Have you ever tried online dating? I have with no luck.
I've tried Plenty of Fish (POF) and eHarmony most recently. POF is free, and eHarmony was free for a few days. POF was weird. There were a bunch of young guys lacking ambition. eHarmony was free, but you can't see the pictures of your matches unless you upgrade. I've chatted with a few faceless strangers, but I'm old school. I'd rather meet a guy in person, hear his voice, see his smile, and feel his energy. I'm not against dating online, it's just not my thing.
eHarmony and Match.com are the two largest online dating companies. They're generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue from lonely men and women seeking companionship.
The difference between those two companies and their competitors is that these two sites are geared towards people desperately wanting to be married. Most of the serious relationship seekers use these two sites, and many find their matches and get married. The secret to their success is the compatibility tests and questionnaires that the subscribers must complete. These tests are formulated scientifically by experts to match people as closely as possible to the exact person they are looking for.
Unlike Tinder where you swipe someone away if you don't find that person attractive, eHarmony and Match.com go deeper into a person's characteristics, personality traits and "makes and breaks." These sites are not for designed for "hooking up" with the nearest single person within 100 feet of you. Kudos to these companies for truly wanting people to find their soulmates and fall in love. That's a good thing.
Still, I don't like online dating because online profiles can be deceiving. Hello, catfish! Online dating is too misleading for me.
Then it gets all weird when you've been exchanging questions and messages with a person who you've already developed your own perception of, then you talk on the phone and they are completely different from your image. Or you meet in person and it's even worse. Of the few guys I actually met in person or talked with on the phone, I haven't remained in contact with any of them. Either they were too strange on the phone or in person, or because they thought the same about me! I'll stick with the traditional old-fashioned way of dating.
Keep your "phone friends" and "laptop lovers." I like my men tall, dark, and in person!
