posted by EmpressSassy on Feb 29
My friend Jacob has put himself on the “net” for dating and if you read his entry he is already frustrated. It’s a little early honestly.
I tried this and I can honestly say now that I have (just my opinion) that I don’t think it’s for me. As always, if this worked for you; more power to you and rock on! I hope you and your newly, romantic, significant other have many happy years together in blissful love!
Here is the thing, Eharmony was the first. Now, they state there are 29 dimensions (and lets get real I can’t imagine I have 29 dimensions) but after you go through this treacherous, multi-page questionnaire I’m amazed at the matches they throw at you. I’m getting these guys that list pastimes of hunting, fishing, camping….can you BE anymore NOT me! How are they my type?
If you are fortunate enough to get a nice guy up on the page you have the option to send your photo and a set of “first questions”. This is what gripes me. The guy should either answer the questions or close the match - you’d think right? However the guys inevitably just leave the questions unanswered for weeks and never close the match; as if to say you are SO unimportant and SO not my type, you are not even worth paying attention to at all. Nice.
Match.com I have to agree with Jacob was kind of a joke. It’s like a dating cruise ship and the photos are just horrible. The bios are cheesy and I don’t understand why people can’t just type what they really want out of a person. (Earlier blog entry). I get so tired of the “long walks, loves to read books, holding hands, blah, blah, blah). It kills me. The two guys I did meet on Match.com were both complete freaks.
All in all I still believe you have to meet people through people and in social settings. The pre-set up, on-line stuff just doesn’t work for me. People just tend to exaggerate and lie for some reason. It’s like you put a keyboard in front of them and all of a sudden they are Superdad with all of these romantic skills they never knew they had (and guess what, they don’t!)
I still wish Jacob the best of luck, he’s a lot younger so maybe he will do better and open up to this new method of madness. I’m just too old fashioned for this method I guess.
March 4th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
I have never tried the .com world for dating. I do know a lady that met her husband through eharmony and they got married. Strange to me! But more power to them.
I personally think you meet people through your personal network of people. I think that Mr. Right is out there for everyone or Mrs. in Jacob’s case. What about the saying..that when you stop looking for love, it finds you? Has that happened in your life?