(Day 44)
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1746 (30 since yesterday) New received emails: 0 New sent emails: 0 New winks: 2
Day 43: When Reality Checks Bounce
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1716 (14 since yesterday) New received emails: 1 unsolicited, 1 solicited New sent emails: 1 reply New winks: 2 Optimism level: Anxious to get back to full throttle on Match. When I signed up for Match, they included a magazine subscription in the deal. I thought it was a nice [...]
(Day 42)
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1702 (17 since yesterday) New received emails: 0 unsolicited, 1 solicited New sent emails: new, reply New winks: 3 I received a reply (actually two) from Reality Check Guy. He wrote: How is that now? By the way that was sweet of you to email me your comments, can i [...]
(Day 41)
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1684 (11 since yesterday) New received emails: 0 New winks: 1
(Day 40)
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1684 (12 since yesterday) New received emails: 0 New sent emails: 1 New winks: 0 As I said I’d do yesterday, I sent an email to the “Reality check” guy. I was very nice about it- we’ll see what sort of response I get.
Day 39: When Profiles Attack
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1676 (17 since yesterday) New received emails: 1 New winks: 0 Optimism level: Hoping someday the good will be as good as the bad is bad. I think stepping back from the Match process the way I have over the last week has helped a lot. My intent when I [...]
(Day 38)
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1659 (23 since yesterday) New received emails: 0 New winks: 2
Day 37: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1636 (16 since yesterday) New received emails: 0 New winks: 3 ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all across Match Singles were searching for someone to catch. The profiles were hung on the Internet with care, In hopes that a hottie soon would see theirs. The women were nestled all [...]
Day 36: The Race to Date
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1620 (29 since yesterday) New received emails: 2 unsolicited, 0 solicited New sent emails: 0 New winks: 2 Optimism level: I can throw out this season’s mistletoe. EMAIL #1: Good email but the guy’s two inches shorter wants a couple kids someday and he’s Protestant. Plus he’s got that little [...]
(Day 35)
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1591 (17 since yesterday) New received emails: 0 New sent emails: 0 New winks: 0
Day 34: Go Look for Friends on MySpace
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1574 (22 since yesterday) New received emails: 2 unsolicited, 1 solicited New sent emails: 0 New winks: 1 Optimism level: Joy to the girl. For the last couple days, I’ve been kicking myself for sending Adventure Man the “let’s meet” email. It makes sense that Mr. Energy, who initiated contact [...]
(Day 33)
Match.com stats: Total profile views:1552 (12 since yesterday) New received emails: 0 New sent emails: 0 New winks: 1
Day 32: Less Is More
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1540 (24 since yesterday) New received emails: 0 unsolicited, 1 solicited New sent emails: 2 replies New winks: 0 Optimism level: There’s still time to get my stocking stuffed before Christmas. At this point, I’ve analyzed and discussed the Match search and email processes to death. Writing about every little [...]
Day 31: One Little, Two Little, Three Little… Profiles?
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1516 (14 since yesterday) New received emails: 1 unsolicited, 1 solicited New winks: 1 Optimism level: Hoping to catch some last-minute deals before the shops close. I have a confession to make: I have more than one Match profile online. I had to do it to accommodate all my personalities. [...]
Day 30: The One Month Mark
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1502 (34 since yesterday) New received emails: 1 (Month total: 32 unsolicited) New sent emails: 1 (Month total: 7 with 3 responses) New winks: 6 (Month total: 40) Optimism level: I think Britney Spears married, divorced and remarried in less time. I can’t believe I’ve been at this for a [...]
Day 29: The Freaks Come Out Online
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1468 (33 since yesterday) New received emails: 0 New winks: 0 Optimism level: Maybe I’d find more matches if I browsed profiles drunk. My blogs have been so long the last few days I haven’t had a chance to mention that I put a profile up at Date.com to check [...]
Day 28: Information is Power
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1435 (25 since yesterday) New received emails: 1 New winks: 0 Optimism level: Ok, so I don’t have power, but at least I have a little information. [Polls that were previously included have been removed due to formatting errors] First of all, thanks to those who played along with my [...]
Day 27: The Polls are Open
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1410 (12 since yesterday) New received emails: 0 New sent emails: 0 New winks: 0 Optimism level: I could be close to a “yay” or “neigh” from a favorite. I noticed that the guy I wrote to a week ago who seems like he’d be a great match finally logged [...]
