The Dating Frenzy

If you are a thirty- or forty-something unattached individual looking for love, would you start panicking as the year comes to an end and have no one to start the New Year with? Apparently, millions of singles do. The loneliness usually brought on by the holidays have inspired the great multitude of single people to join internet matchmaking sites as part of their New Year's resolutions to finding a significant other half. These personals services websites are simpler, safer and less complicated than having to roam the local bars nightly in search of love. Because of heightened holiday emotions, January has become the busiest times of the year for online dating websites.