Better ways to snag a date

THE year-end 'couple' season is a stressful time.

We wonder - who to lavish with a Christmas gift? Who to kiss at midnight when the new year arrives?

And if you do not have that special person, there are strategic steps to take.

First, ask friends to set you up. Or go to the clubs.

Or scroll through Facebook and seek out every friend of a friend of a friend who looks decent.

The LoveByte website, by the SDN, is scarcely an option - unless, of course, you are desperate.

Although society is seemingly more open-minded now, a young Singaporean would probably not admit that he or she met that special someone online, much less through a dating agency, because that just means he or she doesn't have much of a social life to begin with.

Clicking away at every social networking site might be embarrassing, but admitting that you need your Government's help to find a date?

That's just sad.

Charissa Guan, 20, is a second-year political science student at the University of Queensland.

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