Day 26: Career Setbacks
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1398 (14 since yesterday) New received emails: 1 unsolicited, 0 solicited New sent emails: 0 New winks: 1 Optimism level: At least my old rejection letter’s getting a good response. If you’ll recall, on day 4 I filled out eHarmony’s personality profile (“A $40 value FREE!” they say, but if [...]
Day 25: Young, Dumb and Full of…Something
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1384 (12!!! since yesterday) New received emails: 1 unsolicited, 0 solicited New sent emails: 0 New winks: 0 Optimism level: ‘Tis the season… (with the highest suicide rate) Ok, this will be my last comment on the low profile views for awhile. I picked a bad time to start my [...]
Day 24: The Experts Know Less Than I Do
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1372 (26 since yesterday) New received emails: 1 unsolicited, 0 solicited New sent emails: 0 New winks: 0 Optimism level: Maybe I should omit this until I actually experience optimism. I stayed off Match today, instead spending a little time browsing other blogs that deal with online dating. I found [...]
Day 23: What’s the Deal With Guys and Dumb Questions?
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1344 (19 since yesterday) New received emails: 1 unsolicited, 1 solicited New sent emails: 1 reply New winks: 0 Optimism level: Does my profile say I beat puppies? EMAIL REPLY #1: This morning I received a reply from one of the guys I wrote to yesterday (the favorite). In his [...]
Day 22: Gotta be in it to Win it
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1325 (34 since yesterday) New received emails: 1 unsolicited New sent emails: 2 new, 0 reply New winks: 2 Optimism level: Throw enough punches and I’m gonna land a hit sooner or later. I sent out TWO emails today (and the crowd goes wild). When you compose an email on [...]
Day 21: Anal Eyes Fifa
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1291 (33 since yesterday) New received emails: 0 New sent emails: 0 New winks: 0 Optimism level: I might have to change the title of my blog. In yesterday’s comments section, someone posed the following: Amazing! You spend an incredible amount of time analyzing people, and yourself. And, you focus [...]
Day 20: Broad Appeal
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1258 (54 since yesterday) New received emails: 2 unsolicited New sent emails: 1 new, 0 reply New winks: 1 Optimism level: Onward and upward. It’s been three days since I emailed “Homer” and four days since I called Bodybuilder Boy, so now I have to determine if there’s something I [...]
Day 19: Boring Day, Boring Blog
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1204 (49 since yesterday) New received emails: 0 New sent emails:0 New winks: 0 Optimism level: Tough to put a positive spin on all those zeros. I noticed in my searches, that Match always displays 34 pages of results (with 10 guys per page). Even after removing profiles, there would [...]
Day 18: Not-So-Mature Viewing
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1155 (28 since yesterday) New received emails: 1 unsolicited, 0 solicited New winks: 3 Optimism level: Nobody likes Mondays. For the last few days, I’ve been bitching about the low profile views and responses. It finally occurred to me that when I changed my narrative, I also added more-specific answers [...]
Day 17: Bad Religion
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1128 (23 since yesterday) New received emails: 1 unsolicited, 0 solicited New sent emails: 0 new, 2 reply New winks: 3 Optimism level: Wondering if I’ll get a refund if I cut my subscription to a month. Twenty three page views on a Sunday??!! I’m starting to wonder if Match [...]
Day 16: Neverending Rejection
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1105 (33 since yesterday) New received emails: 2 unsolicited, 0 solicited New sent emails: 0 New winks: 1 Optimism level: My approval rating’s dropping faster than George Dubya’s. EMAIL #1: This came from one of the guys to whom I sent that stupid rejection letter last week. He wrote: You [...]
Day 15: The Falafel Truth
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1062 (28 since yesterday) New received emails: 2 unsolicited, 0 solicited New sent emails: 0 new, 1 reply Optimism level: Surely things will pick up over the weekend. I tweaked my profile slightly today, removing the “falafel” request. I think it’s been well-established that most guys either don’t read the [...]
Day 14: End of the First Fortnight
Match.com stats: Total profile views: 1035 (51 since yesterday) New received emails: 0 unsolicited, 1 reply New sent emails: 0 new, 0 reply New winks: 1 Optimism level: Getting a better response from my blog than my Match profile. Two days in a row with low profile views and no emails. At this rate, I’ll [...]