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  study: online dating saves you $6400+ on finding a mate RS Wood  <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-25 10:18 +0000
    Re: study: online dating saves you $6400+ on finding a mate 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-27 23:16 -0500
    Re: study: online dating saves you $6400+ on finding a mate "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-28 09:02 +0100

#899 — study: online dating saves you $6400+ on finding a mate

From the "or get a puppy and save even more" department:
Title: Online Dating Doesn’t Just Save You Time, It Saves You at Least $6,400
Author: David Stout
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 01:42:29 -0500
Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/timeblogs/nerd_world/~3/7mGrAEBQRHI/
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Meeting someone online leads to courtships that are thousands of dollars
cheaper than meeting and wooing somebody the traditional way, reports
Business Insider. According to market strategists at New York City–based
ConvergEx Group, the average dating period in a run-up to a marriage for a
couple that met in real life hovers around the 42-month mark. If that couple
goes on one date a week, at a cost of around $130 per date for meals, movies,
drinks and the like, then the total cost of the courtship would amount to
roughly $23,660. However, for couples meeting online, the time between the
advent of courtship to marriage runs around 18.5 months. “The average
dating-site customer spends just $239 a year for online memberships, which
more than pays for itself to the tune of $12,803 in cost savings from fewer
dates,” ConvergEx Group told Business Insider. “Assuming you go Dutch, each
party saves a touch over $6,400 in choosing the online route to marital
bliss.” [Business Insider][image 1][image 2]

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[2]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/timeblogs/nerd_world/~4/7mGrAEBQRHI (image)

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On 2/25/2014 5:18 AM, RS Wood wrote:
> roughly $23,660. However, for couples meeting online, the time between the
> advent of courtship to marriage runs around 18.5 months. “The average
> dating-site customer spends just $239 a year for online memberships, which
> more than pays for itself to the tune of $12,803 in cost savings from fewer
> dates,” ConvergEx Group told Business Insider. “Assuming you go Dutch, each

That's one of the most pathetic newsvertisements I've seen in a long while.

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#1070

On 2014-02-25, RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> wrote:
> Title: Online Dating Doesn’t Just Save You Time, It Saves You at Least $6,400
> Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/timeblogs/nerd_world/~3/7mGrAEBQRHI/

> couple that met in real life hovers around the 42-month mark. If that couple
> goes on one date a week, at a cost of around $130 per date for meals, movies,
> drinks and the like, then the total cost of the courtship would amount to
> roughly $23,660. However, for couples meeting online, the time between the
> advent of courtship to marriage runs around 18.5 months.

Two major questions:
1. Isn't the dating time usually the more fun time?
2. Which type of couples gets statistically more often divorced?

Also, I think it might be a different type of person choosing online
dating and getting married fast.
# http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lowered%20expectations 
comes to mind :-) (No offence intended; I met one of my previous
girlfriends on a dating site as well, and given the same circumstances
I'd probably set up a new account as well. But somehow the best
relationships appear to start unexpected, and the first date is a
cornerpoint to remember later. Also, being a bit conservative, I used
to fall in love with people I know as friends for some time rather
than looking for someone to fall in love with.) 

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