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Home › Politics

Politics | 01/02/2009 12:35 pm

52 Weeks 2 Find Him: Woman Launches Website to Find Prospective Husband

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
52WeekstoFindHim.com

Welcome to dating in 2009!

A 42-year-old woman has turned to the Internet to find herself a husband by year’s end. But, rather than sipping drinks at the latest hot spots or going on potentially awkward blind dates, Neenah Pickett decided to take a more unconventional approach. 

With her friends’ and family’s blessing, Pickett launched the interactive website 52Weeks2FindHim.com in a quest to find Mr. Right. The bubbly New Jersey woman says she’s been enthralled in the dating scene for nearly 20 years, dated more than 100 men and  hasn’t found the one to win her heart yet. The site, she hopes, will change all that.

"You can’t keep doing the same thing and expecting different results," she told the New York Daily News of attempts to find love online, through friends or on blind dates. "I was just sitting there, thinking things would happen."

Pickett said she dreamed up the site two years ago while working with a social-networking company. 52Weeks2FindHim.com features a daily blog, videos of Pickett describing herself, poll questions, dating tips, testimonials from her closest friends — and a way for men to submit a profile of themselves for consideration. According to her website, Pickett is looking for "a guy who is clever, witty, street-smart, nice to his mother, doesn’t sweat the small stuff, prays every day, doesn’t mind asking for help."

Pickett doesn’t come across as picky but does seem to be a hopeless romantic when she writes about how Barack Obama’s kiss with Michelle on Election Night brought her "goose bumps." She may also feel a bit desperate. She calls the trend of beautiful, never-married black women the "Gayle King Factor," and fears if Oprah’s beautiful friend can’t find a mate to marry, who in the world can?

Tell us: What do you think of Pickett’s website? Is this one woman’s act of desperation? Or is Pickett a hopeless romantic searching for true love on the world wide web?

Read more about: 52Weeks2FindHim.com, Dating, Marriage, Neenah Pickett, News, Relationships

38 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Buh- Bye
I love how proactive this woman is being. My money’s on her success.
By Buh- Bye on 01/03/2009 9:50 am
leigh ann
Best of luck to her. She is beautiful, funny, and intelligent. Hopefully she will find her man this year. I found my husband online, indirectly. Years ago, I had an account on yahoo personals. I received an email from a man I started dating. Long story short, he introduced me to my now husband. I never would have met my husband if it had not been for yahoo personals and taking the chance on dating that one guy. A real success story would have to be one of my close friends who used eharmony. She found her perfect match (yes, there is such a thing, as close as you can get to perfect). They have been dating for almost a year now and are so happy. Eharmony really seems to work because it matches your goals, personalities, dreams, before it considers the physical.
By leigh ann on 01/03/2009 11:39 am
Kris Merrill
That’s an interesting approach! I had great success with eHarmony. In six months, I went out with 51 men. Over 500 men contacted me, so it shows that I am really picky! By the way, I just turned 60 and am a widow. My 51st date was a winner. We met a year ago in November, got engaged in March and will marry on Feb. 1. I was his first eH date! What does that imply? I only came across one liar, met some really nice guys and some really sad cases and made a couple of good friends. If you are careful - do a background check - and keep your standards high, you should do well. Sitting on the sofa and waiting for Prince Charming to knock on the door is probably not going to work!
By Kris Merrill on 01/04/2009 12:09 pm
Andy C
In a class I take, a woman joined a dating website under her daughter’s name. God knows who’s picture she used since the daughter’s simply would not do. She then screened, looking for a doctor (of course), and would then set up, if she could, dates for the daughter. All this without her daughter’s knowledge. How she then got her there I don’t know — I don’t want to know. She told us this thinking we would think her so clever. I was appalled; she is a controlling terrible person to do this to her daughter….it smacks of “loser”. As well, I barely know what’s best for me, how could I know what is best for an adult child who has wants and needs of her own? As well, they were raised right :) , they made good decisions. A lot of times better than I. However, isn’t this what so many people do on these websites? I haven’t any personal experience with them, but based on what I hear, isn’t it rather dishonest for the most part. As you say: “ski, motor cycle, roller blade, go to the gym” - puleeze. Sounds like a fifteen year old!
By Andy C on 01/05/2009 9:03 am
dale koppel
Her best resource for finding a man online is my book - The Intelligent Woman’s Guide To Online Dating. It’s available on Amazon. She won’t need 52 weeks!
By dale koppel on 01/07/2009 6:29 pm
Sonya Lammers
I had been widow for 12 years. I lost my husband when I was 30 to a drunk driving crash, which also disabled our youngest daughter, who is now 14. I devoted those entire 12 years to my girls and them only. After getting a second job this past year, I met the most wonderful man ever. I have never been so loved in my entire life. He is working where I HAD my second job and we took “a chance” and went out on a date (which was a no no because he is a manager) and have been inseperable evern since. I quit that job, because I wanted to take that “chance”. Dating on the web was dangerous to me, because of my children and who maybe on the other side. I am not saying it shouldn’t be done, but I truly think that good things come to those who wait. In the meantime continue on with your life and someone will stumble in. That word “fate” still exists, and believe me I was as doubtful about that as you. But point being, things can still be done the old fashion way and still come out good. Best of luck to all of you still looking, no matter how you do it and may happiness find you when YOU are ready. Sonya
By Sonya Lammers on 01/11/2009 12:22 pm
S M
I’ve just visited the website, and I say more power to her.
By S M on 03/23/2009 9:01 pm
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