Help this Douglas Elliman broker find love - The Real Deal

Help this Douglas Elliman broker find love - The Real Deal
Millennial and Gen Z daters want committed love and have casual sex, says Match's dating survey - USA TODAY
The Good Doctor Season 3 Teaser Asks "Will Shaun Find Love?" - FanFest News

Posted: 29 Jul 2019 12:35 PM PDT

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Douglas Elliman broker Ann Cutbill Lenane wants to find her soulmate and has taken out an ad to help get the job done.

"I have managed to sell billions of dollars worth of New York City real estate, but the one thing I haven't been able to get done is to find a wonderful single divorced dad to remarry," she says in the 30-second ad, which is up on YouTube. To drive home the point that she is looking for love in the Big Apple, the broker shot the clip in front of and inside a yellow New York City cab.

The campaign is called "A Man for Ann," and Lenane "aka Annie gets it done," has posted a series of questions on her website for potential suitors to respond to.

They include, "Why do you love what you do for a living?" "What feeds your soul?" and "Why on earth are you responding to a crazy lady's ad in a cab?"

It also asks the men to upload three photos but implores them to "keep them G rated."

Lenane clearly has a sense of humor about the ad, saying, "If you're a gentleman with a kind and generous soul and you love your mother but you still don't live with her, and can appreciate a 56-year-old fit and fabulous woman, feel free to give me a call," she says in her ad.

"So wish me luck, and enjoy the ride." — Eddie Small

Millennial and Gen Z daters want committed love and have casual sex, says Match's dating survey - USA TODAY

Posted: 29 Jul 2019 04:02 PM PDT

If you're single and have decided to jump on the online dating trend, you might want to hear this. Buzz60's Susana Victoria Perez has more. Buzz60

Sure, an onslaught onslaught of statistics and think pieces claim millennial and Generation Z daters aren't having much sex. But younger daters say they're doing just fine in the bedroom.

That's according to a new survey helmed by the dating site Match that finds sex may be only one piece in the puzzle of romantic fulfillment for young people.

"What we're finding is that young people are interested in love and are taking it quite seriously," said Justin Garcia, a sex researcher who directs the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University and advises Match.com.

The Match Singles in America survey, now in its ninth year, polled 5,001 U.S. adults and found that a vast majority of young people want long-term commitment and have active sex lives.

Young daters optimistic about love

Seventy percent of Gen Z daters and 63% of millennials are looking to go steady, according to the survey. And the vast majority of them are optimistic in their search for love.

Older daters who have been on the scene for a while might scoff at the idea, but young people seem certain in matters of the heart.

"People are taking dating seriously, and they're taking the role of relationships in their lives seriously," said Garcia. "How are you going to fit a partner in your life?"

Three-fourths of Gen Z daters and 69% of millennial daters believe that they'll find the love they're looking for. That's compared to 46% of respondents in other generations.

Boston College philosophy professor Kerry Cronin, who gained prominence after offering her students extra credit for going on dates, cautions that this statistic may decline the older a millennial gets.

"Because they ended up with this culture without a lot of dating coaching, no dating scripts, no dating culture, they're scrambling behind the scenes," she told USA TODAY.

In her experience, she said, a lot of millennials feel as if they missed opportunities earlier in life for a great love connection.

But it's worth noting that the survey purposely did not specify what that love looks like, Garcia said.

"There's a whole generation of people who are appreciating the extent of relationship diversity that's possible, and we're seeing more people being open and assertive about what kind of relationship they want," he told USA TODAY.

Young daters are generally more open to diverse kinds of relationships, such as consensual non-monogamy and polyamory, he said.

Young people are, indeed, having sex

For anyone worried about the national sex drought, the survey found little to worry about.

Most younger singles reported having sex in the past 7 days prior to being surveyed.

Any suspicion that respondents are over-reporting is unwarranted, Garcia said. "For the most part, the numbers tend to be pretty accurate," he told USA TODAY.

The emergence of casual hook-up apps – Tinder and Grindr chief among them – certainly makes the proposition of a one-night (or multiple-night) stand all the more appealing.

"The dating thing has become where people have positioned themselves around the hookup app culture and trying to find the unicorn, and the person who's going to not ghost," Cronin said.

But these apps are so normalized, said Garcia, that the reasons why people are using them tend to blend together.

"Sometimes it's for relationships and sometimes it's just for friends, and it's a way for other people to connect for more possible romantic and sexual connections," he said.

