Your Dateline
makes meeting
people to date
a whole lot
easier

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Lois Fishman, left, and Marilyn Hoskow ask their clients to complete a
personal profile and sign a contract.

heir slogan is, "When
you're not looking, we are!"
No, it's not another personal
shopper or real estate agency; it's an
introduction service called Your
Dateline.
Operated by Lois Fishman and
Marilyn Hoskow, both of West Bloom-
field, Your Dateline offers clients the
chance to meet a minimum of three
potential dates in one year, although
the aim is to give a client "as many
introductions as possible."
Open to the general community —
although Fishman and Hoskow
decline to fix up Jews and non-Jews
— Your Dateline has as one of its
goals taking the stress out of meeting
people to date, and states that in its
client agreement. At the same time,
the women strongly assert that their
service is an alternative to the bars,
parties and health clubs, and
shouldn't be regarded as a last resort.
"We want to erase the stigma that
people who go to a dating service can-

not get a date on their own," Hoskow
said. "This is absolutely not the case.
We regard ourselves as another option
for singles who wish to meet new
singles and broaden their social in-
volvement."
How does one sign up? A potential
client makes an appointment with
the women, who both interview the
individual in the Fishman home. "We
keep it very informal," Hoskow said.
"We're personal, intimate and small."
The client signs an agreement, pays
a $125 yearly membership fee and
completes a confidential profile form
which asks for educational and oc-
cupational information as well as the
client's interests, personality
strengths, weaknesses and the type of
person he/she is interested in
meeting. Hoskow and Fishman then
search their files in the hope of mak-
ing a compatible match. According to
the agreement, if the client doesn't
get a minimum of three introductions
during the course of the year's

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