"I'm a progressive well-read mother of three … run my golden retriever almost every day. I'm a kitchen dancer; theatre-goer; kayaker (learned to roll but just no time); lapsed photographer; dogged skier; an anti-materialist with a clothing consultant." So states the cleverly written ad of Nora (not her real name), one of 380,000 subscribers who shell out between $25 and $100 a year in the hope of attracting that special someone on Match.com, a leading online dating service with a database of 3 million romance seekers.
Nora's ideal match should be "smart, confident and naturally sexy," she writes, adding that you won't find him surrending a Saturday to TV sports because "so many other parts of life fascinate and beckon" him. And "no military types, couch potatoes or chronic depressives need apply."
Online Dating: The Rules in Reverse
Welcome to the world of online dating, where thanks to email, the rules of courtship have been reversed. Instead...more
