| TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - It's a Monday night, and Nathan and Melissa Bridges sit down to a dinner of taco salad and conversation.
Nathan, a Bibb County parole officer, talks about his efforts to transfer to the Tuscaloosa office to be closer to home. Melissa, a graduate student at the University of Alabama, mentions her upcoming 27th birthday.
But after dinner is over, the conversation shifts. Out comes what has become known in the household as "The Box."
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Consumer Reports investigated five of the biggest and best known online dating sites: AmericanSingles, eHarmony, Match.com, True, and Yahoo Personals to compare their cost, privacy policies and the matching services.Before singles take a dip in the online dating poo... | Powered by global market intelligence solutions provider GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.), the latest GMIPoll, a survey of 17,502 online consumers across 18 countries, finds that Americans go online seeking friendships (21%) more than casual sex (16%) or a serious, long-term relationship (19%). The report also reveals that Americans lag behind the global average when using online dating and social networking sites for any kind of relationship, whether for romance (4 percentage points lower), sex... |