, 2012

There are several statistics coming out this week about the state of gay love in America, and the news is largely encouraging. The Pew Research Center has compared current public attitudes toward same-sex marriage to what Read more…

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