Online Dating

So I’m going to give you guys some insight on dating websites. I am a member of many of them but usually only actively use one at a time. I just finished up with a 3 month subscription to eHarmony, last year I did a 3 month stint on Yahoo personals, and currently I’m trying a free website called Plenty Of Fish. Now, I can’t say that my testimonials of these sites are going to be true for you as well but I’d like to give you my opinion of how they did/didn’t work for me. Well, obviously none of them have worked for me because I’m still single but some proved to be better because I met more people and went on more dates than other sites.

Yahoo Personals: This site proved true for all kinds of first dates, very few second dates, but I did meet some cool people. These guys may not have been actual dating material for me but were still my kind of people and I do remain in touch with a couple of these guys. I did meet one that seemed great but didn’t represent so well in person, it seemed as though I was hanging out with my ex. I was instantly turned off by that fact, because if I wanted to date my ex then he wouldn’t be my ex now would he?

Match.com: I’ve never subscribed I do have a profile on there but don’t actually use the site, ever. I think the fact that Dr. Phil has involvement with it makes me very hesitant to actually sign up.

EHarmony: This site was a huge waste of money for me. They “matched” me up with all kinds of people & guess what? None of them were actually matches. All these guys had kids, wanted kids, were fat, lived like 50 miles away…just nothing I wanted. I actually ended up talking to 2 and meeting 1. The first guy I was excited about until I found out he was a cop & then he told me that he screwed up his page & actually did want kids. Bye bye. The second one, he was nice & decent looking, but I didn’t feel any sexual chemistry & if I don’t feel anything after 3 beers then I don’t think it will work, plus he lied on his profile & said he was a non-smoker & he was a smoker. So after 3 months & like $80 I got nowhere so I deleted my account. I was very specific that I didn’t like or want kids or guys with kids and 90% of the guys I got had kids! I was specific that I wanted someone close to home (like 10 miles) and everyone lived in like Saginaw, plus I don’t like the fact that you can’t search for people…you get matched & that’s it & I’m sorry but I like browsing profiles & picking the people that I find attractive, not the people you SAY I’m compatible with.

Chemistry: Same as Match but without the Dr. Phil issue…I just can’t afford this site either.

Plentyoffish.com: This site is free, so I figure I have nothing to lose, I’ll let you know how it goes but I’ve already been chatting with a couple people & it’s only been like 3 days. The nice thing about this site is you can search for booty calls, husbands, friends, pen pals…whatever you want it’s probably on there.

Okcupid: This site is my favorite, it's kind of like Myspace for dating! They have quizzes & questions that you can answer to help gauge compatibility with others, it's actually fun & I think the people are in general younger & just more of a technology based community if you will, they are the Facebook/Myspace types if that helps. Anyway, I've met some awesome people on here & I suggest it to people all the time.