Daters google partners before meeting

NO LONGER smitten by the thought of love at first sight, an increasing amount of singles are googling prospective partners before embarking on a first date.

A survey by the It’s Just Lunch dating service has found 58% of men and women log an internet search for their new squeeze before leaving the house.

It also said 88% of the 500 respondents, when asked if they would be offended that their date had googled them, replied: “Not when I’d probably have googled them too.”