So I had an epiphany this week. As I was looking at my matches on both of the dating sites that I signed up for I remembered my ex telling me about a different site that he uses. He and I recently spent some time together and talked about our failed relationship and the kind of people we are dating now and we had some brandy and well, you know.....but that's a whole different blog....lol. Actually this is supposed to be a "no holds barred" account of my dating life so I guess I should cough up the gory details on that situation.....but I'll save that story for another day. Anyway, I decided to sign up for yet a 3rd dating site. This is my summer plan. From now until the end of August I will keep a membership to all 3 sites. Eharmony picks matches for you, I will pick my own from Match.com and on PlentyOfFish.com I will only communicate with men that contact me first. Ingenious, I know. What has really intrigued me so far is that I keep seeing some of the same faces over and over again. So my question is, are these guys so horribly desperate that they feel they need to have multiple profiles, are they really tyring all avenues to find love or are they conducting a social experiment like myself? I guess we will see.
I am currently communicating with 2 men on eharmony. Most of the matches I get from that site are in Columbus or Lexington. I don't have a problem with that, I mean they're both only about 2 hours away. But I think that is a problem with using the Internet in this area, there just isn't a large pool of men within a 60 mile radius. Well, that is after you discount all the rednecks and the ones with tattoos on their neck and/or face. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind tattoos. They can be pretty damn sexy in the right place...but not on your face, hands, neck....I mean come on. You are not in prison, well at least not at the moment.
I sent lots of "winks" on match, but haven't had much response. I think I will broaden my radius a little. I will set it at the same distance as eharmony. And I also need to be a little more open minded. This is supposed to be an experiment to open up my eyes to different types of men. So, I need to contact some guys that I normally wouldn't be attracted to. It's hard for me to step out of my comfort zone. But for the sake of science, and material for my blog (and maybe a book someday) I will forge ahead.
Now, PlentyOfFish is completely different ballgame. It's kind of like a dollar store version of the other 2 sites. The pool of men is much larger. But I also think the pool of nut job losers is much larger. It's not nearly as detailed as the other two. There are only a few bullet points on the profiles. Two of which are "Do you have a car?" and "Do you have a job?" Seriously.....that cracks me up. I mean, are there really men who aren't employed and don't have a vehicle that are trying to date? I guess you don't really know someones situation, but come on! "You got to have a a J-O-B if you wanna be with me!" Sing it with me ladies!!!!
So now I'm just waiting for some actual dates. Normally I would get nervous thinking about meeting new people and all the awkwardness of first dates.....but with a different goal in mind, it's a little different. :-)
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