There are a lot of mainstream dating sites online, with more and more arriving that cater to niche, or specialized, markets. Some focus on ethnicity, religion, geography and sexual preference, but I wanted to dig deeper. I intentionally skipped the sexual fetish sites and focused on dating. Once I started Googling, I just couldn’t stop! Here are just five of the ultra niche:
Green Singles
THEIR WORDS: Personal ads for progressive singles in the environmental, vegetarian, and animal rights community and other green singles who love the outdoors, holistic living, personal growth and spirituality - a place to meet and network for friendship, dating, romance and the exchange of information and ideas.
MY WORDS: If you make a connection here, be ready to share how you creatively powered your laptop while reducing your carbon footprint during your search. Not sure how green you are? Test Your Eco IQ here: www.thegreenguide.com/quizzes/greenIQ
Redneck and Single
THEIR WORDS: Howdy Y’All! Welcome to Redneck and Single. We got a ton of great rednecks waiting inside to meet you and share common interests like huntin’, campin’, fishin’, muddin’ and NASCAR! Come on in and have a look around. It’s like an online honky-tonk, but without the drinkin’, cussin’ and fightin’.
MY WORDS: Keep droppin’ your g’s, G, and you just might be a redneck.
IQ Cuties
THEIR WORDS: Welcome to the High IQ Dating Site! Somewhere between Mensa and MySpace sits iQcuties - an exclusive dating site for people with above-average intelligence. How do I become an iQcutie? There’s an intelligence test, but it’s really no biggie. Odds are, if you’ve found this site, you’ll pass it with ease. By mere fact that you find intelligence an attractive quality means you’re probably intelligent yourself.
MY WORDS: Hell, I couldn’t pass a blood test without crib notes.
Ashley Madison Agency
THEIR WORDS: Life is short. Have an affair ™.
Under their FAQ: Does Ashley Madison encourage infidelity?
No, Ashley Madison does not encourage anyone to stray. In fact, if you are having difficulty with your relationship, you should seek counseling. However, if you still feel that you will seek a person other than your partner to fill your unmet needs, then we truly believe that our service is the best place to start.
MY WORDS: That, my friends, is called double-speak. Encourage it? Absolutely not! Provide a matchmaking service for cheaters with a trademarked slogan encouraging it? Yes!
Sweet on Geeks
THEIR WORDS: A Dating Space where Gray Matters. Is Leia and Captain Kirk your ultimate geek fantasy? Do intellect and offbeat humor equal attraction for you? Congratulations! You are among friends. If you self-identify as a geek, nerd, dork or dweeb then this is the place to make friends, find love or just be appreciated for who you are.
MY WORDS: Geeks rule.
I personally think we should send the IQ Cuties over to the redneck forum. That might be more fun. Brings cyber to a whole new level. The offspring’s to that match made in something other than heaven.. would be catastrophic. A redneck with a high IQ...MUCH TOOOOOO dangerous to chance.
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