I’m about to start an experiment, and I need your support. My close friend (who is gay and a lot younger than me, but I’m hoping that’s not relevant here) met an attractive, smart and available man on Match.com. I HATE MATCH.COM. My cycles with them are depressing. Sound familiar? After exhausting my sources for fix-ups, and running out of activities where I might meet someone new, I’m stuck back at Match.com, where I barely get a response (except for the guy winking at me from Texas who looks like a felon), which chips away at my self esteem, until I swear off dating sites forever. I’ve been told by “experts” not to take it personally. (One of those experts has been happily married for 37 years. When was the last time he had to hunt for a date?) Match keeps emailing “eligible” men every week, even though I haven’t been registered for years. I can’t press the delete key fast enough. Yes. I have a lousy attitude, but I say, I’ve earned it.
Here’s where the experiment comes in. After I post this today, I’m going on Match to review all possible candidates. I’ll relax my usual age and geographic perimeters a little. (No, Texas, you’re still not eligible.) And if I find at least 3 men that I want to get in touch with, I’ll register for 6 months.
I hate Match.com. But if I rant about the experience here, it might give me stamina to survive another round.
More tomorrow.