It’s National Singles Week!

?Celebrate Being Single!Singles are Living Fulfilling Lives While Searching for a Mate Online Dating Expert with New Survey Information and AdviceIt’s National Singles Week time to celebrate being single! The years you spend as a single adult, searching for that special someone, are some of your most exciting. According to a new survey from Yahoo! Personals, single people feel their lives are just as fulfilling as their married counterparts. When asked about how they perceive themselves in relation to their married friends, 88% of singles say their careers are just as, if not more, fulfilling. They also feel they are just as, or more, physically fit (78%), self-indulgent (61%), financially secure (71%), and open to new experiences (84%). While singles are celebrating their independence, they’re still on the hunt for the right individual. Given their openness to new experiences and their determination to live fulfilling lives regardless of their marital status, singles today are more in the right mindset to share their lives with another individual and are likely to try different tactics for meeting new people. If you happen to be a single parent, the intricacies of dating can be even more dynamic, from how often to date, to when to introduce the kids to the date.The values of today’s singles are also mirrored in the single celebrities they most admire. While the survey results included some of the usual suspects, you might just be surprised at the others that the polled singles selected!Available to talk to your listeners about the most admired single celebrities, and singles overall attitudes today toward relationships and dating, including those of single parents, is online dating expert and blogger Susan Mernit. On her blog, Susan writes about social networking, dating online, and singles, among other social topics. In this interview, Susan, who also serves as the director of Yahoo! Personals, will talk about more results from the National Singles Week survey and the way single people, with or without children, feel about dating and their married counterparts. About the Talent: Susan Mernit is the senior director of product management for Yahoo Personals and resident online dating expert. Susan is an influential member of the online social networking community, as well as an online dater herself. She is well known for her observations and commentary in her Neilson-rated blog, susanmernit.blogspot.com. This interview is sponsored by Yahoo! Personals.