Edited by antidentite: the Moderator's want to keep this thread alive, although I'm no longer actively updating it here since I havent used this site in years - I've been married for a year now and no, I didn't meet her on eharmony!
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Message edited by: antidentite on 2009-09-08 21:14:25 CDT
Unfortunately I didnt meet my gf on eHarmony, but I did have a pretty good overall experience with eHarmony... I'd say it's one of the better dating sites out there since it's much more private, the system automatically matches you with 'compatible' mates so you dont have to scroll through thousands of pictures (some obviously fake), and the communication stages are handy.
The downsides would be the price, and the fact that I've heard some people have a lot of matches, some dont.
My advice: If you want to get the most amount of matches, make sure your answers on the personality profile arent too extreme. If the questions asks you to rate something on a scale of 10, go for 4, 5, or 6 - never 1 or 10.
antidentite said:Unfortunately I didnt meet my gf on eHarmony, but I did have a pretty good overall experience with eHarmony... I'd say it's one of the better dating sites out there since it's much more private, the system automatically matches you with 'compatible' mates so you dont have to scroll through thousands of pictures (some obviously fake), and the communication stages are handy.
The downsides would be the price, and the fact that I've heard some people have a lot of matches, some dont.
My advice: If you want to get the most amount of matches, make sure your answers on the personality profile arent too extreme. If the questions asks you to rate something on a scale of 10, go for 4, 5, or 6 - never 1 or 10.
Hope this helps!
this makes me think of Sneakers, the movie. "wait, a computer matched him with HER?!"
I actually met my boyfriend on match.com. I would never have considered it except that a few ladies that I work with (one 56 yrs old and one 22 yrs old) were on match.com and having a great time. They talked me into it. I'm not bad looking and can be sort of fun , as a result I had so many responses that I couldn't get to them all. I went out with someone new every night and sometimes two a day on the weekends. Dating is exhausting! I met tons of nice people and every date was pleasant and interesting. After about six weeks on match.com I met my boyfriend...the rest is history. We've been together for over three years and just finished picking out rings. A neighbor of mine (very attractive, nice girl) also met her now-husband on match.com. I think anyone interested in dating a variety of people and having a good time should try it at least once.
PS- I've heard from a guy friend of mine that he prefers other online dating sites (over e-harmony). With e-harmony you have to jump through hoops and then answer a bunch of questions via email from potential matches, it can be days before you even get to see their photo. That's a lot of work up-front to finally see a photo...I'm not superficial but I believe physical attraction is important...I prefer to see a photo so that we can get that out of the way up front and then figure out the other stuff.
With e-harmony you have to jump through hoops and then answer a bunch of questions via email from potential matches, it can be days before you even get to see their photo. That's a lot of work up-front to finally see a photo...I'm not superficial but I believe physical attraction is important...I prefer to see a photo so that we can get that out of the way up front and then figure out the other stuff.
This isnt necessarily true - a lot of my matches had their photo posted. Only a few restricted their photo's, and those are the one's I usually passed on.
Either way, I recommend trying out several sites to see which one works best.
Not sure why "Jet2004" rated this post negative...
I've done a lot of research about online dating services. As the years pass, online dating is more accepted now than ever. Just realize that online dating is very similar to the bar scene. Females will get hundreds of emails with a good photo, regardless of their actual profile content, while males will send many emails and rarely get responses back. Guess it is the way of the world. The best two services are Match.com and Yahoo Personals, purely because these two have the most members. I don't know much about eHarmony, but I've heard there is a religious connotation associated with it. Hope this helps.
8 of 10, wow, u r unbelievably good, everyone may have a totally diff experience, for the last two months, I have used Yahoo, EHarmony, Match.com, True, and Cupid Junction, I put up the same ad and pic on all. I am a 50yo male, I received five to seven times more action on Cupid Junction, of which a portion of those came from AOL and Date.Com, which could explain why I got more attention on CJ as there appears to be some networking. But this was just my personal experience, and could have to do with my age group.
Fatwallet should start a dating forum. Imagine if 2 Fatwalleters hooked up!? They'd be broke and have thousands of dollars in pending rebates tied up every month!
ScrawneyWallet said:Fatwallet should start a dating forum. Imagine if 2 Fatwalleters hooked up!? They'd be broke and have thousands of dollars in pending rebates tied up every month!
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Have toyed with the idea but hmmm.......
, as a result I had so many responses that I couldn't get to them all. I went out with someone new every night and sometimes two a day on the weekends. Dating is exhausting! I met tons of nice people and every date was pleasant and interesting. After about six weeks on match.com I met my boyfriend...the rest is history. We've been together for over three years and just finished picking out rings. A neighbor of mine (very attractive, nice girl) also met her now-husband on match.com. I think anyone interested in dating a variety of people and having a good time should try it at least once.
