RENTON, Wash., Jan. 25, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Remember that guy or girl from high school, the one you dated or had a huge crush on? You are not alone. Classmates.com (www.classmates.com), a leader in online social networking, polled its community that connects millions of members with friends and acquaintances from school, work and the military and found that when people reflect on their love life, more than 70% think about their first love or high school sweetheart. The majority of respondents of the annual Classmates.com Romance Poll also said they have thought of their first love or high school sweetheart within the last year.
Classmates.com 2006 Romance Poll results include:
-- 71% of respondents think more people will turn to the Internet to
find love in 2006.
-- 70% of respondents reflect on their first love or high school
sweetheart when thinking about their love life.
-- 54% of respondents thought of their first love or high school
sweetheart in the last year.
-- 50% of respondents said they would like to be contacted by an old
flame.
-- 30% of respondents said they have been contacted by an old flame
in the past five years.
-- 29% of respondents had used the Internet to look up or reconnect
with an old boyfriend or girlfriend.
-- 29% of respondents had met their true love in school (K-12).
-- 31% of respondents think Valentine's Day is a time to think about
loved ones.
"People often wonder how to get in touch with a first love, a former sweetheart or others from their past who they cared about," said Mark Goldston, Chairman, CEO and president of United Online, the parent company of Classmates Online, Inc. "Classmates.com is the number one place to start looking for friends and acquaintances because tens of millions of members have listed themselves by school, work and military affiliations; it's free to register as a Basic member and search our entire member database."
Editor's note: Real-life love reconnection stories are available for media upon request.
About Classmates Online, Inc.
Classmates Online, Inc., founded in 1995 and based in Renton, WA, is a leader in online social networking. The company operates Classmates.com (www.classmates.com), connecting millions of members throughout the U.S. and Canada with friends and acquaintances from school, work and the military. Its Classmates International subsidiary also operates leading community-based networking sites in Sweden, through Klasstraffen Sweden AB (www.stayfriends.se), and in Germany, through StayFriends GmbH (www.stayfriends.de). Classmates Online is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Online, Inc. (Nasdaq:UNTD). For more information about United Online and its Internet subscription services, please visit www.untd.com.
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