Wednesday, September 28, 2005
eDissonance
So I had this great post worked out that has now been shot to crap. But I'll fill you in on the whole story anyway. The great post went as follows:
I was talking with my friend Ann the other day, and somehow we got onto the topic of eHarmony. Now, I don't have anything against internet dating services. I mean, "Matchmaker, Matchmaker, make me a match." And I certainly don't think there's anything wrong with trying it out. I personally have just never felt comfortable with the idea of getting to know someone in that way. You know, internet anonymity is scary (as we have seen with "Clay," who stopped commenting when he got called out). You can be anybody you want to be online, and no one is any the wiser.
But Ann said it was fun to just do the free bits: take the personality profile test, see what it says about you, see what kinds of people they'd hook you up with if you paid them money, etc. So I did. I took the dang test, which by the way, takes like 9 years of your life. I did it all, and at the end, it told me that I had NO MATCHES!!
Come on! I could've told you that! Obviously if I had a match, I wouldn't be looking for a match. Needless to say I was a tad disappointed in this so-called service.
(end of good post)
(beginning of shot to crap)
I didn't have much work-related work to do at work yesterday, so I transferred all my phone numbers from my old phone to my new phone (a "service" Verizon would have provided for $10. TEN BUCKS!? That's a whole other post.), and then I cleaned out my inbox. So when I left work yesterday, I only had like 2 emails saved as new. When I got there this morning, 26. Several were junk, but at least seven were from eHarmony telling me I had matches. And matches who wanted to contact me. Yikes. So it begs the question: How lonely and dissatisfied am I? Fifty-bucks-a-month's worth? I put it to you, dear blogfans, in my first ever What-Should-I-Do-With-My-Life-? Poll. But bear in mind, if you tell me to go for it, my first ever Spice-Up-My-Love-Life Blogathon Fundraiser shall commence.
I was talking with my friend Ann the other day, and somehow we got onto the topic of eHarmony. Now, I don't have anything against internet dating services. I mean, "Matchmaker, Matchmaker, make me a match." And I certainly don't think there's anything wrong with trying it out. I personally have just never felt comfortable with the idea of getting to know someone in that way. You know, internet anonymity is scary (as we have seen with "Clay," who stopped commenting when he got called out). You can be anybody you want to be online, and no one is any the wiser.
But Ann said it was fun to just do the free bits: take the personality profile test, see what it says about you, see what kinds of people they'd hook you up with if you paid them money, etc. So I did. I took the dang test, which by the way, takes like 9 years of your life. I did it all, and at the end, it told me that I had NO MATCHES!!
Come on! I could've told you that! Obviously if I had a match, I wouldn't be looking for a match. Needless to say I was a tad disappointed in this so-called service.
(end of good post)
(beginning of shot to crap)
I didn't have much work-related work to do at work yesterday, so I transferred all my phone numbers from my old phone to my new phone (a "service" Verizon would have provided for $10. TEN BUCKS!? That's a whole other post.), and then I cleaned out my inbox. So when I left work yesterday, I only had like 2 emails saved as new. When I got there this morning, 26. Several were junk, but at least seven were from eHarmony telling me I had matches. And matches who wanted to contact me. Yikes. So it begs the question: How lonely and dissatisfied am I? Fifty-bucks-a-month's worth? I put it to you, dear blogfans, in my first ever What-Should-I-Do-With-My-Life-? Poll. But bear in mind, if you tell me to go for it, my first ever Spice-Up-My-Love-Life Blogathon Fundraiser shall commence.
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As a former eHarmony user (I hear the collective *gasp*--yeah, I tried it. But I didn't inhale, ok?... wait, what?), I discourage you from forking over the bucks it requires. (But if they come at you with a discounted offer, you may want to reconsider.)
hmmm... the people on tv look so happy. but then, they are paid your 50 bucks to look so. i agree with whitney. - paige
Any matches now????
Hmmm, I haven't gotten matched up with you. Did any of the guys wanting to contact you look like a hunk of burning love?
Did you feel the urge to poop when you received matches?
Ok Anonymi and Mancake,
IDENTIFY YOURSELVES.
IDENTIFY YOURSELVES.
I like biscuits.
I say what've you got to lose. Other than the $50. Give it a shot, you never know.
fifty dollars ... AND YOUR SOUL!
jk. i've got nothing better to do than comment on beth's log. hello everyone.
paige
jk. i've got nothing better to do than comment on beth's log. hello everyone.
paige
Not everyone meets their perfect match in the same way. Why is it selling your soul to try online dating? I'm not saying you should have to pay $50 for it, but I don't see anything wrong with it either.
i'm happily married... so what do i know about dating anymore? i've actually only ever been on one "date" per se... typically i just jumped into a relationship in which the whole dating thing becomes "so..... what are we doing this weekend?" ;o) i met my husband where all good hookups happen.. BIBLE STUDY ha. no but seriously. i've heard of plenty of people meeting the love of their lives online. i am just skeptical of anything that smacks of a money-making scheme that feeds on a person's need for companionship and love... but then it worked for Nick and Roxanne - Matched by eHarmony, Married August 30, 2003
-paige
-paige