Day 27: The Polls are Open
December 14th, 2005Match.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 on today and checked out my profile (took him long enough- what does he have a job or something)? I’m guessing that means my email and photo must have met his approval and now it’s down to my profile. If this one runs away like the others, I may have to consider removing “satanic worship” from my list of interests. I also noticed today that many of the guys on my “favorites” list have not logged on in several days. It reinforces my thinking that this is the off-season for the sport of Internet dating and I’d be better off having my uniform washed and pressed than getting it all muddy simply for practice games.
[Polls have been removed. Sorry]
I answered yes on the last question, but I meant NO. never. Sorry about that. Great survey
How cool is this????? Awesome, Fifa!
I’m not sure the last question is accurate. If a person has all of the qualities you’re looking for humour, intelligence, self-respect, whatever, surely it would show in his / her features?
And I can’t believe most of the women have answered no. Have any of them considered what if they were trapped in a shell that was not commonly considered ‘attractive’, how would that make them less of a person, or of less worth to have an intimate relationship with?
I definitely think that favorable attributes can make a person seem better looking (just as unfavorable attributes make people uglier) but there’s a limit to where personality traits can translate into physical attraction. And just because I deem someone “the ugliest guy on the planet” doesn’t mean there aren’t others who think he’s gorgeous. I’m not saying someone’s less deserving or less worthy of an intimate relationship, just that I couldn’t possibly muster the desire to have an intimate relationship with him. It seems to me that some sort of physical attraction is one component that separates friends from lovers.
This may not be the best analogy, but I’ll compare the situation to food. Brussel sprouts make me gag. If it was discovered that eating brussel sprouts resulted in flawless skin, a skinny body and perfect health, I’d eat brussel sprouts every day. But I’d still have to plug my nose to get them down and would never look forward to eating them. There are certain tastes you can never really enjoy no matter how much you want to or how hard you try. Unfortunately, the same is true for physical tastes.
That all said, if you’re capable of falling in love with a great person no matter what they look like, you’re a very lucky person.
falafel (just thought I would throw that in there…)
OK so I am a woman, but I wanted to see the results of all the questions and I answered them all so I may have skewed your percentages. Sorry.
I met my husband on-line (not through a dating site though) and I think in the end the more people you have contact with in any form, the more likely you are to meet someone you are compatable with.
Have fun with the Match thing, but I wouldn’t be surprised if you go to meet one of your “test dates” for coffee and end up with the cute guy behind the counter who is slinging the “joe” who you have been cracking jokes with to releve the tension.
Just a thought!
Have fun!