Dating Service News

"According to the dating service It's Just Lunch, a survey of more than 1,000 single people found: Martha Stewart, Saddam Hussein and Dr. Phil are the worst costumes to wear to meet other singles. French maid and Cat Woman costumes are the best for single women to meet single men. Capt. Jack Sparrow and Batman are the best for single men to meet single women."

"You might think in our polarized political world, folks would like to know up front if they're dealing with a lefty-pink or a right-wing wacko.'I can't recall anybody who said they want to date somebody of a particular party,' Joan Griffin, of the dating service It's Just Lunch, says. In fact, the dating service actually steers potential partners away from such talk. 'We discourage politics and talking about ex-es-- and religion,' Griffin say. 'Those are kinf of the three no-nos.'"

"Whether browsing an Internet dating service or flipping idly through the newspaper personals, we've all seen ads like these. If you're one of Albuquerque's more than 177,000 singles, you might have seen more of them than usual lately. That's because now, 'between the holidays and Valentine's Day is when many of Albuquerque's unattached singles say they're most aware of their limbo status,' says Joanie Griffin, Albuquerque franchise owner of dating service It's Just Lunch."

"How many men have ended a relationship rather than deal with Valentine's Day? About 38 percent, according to a survey by [the dating service] It's Just Lunch and the U.S. Census Bureau. And about 33 percent of men avoid being in a relationship between Thanksgiving and February 14."

"We wanted to know if anyone had discovered the secret to fine-tuning a relationship to keep it primary, so we asked that question to a number of women...Joan Griffin, whose dating service, It's Just Lunch in Albuquerque and Tucson, has helped hundreds of people find hapiness together...says women need to guard against the tendencies to 'diss' on their guy with their girlfriends. In a crisis, she says, 'they talk arounf the problem every which way to Sunday.'"

"Liz and Daniel, two Albuquerque singles, were tired of superficial dates, smoky bars and meaningless text messaging. Aso, independently, they signed up with a dating service for time-pressed singles called It's Just Lunch. It's Just Lunch maintains confidentiality by not using last names. They met on an arranged lunch date about two months ago and have been seeing each other since."

"While many experts don't expect online dating to take a nose dive, the recent plateau forces online dating companies to do some soul-searching to keep attracting young singles...'The big growth period is over,' said Nate Elliott, an online dating analyst with Jupiter Media in New York...The Atlanta branch of It's Just Lunch [dating service with a location in Albuquerque], a business that relies on old-fashioned matching techniques and sets up singles for face-to-face dates, has cinched 3,000 members, a 25 percent jump over the past year."

"Ho ho, all alone: It's Just Lunch, the dating service franchise owned by Joanie Griffin of Griffin & Associates, a local advertising and public relations firm, offered these tips recently for capitalizing on the holiday spirit to encounter Mr. or Mrs. Right. Their 'holidating' tips run the gamut from including a picture of yourself in and a reminder that you're single in your holiday newsletter, to spending Christmas Eve shopping (Single women, take note: most men do their Christmas Eve shopping the night before the big day). It might be noteworthy to add that Griffin herself was recently included in the Albuquerque The Magazine's 'Hot Singles" issue.

"10 Fingers Press has just published The It's Just Lunch Guide to Dating in Albuquerque, by Joan Griffin and the dating experts at It's Just Lunch. Since January 2003, Griffin has been operating the Albuquerque franchise of the matchmaking/dating service It's Just Lunch...The book lists clubs, singles bars, places to meet/or see people and places to go on a date."

"Joan Griffin, owner of the It's Just Lunch dating service, launched a radio show called, 'The Single Life.' Griffin says it focuses on 'the needs, wants and desires' of Albuquerque singles. It's on KKNS-AM 91310)."

"Two new hires recently joined the team of It's Just Lunch dating service in Albuquerque. Kristina Lunn joined as one of its dating directors. She graduated from the university of New Mexico in 1997 with a bachelor's degreee in psychology. Jennifer Witten joined the staff as one of its directors. She studied business and health care management at National American University. It's Just Lunch is a dating service for busy professionals."

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