Singleparentsmingle

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Registered: 05-16-2004
Singleparentsmingle
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Wed, 03-02-2005 - 9:57pm

Here's my quick .02 on this site:

I wound up creating a quick profile on singleparentsmingle.com -- in order to see sisfox's profile. In making the profile I found a few neat feature different from what I was used to on Match.

-Non members can receive (but not initiate) IM -- to me this is like a free membership should you be lucky enough to be contacted by someone who fits your profile (might be easier to be a guy here and assume only compatible girls would contact you). The lack of members in my area means that not many people are online at one time -- so the thought of waiting to be contacted is perhaps premature.

-The site tracks and displays who has looked at your profile. There aren't a lot of members in my area so mostly I see people from all across the country staring in disbelief at my photo. Sort of a neat feature which I would say is similar to an icebreaker - if you see someone visiting your profile often you should probably either block them or initiate contact.

-I'm not a paying member - so I don't know for sure but I'm assuming that if the site tracks who visits your profile they probably also do the verification that an email was opened and read.

-Non-paying members cannot read email - they only see the message header.

-There are a couple message boards (with really lame topics)

-There are a couple realtime chat rooms

The jury's out on this site. If their membership count increased in my area I'd judge it a good pick for someone in the single parents demographic.

-They do some type of "color" matching which seem similar to what Match used to do by giving personality tests. For an additional $29 you can get a better(?) test. Dunno about this as I think the old exchange emails works better. I would be a bigger believer in the test if there were more members.

-The site offers a $60 life member option otherwise you pay the standard $19.95 per month to be a member, $39.99 for 3 months (renew at $13.33 per month after 3 months).




Edited 3/3/2005 6:16 am ET ET by lg1964

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Fri, 03-04-2005 - 5:10pm

Maybe

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Registered: 02-15-2005
Fri, 03-04-2005 - 5:17pm

Watch those Phillapina girls.

I know a man who thought he was gettin himself a sweet, pliable young thing.

Yes, she's young - only a few years older than his son, in fact.

But pliable? BWAAAAHAAAAHAAAA

She's a shopaholic, loves the casinos, and the high life.

Don't get me wrong - I adore both of them - but she is NOT what he reckoned for. But they really are in love, and I love seeing them together.


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Registered: 05-16-2004
Fri, 03-04-2005 - 5:18pm
No - I have my eye on this chick in a red dress. Really cute. Only problem is the mohawk son looks like he could take me....
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Registered: 02-15-2005
Fri, 03-04-2005 - 5:22pm

Why is there no kiss icon?

;P

(Oh, and FYI - I've quit smoking - so far, so good...)


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Registered: 03-20-2003
Fri, 03-04-2005 - 10:01pm

Nifty feature: you can view a chat log after you've IM'd with someone.

So far though, only 3 guys have viewed my profile - one here in MI, one from VA and one in NC. Wazzup with that?? Weird. I bet I get a whole bunch more after I put a picture up - but I think I'll wait a few days to gather pre-pic stats. ;)

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