Besides working this week, I have been surfing eHarmony to see what new and exciting potentials are on there (and by “new and exciting,” I also mean the matches that have been on there all along).
I extended my options a bit with the site which just means that eHarmony will take the liberty a bit more with who it sends me. You can choose things like the distance that you would like your matches in, and then you pick how important this is to you. I moved my choice down the scale a bit, more towards “moderately important,” which means I’m getting matches that are a little further away from me. I’m keeping an open mind and looking at everything, including the distance. Like I’ve said before, if the match is good and there’s potential in the relationship, then a little distance is OK.
I have received “new and exciting” matches over the past few days and I’ve send a few icebreakers out. I’ve even looked at some of the existing matches (which are “new and exciting” when you haven’t looked at them for a while), and I sent some icebreakers to them as well. I’m sure they’re thinking one of two things about me:
1. Wow, she’s a nice match and I’m glad she’s finally interested in me.
2. Wow, she must have gone through all of her first, second and third choices already and she’s trolling the matches that are left in a desperate attempt to find a date.
Yeah, I’m sure I would be thinking #2 also if the situation was reversed.
Anyway, all of those “new and exciting” potentials turned up a whole lot of nothing (zip, zero, nada). Only two of them “archived” me right away (which is a nice way of saying deleted). Whatever! But, I’m happy to report that a new match that popped up this afternoon sent me an icebreaker! He’s 45, cute and has a nice profile… he appears to have a convertible (as per one of his pictures) and he has a dog (dog people are good people in my book). I responded by giving him some the standard questions to answer, so we’ll see what happens next. I can honestly say that this is the first guy that’s sent an icebreaker to me that isn’t too old, too hairy (ewww), or just too blah.
It’s a good thing because I’ve got some great shoes that are just dying to be worn! ;)
Have you tried Match? I found they had better choices of men, but also more weirdos.... so have your radar up.
ReplyDeleteYou know you can wear your shoes for you, silly, and not just for a man! Can I recommend looking at Meetup.com? It's a bunch of activity groups, you look to see what might interest you, and new people show up all the time to different events. It's about finding friends with similar interests and not dating, really. But it's a good way to get to know a new city. :) Or a new man...
ReplyDelete(and this isn't an endorsement of anything, other than I've tried it, and it's a great way to get out of a dating rut.)