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Tips for Surviving Your First Thanksgiving With Your Significant Other

11/28/13

Spending Thanksgiving with your boyfriend’s or girlfriend’s family can be both an enlightening and stressful experience. You get to meet your significant other’s relatives, see their baby photos, and hear funny stories about their childhood. Or vice versa, you get to show your date off to your family. But, the task of keeping your date happy while impressing the family can be daunting. We spoke with Krista White, the president of It’s Just Lunch D.C. It’s Just Lunch is a dating service for busy professionals in D.C. and surrounding cities, with over 22 years of experience matching couples over lunch. She gave us a few tips on how to survive your first Thanksgiving with your boyfriend’s or girlfriend’s family, as well as some tips for those of you bringing your date around family for the first time.

Would you Date an Unemployed Man?

11/28/13

Today, however, I want to focus on how the steadily declining U.S. economy is affecting men. If you are a single man and you are unemployed, that automatically means that most single women will not be interested in you at all. At least that is what one very shocking survey discovered…

Most Women Will Not Date Unemployed Men, Says Study

11/28/13

It’s Just Lunch, a dating service for professionals, recently conducted a study that found 75 percent of women would be unlikely to date a man who is unemployed.

However, 42 percent of the 75 percent said they might go out on a date with a guy who doesn’t have a job, but probably wouldn’t want to date him long-term (which many guys would actually prefer).

The research, which was based on 925 responses, revealed only 21 percent said they would definitely date an unemployed man, noted BusinessNewsDaily.com.

“Not having a job will definitely make it harder for men to date someone they don’t already know,” said Irene LaCota, spokesperson for It’s Just Lunch, said in a press release. “This is the rare area, compared to other topics we’ve done surveys on, where women’s old-fashioned beliefs about sex roles seem to apply.”

Is Facebook the ultimate resource for pro matchmakers, or a simpleton’s dating database?

08/12/13

Every matchmaking service caters to a certain demographic and deals with different levels of relationship needs. Most of them do their own personal vetting of potential partners through questionnaires and in-person interviews. After getting to know more about the client, the matchmaker then weeds through their database of members seeking partners and find ones that have similar needs, wants, and goals.
“Through this process, we discover the key characteristics that our clients are looking for in a match,” says Irene LaCota, Spokesperson for It’s Just Lunch International. “We introduce them to other like-minded singles in a casual, low-pressure setting where they can talk face-to-face, which we believe is the only way you can truly get to know someone. After we select a match, we’ll describe the person and confirm a convenient time and place to meet. All are clients have to do is show up and have fun meeting someone new.”

Lunch Dates for Midlife Singles

06/14/13

There’s a lot of pressure with first dates when you’re a midlife single, especially if it’s your first date in a long time. Lunch dates are great because (much like a coffee date) the end time is pretty much determined in advance. This makes it easy to exit without awkwardness or excuses.

Another benefit is cost. If you’re unsure whether or not you’ll hit it off with someone, lunch is lighter on the budget than dinner followed by drinks and dessert. What’s more, the tone of the date is lighter and less serious so you’re less apt to be nervous for lunch dates.

You can always arrange your own lunch dates, of course, or you can opt to go with a service. Arguably the most popular service is It’s Just Lunch, which has been in business over twenty years.