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Sex in the City
Yes, Fort Lauderdale is hot, steamy, and sultry. But how does it stack up as a place to meet a mate? Here, a look at what it’s like for singles in their 20s, 30s, and 40s looking for love — or just hoping to hook up
By Felicia Levine M.S.W
FORT LAUDERDALE is celebrated for its sultry afternoons, pristine beaches and oceanfront scenery tailor-made for romance. So many beautiful people... so much potential for romance... so many really bad dates.
Julie, an attractive 36-year-old sales rep from Fort Lauderdale, dined with an attorney she’d met online. She ordered lobster. Big mistake. After loudly chastising her in the restaurant for ordering the most expensive item on the menu, her date called her a cab. Bewildered and humiliated, she fought back tears until her taxi finally arrived.
Joe, 41, a shy Dania Beach graphic designer, allowed a friend to fix him up. He drove more than an hour to meet his blind date, a physician, at a coffee shop. When he walked in, his date took one look at him and pulled an about-face. She said she’d been paged, needed to make a call and would be right back. She never returned. Sheila, 29, an intelligent business woman in Pompano Beach, allowed a man she’d met online to pick her up at home for their first date dinner date. She offered him a drink and left him in the kitchen while she retrieved her purse. Let’s just say her appetite was ruined. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 315,165 single males and 385,166 single females in Broward County (that’s 70,001 more women than men, but who’s counting?)Ask any of them — regardless of age, race or income — if it’s easy dating here, and they’ll likely snicker, roll their eyes or look as though you’ve just asked to borrow their new Lexus.“ It’s hard to meet quality people who want a meaningful relationship,” complains Mark,40, an attractive, successful business owner in Parkland. “There’s a better chance of being struck by lightning.”
Broward’s marriage-challenged population laments over obstacles such as a transient community and a superficial, party-till-you-drop mentality.
“It’s easy to hook up for sex,” says Miriam,45, who works in television production. “But along-term relationship? That’s difficult. A lot of people move here because they’re running from something else — they have no roots or emotional investment. They come to party,” she says.
“People in Fort Lauderdale are totally shallow,” observes Sally, 32, a pretty college student. “If you’re not drop-dead gorgeous and supermodel-thin with fake boobs, most men won’t even look at you.”
Rick, 43, a Deerfield Beach attorney, com-plains of surviving a tsunami of materialistic women. “For me, meeting someone who is attractive and not out for my money has been virtually impossible.”
Lori Sarvis, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and sex therapist, explains that Broward’s vast wealth is partly responsible for its rampant shallowness. “Where there is wealth, there is a quest for beauty,” she says. “And we have alot of rich men who like their women beautiful, tan and skinny. They can afford to buy a20-year-old her breast implants. For gold-diggers, both male and female, this is a wonderful place to live.”
No wonder Men’s Health magazine graded our region a big fat F on its recent list of the best cities to meet a mate.
Still, we at Las Olas prefer to see the proverbial glass as half-full. After all, misogynists, commitment-phobes and gold diggers do not discriminate by locale. In the time it takes to read this sentence, some unsuspecting single-ton is being duped, dumped or bamboozled. Oops, there goes another one.
But there are advantages to being single here. Really. For one thing, our tropical climate allows for year-round dating. We also boast a surplus of lively spots for both meeting and dating — in addition to the beach, Las Olas and downtown Fort Lauderdale, Broward’s suburban pockets offer their own universe of bars, restaurants and mega cineplexes.
And unlike, say, Peoria, we’ve got a population rich in cultural diversity. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the demographic breakdown of Broward singles includes172,840 blacks; 129,296 Hispanics and 343,986whites; plus an additional 54,209 singles from sundry minority groups. This allows for averitable smorgasbord of dating possibilities.
“I find Latin men very scrumptious,” says Renee, 32, a drama teacher in Sunrise. “But I’m attracted to all kinds of men — black, white, Asian, it doesn’t matter.” Zak, 38, a Jewish entrepreneur in Pompano, dates only Latin women “because they’re exotic, sexy and know how to treat a man,” he says.
Miriam, a Caucasian production executive in Hollywood who is bisexual, enjoys dating Latin and black men, as well as Latin women.“ This gives me more choices,” she explains. Renee and others embrace our multicultural mix. “There are so many opportunities to date outside your race. And if you do, you learn that the stereotypes are often untrue. Maybe not all Latin man are macho. Maybe not all white guys are freaky. You’re not boxed in.” Diversity and great weather — what more could you want?
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