BlackSingles

Free membership:

With a free membership on this Afro dating site you can:

• Post your profile with a photo
• Search the database for profiles you like
• Send and receive free e-cards
• Receive smiles
• Read profile and safety tips after you sign in

You must upgrade to a paid membership to communicate.

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Paid membership:

With a paid membership you can:

• Post your profile with a photo
• View your matches
• Use the advanced search function (to within 10 miles of your home)
• Take the Colour Personality test
• Use Instant messaging
• Use secure onsite email to contact other members
• Use the chatroom
• Send and receive smiles and sparks (fun questions you can send to break the ice)
• See who's viewed your profile
• Use message boards

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Payment options: Credit card (Visa, MC, Amex, Discover) or debit card, by mail (check/cheque), and Paypal

Renewal: Automatically renews for the same length of membership as your original subscription. You can turn this feature off on your Account page if you decide not to renew.

Open to: Worldwide (although the site is aimed at the African American single)

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Features of this black romance site::

• Photo profiles
• Advanced search function
• Send and receive secure onsite email
• Chatroom
• See who's online
• Instant messaging
• Specify your perfect match using a variety of criteria
• Onsite advice features (safety tips and profile advice)

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We like:

You’re forced to enter basic preferences (smoker, want children or not, drink habits, body type, age, etc) when signing up. Most profiles were thoughtfully written and had a photo.

This is a technologically slick African American dating service with a great reputation.

Our initial searches had results of at least 1000 members aged 40-55, 55-65 and 75 plus for both sexes. The search function will only display 1000 members at a time, so you can be assured that there are at least that many members of each gender in each age range.

There are also more than a few wags (mostly women who are resisting giving their real ages) who’ve listed their age as 99 when they’re obviously much younger. So the 70 plus demographic may be a bit skewed! Either that, or some of these people are very well preserved, indeed.

We don’t like:

Nothing so far. BlackSingles is a well run, popular site and a good choice for your senior black romance.

Dee Dee always cried during the National Anthem, re-runs of "Lassie Come Home",

and anything with kittens in it.