Meet Sussie ... Yale Law '82
Posted on 03/27/2006 9:45:07 AM PST by iPod Shuffle
Posted on Mon, Mar. 27, 2006
Married man is suing for date
EHARMONY REFUSES HIM UNTIL DIVORCE
Mercury News
John Claassen wants a date so badly he's suing for one.
He's taking eHarmony.com to court, because the popular online matchmaker refused to find him the perfect mate.
Why? Because he is married.
Technically, Claassen says, he is legally separated. But that's not good enough for eHarmony, which says it is in the business of matching singles ``free of relationship commitments.'' That puts him in cyber-dating limbo.
``Most people don't file a suit to get a date,'' Claassen said Friday after filing a civil rights suit last week in Alameda County Superior Court. ``If I had my druthers, I'd be divorced by now. I'm emotionally in a different state than I am legally,'' the 36-year-old Emeryville lawyer said.
Claassen alleges eHarmony is discriminating against him on the basis of his marital status. He and his wife of eight years separated last May, and he expects the divorce to be final within two months. When he reached marital status on eHarmony's online compatibility profile, he responded truthfully: ``legally separated.''
But eHarmony says its policy is clear: No marrieds need apply.
Citing California civil code, section 51, Claassen alleges eHarmony, based in Pasadena, is breaking state law because it is denying him access to its matching service based on marital status. He seeks $12,000 in civil penalties.
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I'd rather save my money and be single.
Now I've heard everything.
Can't the guy get a date on his own?
I wonder if women had been turning him down initially because he's still MARRIED...
If they are smart...
Ping.
That's overrated!!
Meet Sussie ... Yale Law '82
Saving money is overrated?
Why? Because he is married.
Oh dear God...
Saving money while single is overrated!!
We're not all vultures. ;-)
How about pinching pennies?
There's probably someone out there who wouldn't mind.
My friend started dating her now husband before he was actually divorced.
He separated from his wife in September, started dating my firend in December, divorce was finalized in April, they were engaged by August and married the following May.
I don't like him.
How about pinching butts?
*rolls eyes*
Men...
A big problem with many of them is the large number of 'fake' profiles people put up.
I don't mean people that are dishonest about this or that, but there are actually people that make this fake profile with fake pictures saying something like "female, 35, Seattle" and they're really just some Russian looking for a ticket into the US, or just someone playing a joke. There was one site I read about a while back where something like 55% of the female profiles were like that. It was a fairly popular one, too.
And they wonder why women enjoy being single sometimes!
ok.. I'll just pinch legs...
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