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Another post about Eharmony
| 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!

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
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?
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.
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.
E