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Girls Night Out - CNN Video Transcript[Music] And later, a different kind of dating service for women only. It's not about Sex and the City—it's about fun and friendship. We'll tell you about that just ahead on American Morning. Oh, what's a single girl to do when all her girlfriends go off and get married? I'll show you a new kind of speed-dating—speed-dating for friendship. Look for that ahead on American Morning. My friends are all married, and so I figured that I wanted to meet new friends. We'll focus on the new kind of dating service—a dating service for friendship. We'll explain ahead on American Morning. We're back in a moment. It's never easy, right? We all know that, whether you're a single woman in your 30s, 40s, or 50s. If you're single when all your friends have gotten married, boy, it's even harder. One clever entrepreneur in New York learned the same thing when he talked to women at his singles dating events, so he came up with a way to fix the problem. As women get older, as you just heard from Soledad, more and more of them are finding that they're actually running out of friends. So they're trying to find new ones by using some of the same techniques they would use to find Mr. Right. This could be just another day at the spa—a blow-dry, pedicure, massage, and makeup application. Dorothy is getting the full treatment, getting ready for the party, except this party is different. It's like speed dating, except it's for single and divorced women. The U.S. Census says there are more of them today than ever before. These women, in the search for Mr. Right, are also looking for female companionship—a friend, someone to go out with on a Saturday night. This event begins at a spa on New York's Long Island, where the women primp and, in the process, begin to bond. They bond more over wine and cheese and over beauty tips. The women-only events are the brainchild of Jay Rosen, founder of weekenddating.com. He got the idea after noticing women at his singles events were getting along really well with other women. "I said, I need to do something where I can just do an event to get women together in a friendship way." Dorothy is 55 and divorced for 15 years. Most of her friends are married or have moved away. "I would want to go out, but this friend is not available, and there are fewer, so I want to do something different." Sandra is 30. "What I hear over and over again is that they're running out of friends." Lauric, Reva, Gayle, and Monie met at the last women-only event. They have since become close friends. "You know, it's just like when you meet a guy—you need that chemistry. I think the same thing applies for girlfriends." Back at the Celestial Salon and Spa, Dorothy and her new girlfriends are now ready for a night on the town. Jay has arranged for them to meet up with some single men, but these women don't seem to care. All of the women we spoke to told us that if they do meet Mr. Right, that would simply be a bonus. At this event, they say finding a friend is their main goal. If they meet a man, well, even better. "I never had time for my single friends because when they came over, they were basically babysitting or helping me out. It wasn't as fun." It seems like a great idea. We actually thought, "Well, it's such a great idea, this must be going on all across the country." But we did some research—no, actually, this was the only one of its kind that we could find. So maybe down on Long Island, a trendsetter once again. What about men doing this kind of thing? "I don't see us doing the hair thing." Well, maybe not that part. The junior party planner said, "Initially, I thought maybe not, because women are traditionally a little more chatty and men are traditionally a little more standoffish." Interestingly enough, he said, "This is like speed dating, so you rotate stations, and men actually have a hard time following directions." Imagine that! It may happen here. Thank you very much. |
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