I would write emails [to prospective dates] and get a 1 to 2% response rate.

If a prospective date were to encounter the virtual me before the flesh-and-blood me, he would not be moved to schedule aperitifs.

Similar to The Dating Game, Baggage gives three contestants the chance to win the eye of a prospective date.

In "Date With Design," a bachelor or bachelorette picks from three prospective dates based on their living spaces, without ever meeting them.

They field calls about prospective dates.

Their testimony included the following accusations: *Agency workers browse through tax returns to snoop into the finances of celebrities, relatives and prospective dates.

The owner's prospective dates do not mind waiting.

In the pilot, one of the family's sons refers to Charles's prospective date as a "carbon unit".

They will even help clients sift through prospective dates and start an initial e-mail conversation.

The network recently released a show called "Date Plate," which involves participants who compete for a prospective date by cooking a meal.