The Week contest: Parent matchmakers

This week’s question: With a third of Japanese people under 50 saying they’ve never dated, elders desperate for grandkids are now attending matchmaking sessions with other parents to arrange dates for adult offspring. If a tech firm were to create a dating app that seniors can use to pair off their singleton children, what should it be called?
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RESULTS:
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THE WINNER: eProgeny
Don Weinberg, Bonita Springs, Florida
SECOND PLACE: SENIOR PROMpt
Michael Broad, Lakewood, California
THIRD PLACE: Instagrammy
John Parry, Eldersburg, Maryland
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Trish Studer, Massillon, Ohio
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Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Virginia
My Free Sons
C. A. Papapietro, Port Jefferson, New York
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Roger Lewis, Burlington, Vermont
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Mike Reiss, New York City, New York
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Janine Witte, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Play Dates
Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts
EmptyMyNest
Skip Flanagan, Roseville, California
HeirPressure
Jeff Jerome, Northampton, Massachusetts
Nonna’s Ark
Mark Grayson, Fairfield, Connecticut
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