Comments for My Online Dating Experience

Comment on Update– Four Years Later by CH

CH — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:30:50 +0000

Personally I think online dating is useless for anyone over 28. It doesn’t matter how good you look for your age the computer will filter you out unless you lie about your age. All the male profiles ask for women their age and below because men are basically shallow and can’t see past a digit. Your best bet is to let the universe do the work for you and find someone in a face to face scenario. They’ll already know whether they are interested or not well before your age ever comes up in conversation. As a late 30’s female I get loads of attention from 20 somethings in person and only 50 somethings online. I’ll take the personal approach anyday.

Comment on Update– Four Years Later by EB

EB — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:37:14 +0000

Well I will say I disagreed with you on little things, but can’t hold anything against you.

Funny, you decided to update on my birthday. May take it as a sign.

Anyways, I wanted to say good luck, and I hope you find Mr.Right.

Comment on The End (Round One) by MAverage

MAverage — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:52:47 +0000

Whoa… the parallels here are… oh, I don’t know… intriguing? Inevitable? It’s because the society today is so mobile that no one stays in one place long enough to build ‘community’, and despite what StarBucks (cha-ching) wants you to believe, there is still not a good ‘third place’ between home and work where people can just hang out and get to know each other. Churches, married friends, and near by family used to provide that service - they would ‘pre-screen’ potential ‘matches’ and only put you in touch with each other if there were some commonalities in your background.

As for the silences… could it be that the men’s 1 month on Match expired? Or they were actually married guys looking for action on the side? (yes, everyone hates that - especially single men).

I found YOUR blog while checking to see if Bing had spidered MY blog… synchronicity. Normally, I would never Google a date, but I don’t guess the same applies to someone who already blogs, and puts their heart & soul right out there… the idiots… uh… OH! Sorry ;?P

Here’s hoping YOUR silence is because you met the right guy for you, or someone tolerably close that you could… tolerate. All the best.

Dare to Be Happy,
M.Average.

Comment on The End (Round One) by MAverage

MAverage — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:27:19 +0000

Wow… from the glimpses into day 1, and day 88, your experiences mirror mine in TOO MANY ways. No ‘vicarious living thru their kids’, no women who haven’t managed to make it to ‘baggage claim’, yes to ‘good kisser’, yes to interesting conversations, well read, with a good (sarcastic?) sense of humor.

Here’s hoping you found someone with which to spend your evenings,
MAverage

Comment on The End (Round One) by Scott

Scott — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:12:18 +0000

The ones that disappear. They probably got arrested or something.Despite positive words in recent times. (most likely faked by advertisers on dating sites). Online dating is still a hub for mostly undesirables and freaks of all kinds. Look if you had googled opinions about online dating a few tears ago. Most of the results would have warned against it. Now you see all this positive crap. Well it’s bull. Ad companies want more people to join sites and click there adds. It’s still a crappy game.

Comment on The End (Round One) by rosa

rosa — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:53:57 +0000

thank you soooo much Fifa for sharing your experiences! things haven’t changed much since you wrote this 3 1/2 years ago! thank you so much for putting my experiences into words — it seems to be universal!

i think i am dropping match.com to go meet fella’s IN PERSON! off to the car show!

thank you again for sharing with us! a great, honest and entertaining read dear!

all the best!
rosa

Comment on (Day 40) by rosa

rosa — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:15:41 +0000

OMG!!! i love your writing, wit and am so happy i found your AUTHENTIC dating blog! none of that slick-willy “internet dating” garbage from you, honey! YOU ARE HILARIOUS (and so brutally honest!)

my goodness, it is about 3 years after you wrote the blog but it stands very similar to my experiences of TODAY (2009!)

Thank you for putting my (nearly exact) thoughts into words!!

Bless your heart for sharing your experiences! WELL WRITTEN, FUNNY AND T-R-U-E!!!!

Comment on The End (Round One) by IN

IN — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:57:22 +0000

I’ve just finished reading your blog and wanted to say thanks! I’ve been dipping into the online dating thing for a few weeks now and was all but ready to hit the delete button on my account. I then found your blog and decided to give it another few weeks! You haven’t updated anything recenty though so can we take it that you finally found someone? Thanks again for a very enjoyable read.

Comment on FINALLY! by Cathy at Sexy Odessa Dating

Cathy at Sexy Odessa Dating — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:36:51 +0000

I found your post informative and helpful to me in my serious online seeking of special someone.

Comment on The End (Round One) by Mario Johnson

Mario Johnson — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:50:37 +0000

I read a bit of your blog. I can see why you are single. No offense but you have somre real issues. Especially as it relates to your value. No women of color of people that weight more than you should be included. Good thing you are not trying to reproduce.