MX News Sydney Reports on new Internet Dating site Meetmyfriend
MX News Sydney Reports on new Internet Dating site Meetmyfriend
Frankie Callanan was fed up hearing about the Man Drought. “I got sick of girl friends whinging that here were no nice guys or that they were gay or taken, and guy friends were sick of putting up with the Sydney sneer and being shot down,” Callanan said.
The Bondi 31 year old and five mates decided to trade on the idea of six degrees of separation to create a singles website where friends play cupid. Callanan found that most of his single friends hooked up with each other at big dinner parties and barbecues he threw. “Loads of them got together and I thought there has to be a way to do this on a bigger scale”
“So we took the best elements of facebook and a big night out for meetmyfriend.co
People recommend friends on the site meaning there’s no need to boast about your own virtues. “Because it’s a friend introducing you the weirdness is gone – it’s like having an online wingman”
Story by Vanessa Santer MX News 05/02/08
