Singles: CONSUMERS OFTEN PAY FOR BEING SINGLE
Being single can affect nearly everything you buy, from the smallest thing to the largest.You most likely rent an apartment, although many more singles are buying homes these days. You pay higher federal income taxes and you fork over higher car insurance payments than your married friends.You are more likely to have no credit cards than married people, though you are as likely as a married person to have one of the three major credit cards.You're generally less...
L.A.'s swinging for singles
WE channel moves its 'Single in the City' dating show west to put Southland women in the spotlight.
"Single in the City" -- a real-life counterpoint to HBO's "Sex and the City," exploring the dating rituals of Big Apple bachelorettes -- was a sleeper hit on cable's WE channel last summer, boosting the women-oriented cable network's exposure among female viewers in the 18-to-34 demographic.With dating-oriented reality shows especially popular at the moment -- think "Joe Millionaire"...
Singles: Single Mothers Apt to Be Poorest
Married Couples With Children Fare Better, Census Shows
Single mothers in Orange County are nearly four times more likely to be poor than married couples with children, according to figures released by the U.S. Census.With a mean income of $27,723, single mothers earn $10,266 less annually than the $37,989 income of single fathers, and considerably less than half the $67,366 mean income of a married-couple family.Experts cite many reasons including inadequate child support, loss of education due to childbearing, costs of child care and the...
New club helps Jewish singles meet one another
Singles looking for companionship with someone from their own ethnic background can sometimes find themselves in a frustrating situation. So a couple of Jewish singles from Hernando County are trying to ease the tension by forming a Jewish singles' group, Temple Beth David Jewish Singles' Club, for the four-county area of Citrus, Hernando, Pasco and Pinellas counties.One of the group organizers is Elana Fish from Hernando County.""I...
Singles: "I WOULDN'T BE CAUGHT DEAD ON UPPER GREENVILLE"
Dallasites talk about single life in the city [Part 1 of 2]
When Dallas singles describe each other, "aggressive,' "insincere,' "money-oriented,' "artificial' and "holier-than-thou' are the words they use. "Happy' seems conspicuously absent.They say churches, health clubs, grocery stores and even Young Republicans' gatherings are places to meet each other, although most hastily add that...