Another post about Eharmony

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Another post about Eharmony
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Wed, 05-10-2006 - 8:50pm
I decided to give online dating another chance. I have been single for almost 6 months now and I feel like I am in that place to begin dating again. I was a member at match.com, but didn't really pursue it. At first, I didn't want to do online dating because I work on a computer all day and I didn't know if I had the patience to communicate with someone through email. A friend of mine met her fiance on match.com and I thought I should try it since I wasn't having much luck meeting anyone in my area while going out with friends. Another friend of mine told me about Eharmoney and I decided to give it a shot. It sounds like a good site based on that these matches are looking more of a serious relationship than someone on match.com. I just took the personality profile test last night and posted a picture today. Last night I was sent five matches, but I weeded out three of them. Two didn't want to share their pictures right away and the other one I wasn't attracted to. My question is for people that have joined this site and been a member for awhile, do you get sent a lot of matches? The friend that told me about Eharmoney said he has been a member for 4 months now and has had at least 300 matches so far. I think I will like this site because I like to control who views my profile. The problem I had with match.com is I specifically requested men that were 26-32 because I am 26, but I was getting men in their mid-40s viewing me. It really creeped me out! I just hope that I didn't waste my money because I signed up for a 3 month membership. I hope weeks don't go by without any matches or responses. If anyone has any comments about Eharmoney, please tell me!
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Registered: 03-16-2006
Wed, 05-10-2006 - 11:56pm
Well, a LOT more women belong to the site than men so the fact that your guy friend got 300 matches is 1) not surprising and 2) not a good indication of how many matches you will receive.
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Registered: 03-20-2003
Thu, 05-11-2006 - 11:35am

I like the *idea* of eHarmony but my actual experience is just so-so. I haven't gotten any really good matches locally so I haven't met any in person yet. I expanded my search and I'm talking with a match in Oregon (I'm in Michigan)... I'm definitely not staying

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Registered: 05-05-2006
Thu, 05-11-2006 - 12:03pm
Hi all- This actually may apply to all online dating sites, but my experience was with eharmony. I was involved in a long term relationship (15months) with someone I met using Match.com. I discovered during the course of our relationship, he was an active member of eharmonay and was chatting and emailing various women all around the country. I can only assume that any within his geographical area (NY/NJ) that were responsive he would have met in person.We had been living together for a month or two when a friend received his profile as a match. My friend reported to eharmony that this person was obviously dishonest and involved in a relationship and her three emails were ignored and he was allowed to remain on the site.... As you can imagine, our relationship is over, but i just wanted to warn people, that although eharmony probably provides more screening than other sites, there is always the potential that a person is not what they present.
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Registered: 03-18-2005
Thu, 05-11-2006 - 12:35pm

I did the personality section on eharmony but never joined. I don't believe you can base a match on some scientific way you answer questions. Ever take the Meyers Brigg test?

 
 
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Registered: 02-01-2005
Thu, 05-11-2006 - 7:54pm

I think it depends on what area you are in. I was a member for a month and got around 30 matches - and I live in a large metropolitan area. I'm not sure if that's a high or low number, really.

I cancelled my membership after that month because it IS expensive and I wanted to pursue something with someone I met on CL. It's not serious or anything, but I didn't want to be throwing money at EH whle I was deciding.

I'm also not patient, so the whole guided communication thing was not for me.







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Registered: 10-11-2005
Fri, 05-12-2006 - 12:03pm
Hi,
You will get a good number of matches on eharmony and they will meet the specific criteria they have based on your answers to the questions. I think the system is good, but still odds are tough to find 'the one'. The couple of people I have met have been genuinely good matches, correct age, EMPLOYED(yippee!), and with similar interests and values to my own. Good luck to you.
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