Millennials seek financial advice from mom and dad … According to a new survey, if they were given $1,000, 50 percent of Millennials said they would ask their parents for advice on what to do with the money. (Moneyish)
Sleeping solo … Sure, you love your significant other, but would you prefer to sleep solo? If you said yes, you are not alone. According to a new survey from alarm clock app Sleep Cycle, 41 percent of Americans prefer sleeping alone to sleeping with their partner. Why? Snoring is the top culprit. 52 percent of respondents said their partner's snoring is loud enough to wake them up, and 30 percent say the snoring is so loud it causes them to sleep on the couch or in another room. Other issues besides snoring were: temperature issues, hogging the covers, taking up too much space in the bed, and people needing sound machines or some kind of light on. (Women's Health)
Hold on … How long can you stand being on hold with customer service before you lose it? According to a new survey, the average American can tolerate listening to hold music for 9 minutes. Millennials are more patient. They can be on hold for 11 minutes before they've had enough. Baby Boomers were the least patient, with 8 minutes being their irritation threshold. The survey also found that the biggest source of frustration for people on the phone with customer service was being transferred to several people. Then again, 80 percent of people surveyed said having a pleasant, friendly agent could make all the difference. (NY Post)
Summer camp for singles ... Sure, it's still winter -- but that doesn't mean it's too soon to think about summer lovin'. The team behind the Coffee Meets Bagel dating app aren't settling for just getting people together out in cyber space. Instead, they're setting up an actual summer camp for singles to get them together in real life. Camp Meets Bagel is being touted as an "all-inclusive sleepaway camp for adults" and will be held in upstate New York. The organizers expect 300 singles to sign up to go water skiing, play dodgeball and attend costume parties … with an open bar. (Digital Trends)