"And often, if it's more sexual — like Grindr or Tinder — it's with the hope for a relationship."

...But they don't want just sex

If anything, it appears as if the emergence of services that facilitate casual sex are nudging love-seekers toward looking for commitment.

Garcia agrees. The hunt for sex and romance, he said, are not mutually exclusive — and daters still tend to be pretty serious about the search for love.

Only about a tenth of young daters (15% of men and 8% of women) are casual daters.

What, if anything is holding singles back from looking for long-term romance?

After all, dating now is a far cry from generations past, where the courtship process was brief and couples married a lot earlier in relationships.

For some, it's the need to be stable in their career and finances. One in 5 respondents want to reach a certain socioeconomic bracket, while about less than a quarter of respondents (23%) want to achieve success in careers before committing to love.

But a plurality of those surveyed – about 40% – want to find self-love and self-actualization before they find love in another person.

"You could say that that's an indication of fear of intimacy or worry, but I think when we take it all together, that people are thoughtful — especially young people." he said.

But Cronin isn't so sure. Young people's reluctance to date, she said, may be due to the uncertainty and vulnerability of putting yourself out there.

"In most other areas of your life, when you work hard, you're going to succeed," she said. "Effort correlates to success, and that doesn't apply in dating."

"And, so, the difficulty of that for young adults I talk to is that, 'Why spend my time?'" she said.

But if it looks like young people nowadays are taking longer to start coupling up, Garcia said, that may be a good thing.

"That's a positive sign," said Garcia. "That's a sign that people are taking dating and relationships seriously. They want commitment. It's not that there's any disinterest in relationships or dating or intimacy."

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The Good Doctor Season 3 Teaser Asks "Will Shaun Find Love?" - FanFest News

Posted: 29 Jul 2019 07:18 PM PDT

On Monday evening, ABC's The Good Doctor dropped its first Season 3 teaser, and we absolutely love it!

At the end of Season 2, we saw Dr. Shaun Murphy taking a plunge and asking a girl out on a date. In a twist that no one saw coming, that girl was none other than Carly Lever, one of San Jose St. Bonaventure's Pathologists.

The first teaser for the upcoming third season shows snippets of their first date which looks quite romantic. Additionally, we see the rest of the St. Bonaventure crew dying to find out how it all went. Honestly, this short 15-second teaser is so adorable. It gave us goosebumps! We love it!

Check out the adorable season 3 teaser for The Good Doctor below.

Will Shaun find love on #TheGoodDoctor? 💕 pic.twitter.com/mMzIuzJMrd

— The Good Doctor (@GoodDoctorABC) July 30, 2019

In addition to the first teaser, we do know a little about the upcoming third season. Shaun will be experiencing new levels of personal relationships, and perhaps his first love.

Based on a recent press release from ABC, the season 3 description reads as follows:

"Dr. Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore), a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, continues to use his extraordinary medical gifts at St. Bonaventure Hospital's surgical unit. As his friendships deepen, Shaun works harder than he ever has before as he starts dating, while navigating his environment and relationships to prove to his colleagues that his talents as a surgeon will save lives."

Jasika Nicole, who plays Carly on the show, was recently promoted to series regular for the upcoming season. Could Carly and Shaun officially become an item? We can't wait to see Shaun tackle the dating world!

The Good Doctor stars Freddie Highmore as Dr. Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital with autism and savant syndrome. In addition to Highmore, the series also stars Antonia Thomas as Dr. Claire Browne, Nicholas Gonzalez as Dr. Neil Melendez, Hill Harper as Dr. Marcus Andrews, Richard Schiff as Dr. Aaron Glassman, Christina Chang as Dr. Audrey Lim, Fiona Gubelmann as Dr. Morgan Reznick, Will Yun Lee as Dr. Alex Park, Paige Spara as Lea Dilallo and the newly promoted Jasika Nicole as Dr. Carly Lever.

The series is from Sony Pictures Television and ABC Studios. David Shore is the executive producer and showrunner. Daniel Dae Kim, Erin Gunn, David Kim, and Sebastian Lee are also executive producers.

The Good Doctor will return for its 3rd season on September 23th on ABC.

Are you excited about The Good Doctor's 3rd season? Let us know what you are looking forward to most in the comment section below.

Check out our exclusive season 2 interviews with series stars Nicholas Gonzalez, Fiona Gubelmann and Christina Chang.

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