You know those dating websites that advertise on TV? The ones that claim they can match you up to someone who is perfect for you and you will live in harmony with until death do you part. Yeah, well, I joined one.
Originally, I joined it to help my brother who felt he needed the help finding a girlfriend, since he doesn't get out very much. He kept asking me about his profile. Did it sound okay; was there too much; not enough; why wasn't anyone responding, etc. I thought if I could read some of the other men's profiles and see what they were saying, I could find something that would work for him. So I registered but didn't subscribe.
Then, about three days later, I logged in and found that someone had left me an email. But in order for me to read it, I had to subscribe to their service. My mind immediately decided that it was the site admins welcoming me to their site, etc. So I didn't do anything about it. Well, in order to register for these sites, you have to have a valid email address. I gave them an old one that I only use for stuff like this but hardly ever check. I don't know why I did, but I finally went to that email and checked and the site sent me an email telling me who the email at their site was from, and it wasn't them. It was a man.
Well, that was it. Now I have to subscribe, because who would be desperate enough to want to email me? I call the number for subscribing (cuz my security system won't let me do it on-line with a credit card - said the site wasn't secure) and I tell them I only want to try it for a month. The price for a 6 month subscription is waaayyyy more than I want to pay, but I'm willing to shell out about forty bucks for a month. So he (the guy on the phone) tells me they will give me a 6 months subscription for half the original price (which ends up being about twenty bucks more than the monthly price) and that will include a guarantee. If I don't find a match in 6 months, I get 6 months free. Well, how can I pass that up?
So I've had so much fun reading profiles and winking men and reading emails, that I decided to share my experiences with you.
The first email I received basically said text or call me if you want to meet your new friend. I went ahead and put the contact into my phone. He also included his facebook address, so I went and found him on facebook and asked to be his friend. He accepted almost immediately. But I didn't call or text him right away. I think I held onto his number for about three days. Finally, I got up the nerve to text him. All I said was I had received an email from him inviting me to text him so here I am. He took about an hour getting back to me and by then it was about 8:30pm. We texted for nearly an hour when the normal chit chat turned to sexting. Then he asked me to voice him. Turns out, all he wanted was phone sex. He was, apparently, getting himself very worked up, and right in the middle of the conversation, he hung up on me.
So not a nice first experience. I've been with this site for more than 2 weeks now, and I've winked about 26 men and emailed about 10 of them. I've received 3 winks and 5 emails. The emails I receive all say the same thing: thanks but no thanks. Of the three winks, one was from another country, one is a bible thumper, and the other one lives in California. I haven't responded to the last two winks yet, but I told the one out of the country thanks but no thanks. I want to do the same with the guy in California, but something keeps stopping me. He looks like a nice guy, but is it really him? I thought about emailing him and seeing where that goes. But at the same time, I don't want him thinking that I'm willing to travel for a date. As far as the bible thumper goes, I haven't said anything to him yet cuz I winked him first. If I say thanks but no thanks now, I'll look like a hypocrite. But I swear the religious stuff that's on his profile now, wasn't on there when I winked him. Don't know why it wasn't there before. But I kind of have a sneaking suspicion that he's going to try to convert me to whatever his religion is. And I really don't want to go there. So he's just kind of sitting in limbo.
In order to qualify for the six month guarantee, I have to keep my profile visible, include a picture with my profile, and send at least 5 emails a month. I am on day 19 of 30 of month 1. I have met all of the requirements this month. And every day, they send me 5 new matches that I have to go through. I have to say yes, no or maybe on all my daily matches. Most of the matches they send me, I say no to. And they are basing my matches on a questionnaire I had to fill out upon registering with them. Either I answered the questions wrong, or they don't really use that method. Incidentally, the phone sex guy matched me 100%. Go figure.
42 people have viewed my profile 82 times so far. There are no new matches for me today. So tomorrow, or the next day ... when I get the new matches, I'll blog about the matches they give me, to give you an idea of what I'm weeding through. Let's have this experience together!
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