Archive for November, 2005

Day 13: I Don’t Wanna Talk on the Phone

November 30th, 2005

Match.com stats:
Total profile views: 984 (32 since yesterday)
New received emails: 0 unsolicited, 1 solicited
New sent emails: 1 new, 1 reply
New winks: 0
Optimism level: Maybe Match was down for maintenance all day.

It’s as if my profile jumped off the radar screen today. I had very few profile views and no new emails or winks. It’s become [...]

Day 12: Size Doesn’t Matter (Well…)

November 29th, 2005

Match.com stats:
Total profile views: 952 (68 since yesterday)
New received emails: 0 unsolicited, 1 solicited
New sent emails: 1 new, 1 reply
New winks: 1
Optimism level: I like what I’m seeing.

Given the short action period I mentioned yesterday, I decided not to waste my time writing to the second tier guys and went straight for one of [...]

Day 11: Dr. Phil Wants to Help ME?

November 28th, 2005

Match.com stats:
Total profile views: 884 ( 44 since yesterday)
New emails: 2 (”falafel” count: 4/16, sent email: 1)
New winks: 3
Optimism level: Gotta spread the eggs to several baskets

For some reason the page views dropped significantly today. It can’t be because of the new narrative because they’d have to open my profile to read it. Maybe people [...]

Day 10: And She’s Off!

November 27th, 2005

Match.com stats:
Total profile views: 840 ( 79 since yesterday)
New emails: 2 (”falafel” count: 4/14, sent email: 1)
New winks: 3
Optimism level: Made the jump. Where’s the damn safety net?

Last night I scrapped my old profile narrative and made a brand new one. I’m glad I did. The one that’s been viewable for the last week was [...]

Day 9: The Last Delay

November 26th, 2005

Match.com stats:
Total profile views: 761 (106 since yesterday)
New emails: 0 (”falafel” count: 2/12)
New winks: 4
Optimism level: I need an unsend button.

Well, today I did something that could land me in some guy’s blog of Match.com horror stories. I’ve been feeling bad about not responding to the emails. I could have used Match’s pre-made rejection messages [...]

Day 8: Countdown to Rejection

November 25th, 2005

Match.com stats:
Total profile views: 655 (130 since yesterday)
New emails: 2 (”falafel” count: 2/13)
New winks: 5
Optimism level: Things seem to be picking up.

I’m sure my blog is becoming a bit redundant; guy sends me an email and I pick it apart. But as I mentioned, I’ve been holding off on contacting prospective matches because of the [...]

Day 7: Still Holding

November 24th, 2005

Match.com stats:
Total profile views: 525 ( 59 since yesterday)
New emails: 1 (”falafel” count: 2/11)
New winks: 4
Optimism level: They’re all turkeys.

One of the winks came from the guy on day #2 who emailed me saying my profile was “seductive.” I have to give him points for following up and for replacing his main picture in which [...]

Day 6: In a Holding Pattern

November 23rd, 2005

Match.com stats:
Total profile views: 466 (75 since yesterday)
New emails: 2 (”falafel” count: 2/10)
New winks: 3
Optimism level: Nothing to be thankful for…yet

I seem to recall that when I tried Match the first time, I received around 7-10 emails a day instead of the two or three I’m getting this time. Maybe it’s because of Thanksgiving being [...]

Day 5: A Picture’s Worth A Thousand Words (And Doesn’t Make Spelling Errors)

November 22nd, 2005

Match.com stats:
Total profile views: 391 (83 since yesterday)
New emails: 1
New winks: 0
Optimism level: Attention drifting to humorously bad profiles

I haven’t received any winks since the first day. It occurred to me that all the winks came in the wee hours of Saturday morning when I happened to be logged on to Match. It made me [...]

Day 4: Baby Steps

November 21st, 2005

Match.com stats:
Total profile views: 308 (69 since yesterday)
New emails: 3
New winks: 0
Optimism level: Already checking out other dating sites.

I realized that today is the last chance I have to change or cancel my subscription (I signed up for six months) so I decided to look into eHarmony and see what they have to offer. [...]

Day 3: Tapering off Already?

November 20th, 2005

Match.com stats:
Total profile views: 239 (127 since yesterday)
New emails: 1
New winks: 0
Optimism level: Testing, 1, 2, 3. Is this thing on?

Only 48 hours into this journey and compared to yesterday, I’m down two emails and four winks (though I got an extra 15 page views). Perhaps on this, the day of the Lord, more [...]

Day 2: The First 24 Hours

November 19th, 2005

Match.com stats:
Total profile views: 112
New emails: 3
New winks: 4
Optimism level: It’s only the first day.

Today I did my first search for a suitable mate. The initial set of criteria brought 340 possible matches so I had to chop it down to a manageable number. I started by weeding out everybody I couldn’t possibly imagine having [...]

Day 1: Writing the Profile

November 18th, 2005

I’m taking the plunge…again. I tried Match.com briefly a few years ago with no success. I actually went out with three guys I met online and surprisingly, they were decent guys with good jobs: an engineer, a dentist and an actor. Ok, so just two had good jobs. I didn’t feel chemistry with any of [...]

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