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Splurging on Holiday Gifts for Dates isn''t Top of Mind with Majority of Singles; Matchmaker.com Survey Reveals Women More Miserly than Men this Holiday Season.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 24-NOV-03 		Format: Online - approximately 877 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Matchmaker.com today announced results of a recent survey of American singles showing that with the official start of the holiday shopping season just days away, retailers shouldn't rely on American singles to dole out serious dough for someone they are casually seeing. A majority of singles (84%) feel that under $50 is an appropriate amount of money to spend on a gift for someone they recently started dating. Nearly half of all respondents feel that under $25 would be fine. Of these, nearly half of women (49%) deem spending less than $25 on gifts for a date as suitable whereas only 36% of men believe that amount appropriate.

Overall, men are approximately three times as likely as women (23% vs. 8%) to spend more...

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