I'm back in the game...

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-15-2004
I'm back in the game...
13
Mon, 04-04-2005 - 9:34am

This weekend I fell for the dreaded scheme that I said I never would: I shelled out the cash for a one-month membership on Yahoo Personals just so I could reply to one person.

I really like her profile, but she originally sent me an email way back in January. I had not checked my YP profile in all that time, because after I hid my Match profile I totally forgot about it. I understand that signing up just to contact someone usually backfires (and in this situation it's been long enough that she may have found someone already), but I decided what the heck. :-)

One other strange thing -- I had a message from a girl who had actually recognized me at a restaurant here in town. She had seen my profile on YP and then seen me one day when me and some of the guys went out to lunch. She left me her Yahoo messenger ID and asked if I was curious to contact her. I've never had anyone recognize me IRL. Has this happened to any of you guys?

Eric

Edited to add: I often use "guys" when referring to both men and women, so I didn't want to sound like I just wanted male input... lol.




Edited 4/4/2005 9:43 am ET ET by eric_35m

Pages

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-16-2003
Tue, 04-05-2005 - 12:35pm
I've seen a couple IRL that I recognized. One guy who has been on the sites for at least 3 years, works in a mall near me. Another guy I saw at the library and recognized from Match. I think he may have recognized me too, but I wasn't sure. And there's a guy who works at my grocery store who I could swear was on Match for awhile too. But I've never run into anybody that I had been corresponding with.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-17-2002
Tue, 04-05-2005 - 3:05pm

Eric - it is good to see you back. I hope one of your prospects works out. A good break is sometimes all we really need.

I did the same thing - I ponied up for Match because there was a guy (finally) that had emailed that I was interested in communicating with. So I needed to join to get the email addy he'd sent in his match-mail. So I sent him an email and... never heard from him again. :-P

I have seen someone in real life that I have seen online. I had just started Matchmaker and gotten a ton of responses. Several seemeed interesting so we communicated back and forth. I went to my first 8 at 8 event and saw a guy that looked very familiar. As soon as he said his name, it hit me - he was one of the guys from MM. He and I chatted a bit but I didn't bring it up about MM, I thought it might be awkward in the setting. So the next day I replied to his most recent email on the site saying "hey, was that you at this happy hour I went to last night?" And... never heard from him again. Hmm, seems to be a recurring theme today, huh?

131.gif image by y_baros th5K.gif image by jade_simo

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-24-2004
Tue, 04-05-2005 - 7:24pm

Hey, Eric, welcome back!

I took a little hiatus, too; about five months (about the length of winter here in Northeast Ohio). Read books, went to the gym, slept a lot, didn't shave my legs, wore my hair in a ponytail, didn't talk to any men... a serious hiatus.

The guys I'm meeting this go-around (my second) are much "better" (for lack of a better word) than the first time, maybe because that break helped me really focus on what I was looking for.

I've now been seeing one guy steadily for about 3 weeks (the one I'd written about who was only as tall as me, but had all the other critical components) and will probably agree to take my profile down here in the next week or so (he asked me after about a week and a half, but I wasn't ready -- cautiously optimistic, doncha know!!)

Anyway, I hope my good fortune bodes well for you as well, and definitely keep us posted!

Tracy

Pages