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Singles Say Holidays Easiest
Time to Find a Date
(onlinedatingmagazine.com -
December 16, 2003) MatchMaker,
an online dating destination for singles, has revealed
some tips for singles who want to find a date for the
important holiday season events.
"The holidays are a great time for
single people to look for romance," said Kim Carrington, MatchMaker's dating
advisor. "It's the season
of parties and even with some added stress from shopping
and other demands, people are in a "let's have
some fun" mindset, and singles should use
it to their advantage. Singles are seven times as likely to be spending New Years
out celebrating with a group of friends as on a romantic
date, so the pool of available folks is pretty substantial
even when it seems like everyone's coupled up."
A
recent poll of singles conducted by MatchMaker revealed
that a majority of singles actually think finding a
date is easier during the holidays than during the
rest of the year. "It's no wonder that most people
wait until the last minute to find a date for holiday
events
- if it's easier to find one, then the pressure's off.
But twice as many men as women told us they are planning
to spend New Years on a romantic date - I want to tell
all the women out there to raise their expectations
to keep up with the men," said Carrington.
The
MatchMaker survey
revealed that 55% of singles start looking for a date
less than two weeks before a holiday event. Men and
women differed only slightly in their sense of urgency,
with a slightly higher number of men than women starting
the search two to four weeks out. Three times as many
men as women also responded that New Years is the worst
night of the year to be single.
"So
let's recap: men are twice as likely to plan to go
on a romantic date, and more likely to start planning
early - then women should make sure the guys know they're
out there and available - some one has to go out on
those dates," said Carrington.
Not surprisingly,
men are twice as likely as women to use the company
holiday party as a forum for scooping out possibilities
for
the coming year's romantic plan.
"All year round, but more importantly
during the holidays, it's the efficiency of online
dating that really helps. If I'm out with friends I'm
lucky to talk to one guy in a night, but online, I
can have
conversations going with a few at once, and the chances
that I've learned enough to want to go out on a date
with one are a lot better than just if I just bump
into some one in a crowd," Carrington related. "Email
is controllable, and let's me
keep my distance until I'm ready to meet."
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