Comments on: Dating games

By: ElectroLund » Insert Girlfriend Here

ElectroLund » Insert Girlfriend Here — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:32:58 +0000

[...] Last weekend’s Denver Post had a funny article about online dating called “Spontaneity Need Not Apply” by Vic Vogler. He expresses some familiar dissatisfaction with the online dating experience. It’s possible that it’s only funny to those that have lived the foibles of online dating, how it has a way of positively removing bad choices, but adversely sapping the element of chance. Vogler sagely notes, “Being open to love is different from chasing it.” [...]

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 28 May 2005 10:39:01 +0000

Rob, You are an awesome guy and any wonderfully talented, computer geek, woman would be glad to date you. You are one in a million, or perhaps 1 in 5? hee, hee.

I am so excited about seeing you and Melissa next week.

Angela, I am sure that some are happy with eHarmony, but pleeeaase, it does sound a little less than upfront. Just think Carl is shorter than me and we have been married for 16 lovely years.

P.S. I only say he is shorter, as opposed to I am taller because I was born 8 months before he was so must have preference in many things.:)

By: Carl V.

Carl V. — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Although your post, and Trillian’s, were very entertaining to read I feel guilty getting a chuckle out of the whole thing. I guess, however, that this is probably the only attitude to have…to not take it too seriously. I do feel bad though. Ultimately it will be a great story to tell at your wedding reception!

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Angela, what do you say? Do you want to fly down to get together with us next Thursday? Free food and lodging…

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Carl, you see what you want to see! (Is the text size better now?)

Julie, is “out of the box” a good thing?

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

How awful!!! That’s crazy!

My curiosity is piqued. I want to fill one of those things out and see what it says about me! I wonder if it would try to hook me up with someone like James…a nice, easy going carpenter, who loves computers and tucks all of his shirts in no matter what!!!!

Rob, you’re ‘out of the box’ !!!!

By: Carl V.

Carl V. — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I am getting older…maybe something with a font size of 40 would do…

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I can always count on you excitable ladies to give me a morale boost!!!!!!

(some inside jokes there)

By: Carl V.

Carl V. — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I got a good laugh out of Julie’s post….the print is so small on these comments that as I was scanning it I misread the word ‘tucks’ and got an “OH MY!!!” moment!!!

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

i’m not crazy about eharmony either. i met a great friend thru it, but am pretty much disgusted with the hypocritical way they do their matching.

i was never matched up with anyone shorter than me (6′).. which they lied & said was just a coincidence when i asked them about it. when the average man is between 5′9″-5′10″, the odds are highly unlikely that i’d never be paired with someone of average height.

also, i talked with an african-american friend of mine who was never matched with anyone outside his race!.. and i realized i had been matched with most other races (i had put on my profile that it didn’t matter).. asian, indian, middle eastern, etc.. all except for african descent.

so, you can bet i wouldn’t give them another cent of my money simply for the lies they tell when they say that “looks are not a factor in matching.”

grrr