[Admin-pattyandthemoos]

In case you have not received the email notification yet, I will post it here.

Dear Friends,

We're writing to share some very exciting news. On August 12, 2008 Justmommies was acquired by eHarmony, Inc. The acquisition and eHarmony's investment in the site will allow us to continue growing and to reach our goal of creating the best online resource for pregnancy and parenting. Best of all, Justmommies community team and I will remain in place and continue to run the site and keep it true to our core values.

One important note for our users: in connection with the sale, any personally identifiable information that you've submitted to Justmommies has been transferred to eHarmony. This does not mean you will now have an account with the eHarmony singles service or anything like that, just that the information you'd provided to Justmommies is now in the hands of eHarmony, Inc. eHarmony will continue to apply Justmommies' privacy policy to your information, although the policy may be changed or updated in the future. Privacy was a critical issue for us as we thought about the acquisition. We want you to know that eHarmony also takes user privacy very seriously and has built a trusted relationship with millions of registered members over the past eight years.

Under the terms of Justmommies' privacy policy, you may choose to opt-out and have your personally identifiable information removed from the Justmommies database by simply replying to this email and saying in the body of your email that you want to be removed from the Justmommies database. In that event, we will discontinue your account on justmommies.com and remove the account information from our database.

We welcome your thoughts on the acquisition. We're going to set up a thread on the boards specifically so you can share your thoughts and ideas about this exciting development.

Thank You!

Patty & Teresa

We would love to hear your thoughts.

[2bluesandapink]

I guess I just don't understand what eharmony has to do with Justmommies...I'm confused. Can you tell me what will change now?

[SavaAngel]

I would say that as long as nothing changes dramatically because of the partnership then there shouldn't be a problem. It eases your guy's pocket books. Are they hosting the server now or are you all still controlling that? We will have long time periods where it is down?

[~Casey~]

^^Ditto^^

It sounds like a neat opportunity for you, and really validates that JM is valuable (not that we don't already know that!)

I'm just curious how it will impact the day to day working of the site.

[Admin-pattyandthemoos]

I guess I just don't understand what eharmony has to do with Justmommies...I'm confused. Can you tell me what will change now?[/b]

I first wanted to say thank you to all of our members who have made Justmommies community so great. We really do not anticipate any major changes.

I also thought I would post this to help explain why eHarmony has acquired Justmommies. I have discussed this with eHarmony's staff and wanted to share it with you all.

eHarmony has a history of helping people with important life decisions, such as choosing their life partner and marriage (another service available on the site). The decisions and considerations around pregnancy and parenting are also very important life stages, and eHarmony plans to help with those stages as well through a combination of quality content and helpful, supportive community. JM is already providing great content and a terrific community, so it enables eHarmony to get into these new areas with a proven winner.

[Isaeph]

Do you foresee them ever adding a charge to belong here?

[bexmommy]

as long as nothing changes im happy with it...i think it's great

[Sabrina77]

Count me as one not happy with this partnership. Why would I, a happily married mother of two, want any association with a dating website?

This could prompt me to stop using JM because I don't feel this was done in the best interests of the women who post here.

[~Trina~]

TONS of companies own multiple venues of business ... businesses branch out and expand their services. Think of all the major parent companies out there. I doubt Haagen-Dasz was mortified to be associated with Cheerios

If they were moving us to a branch of the eHarmony website .. maybe. But it's not as though any type of dating services are going to be associated here I imagine. Just a change in ownership

[Sabrina77]

TONS of companies own multiple venues of business ... businesses branch out and expand their services. Think of all the major parent companies out there. I doubt Haagen-Dasz was mortified to be associated with Cheerios

If they were moving us to a branch of the eHarmony website .. maybe. But it's not as though any type of dating services are going to be associated here I imagine. Just a change in ownership[/b]

Your comparing Just Mommies to ice-cream? Obviously I have much more vested into this website then most.

[CandiceW]

Also curious if they are going to start charging to use??
Will I start getting emails from eHarmony? (I KNOW my dh would not like this at all! Neither would I!)
Are there going to be any changes to the forum?

[~Trina~]

I'm comparing two businesses ...who sold their business to larger companies. Whether they are ice cream, a website, a newspaper, or a dog-walking service .. it's the same concept essentially. It's just a normality in the business world (it's hard to think of JM as a business but I'm sure that it technically is ... just on a different wave in the ocean).

[momof4byz]

I don't really understand it either. I feel like this was "our" community... and now our private information has been sold to another company. That's really the first thought I had.

[Admin-pattyandthemoos]

Count me as one not happy with this partnership. Why would I, a happily married mother of two, want any association with a dating website?

This could prompt me to stop using JM because I don't feel this was done in the best interests of the women who post here.[/b]

Justmommies will still be its own website. Teresa, myself and the rest of the moderation team will still be in place and things should not really change that much. Justmommies has grown to be a huge site. Teresa and I have truly enjoyed running the site by ourselves but we felt the time had come that we were ready for some help. We felt that eHarmony fit well with us and have had a positive experience with everyone we have dealt with. I understand that it is an adjustment but we really feel that this will be a change for the better. With eHarmony's backing we think Justmommies will become an even better website and provide a better experience for our users.

[SPinkD]

I am very happy that Patty & Teresa's hard work has been recognized. Obviously Patty & Teresa have much more vested in this website than ANY of us and I hardly doubt they would have made this decision without batting an eye.

[Sabrina77]

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[~Casey~]

I think it sounds fine, but what about the question about charging to use this site???

[Isaeph]

Safety is my biggest concern here, Patty. How easily accessible is JM going to be to E-harmony clientele? They can sit comfortably behind a password protected website and JM peeps do not. It feels a little like the lambs have been fed to the wolves here.
[/b]

ANYONE can lurk and read stuff here though...we know personally from our PR how that one goes. Kwim?

[Sabrina77]

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[Admin-pattyandthemoos]

I think it sounds fine, but what about the question about charging to use this site???[/b]

No, eHarmony does not plan to charge members to use the site. Everything is advertiser supported and free for our members to use. This is not something to worry about.