Date.com Poll: Single Men Would Stay in a New Relationship With a Woman Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

Date.com Poll: Single Men Would Stay in a New Relationship With a Woman
Diagnosed With Breast Cancer
New Poll Shows Majority of Single Women Believe Men Would Leave Them if
Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- When Sex and the City's Samantha
Jones was diagnosed with breast cancer, her boyfriend pledged to stay with her
through treatment. Meanwhile, celebrities such as Sheryl Crow, Kylie Minogue,
Edie Falco and Christina Applegate, battled the disease single. Since October
is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, leading online dating sites
Date.com (http://www.date.com), Matchmaker.com (http://www.matchmaker.com),
and Amor.com (http://www.amor.com), polled its members to see what they would
do if they entered a new relationship and their significant other was
diagnosed with breast cancer.

Surprisingly, majority of men and women polled have not had an immediate
family member battle breast cancer. Yet, 80% of single men pledged to stay in
a new relationship if their girlfriend was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Single men felt that fighting the disease together could bring them closer as
a couple. Meanwhile, 90% of women felt that a breast cancer diagnosis would
lead to immediately getting dumped, as many new relationships couldn't survive
the rigors of chemotherapy and treatment.

"According to these poll results, women don't have enough faith that the men
they're dating would step up to the plate and stand by their side when it
comes to being diagnosed with a life threatening disease such as breast
cancer," said Shira Zwebner, Relationship Advisor for Date.com, Matchmaker.com
and Amor.com. "My own Grandfather helped my Grandmother fight and beat Breast
Cancer decades ago and, from these poll results, it's wonderful knowing that
it wasn't just the bonds of matrimony obligating him to stick around."

In a new survey of thousands of male online daters nationwide, conducted in
the month of September, we asked: Has anyone in your immediate family been
diagnosed with breast cancer?

Following are the complete results:

No: 70%
Yes: 30%

We also asked: The girl you just started dating was recently diagnosed with
breast cancer. What would you do?

Be her rock! If anything, getting through her sickness together could bring us
closer as a couple: 80%

Try to stick by her side but be realistic that our relationship will probably
change because of the treatments. If it gets too much for me, I would probably
break up with her but would really try hard to make things work: 65%

Break up with her. It's too early in the relationship for me to deal with
something so heavy. I just couldn't handle a girlfriend with breast cancer,
let alone the thought that she could lose a breast: 22%

In a new survey of thousands of female online daters nationwide, we asked: Has
anyone in your immediate family been diagnosed with breast cancer?

Following are the complete results:

No: 60%
Yes: 40%

We also asked: Do you think most men would break up with a new girlfriend if
she were diagnosed with breast cancer?

Absolutely. It's too new of a relationship for most men to handle something as
difficult as a breast cancer diagnosis: 90%

No. I think many men would feel an obligation to stand by their woman who is
ill and it's a good test of a relationship to see if they can make it through
cancer treatment: 10%

About Avalanche, LLC
Avalanche operates several leading online dating websites, including Date.com,
Matchmaker.com and Amor.com. Date.com launched on Valentine's Day 1997 and has
become one of the world's most popular dating websites. First started as a
Bulletin Board System in 1986, Matchmaker.com is the oldest online dating
site. It was acquired by Avalanche in 2006 and targets those singles seeking
serious relationships. Amor.com, launched in 2007, is a rapidly growing
destination for Hispanic singles. Avalanche hosts more than 10 million members
worldwide, with the sites adding over 100,000 members each month. Additional
information is available at http://www.date.com

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SOURCE Avalanche, LLC

Shira Zwebner of Avalanche, LLC, +1-212-721-3440, shira@date.com