eHarmon-me: Day 1

So, I went and did it! Yes, yours truly joined eHarmony! I don't know what I was thinking (well, actually I know exactly what I was thinking. I've had too much wine, Major just said "thank you" when I told him I missed him, and Cat and I always joke about how it's time to join) but here I find myself, the newest member of eHarmony. I joined late last night and I got a great discount. If you google eHarmony promotional codes, a ton of websites will come up. I tried almost a dozen that were listed before I found one that actually worked! 3 months of $30, not too bad.

Although I technically joined yesterday (hence why there are two posts today), I want to start with Day 1. Cat and I decided at work today that I should chronicle my foray into the scary world of online dating. I swore I wouldn't do this. I was still sure I could meet someone the old fashioned way. And I still believe that, but I thought I'd give it a try!

As soon as I joined, I was instantly matched with 7 matches. I looked through them. A few were pretty bad and a few weren't so bad. I just got familiar with the site and tried to get over the fact that I would be mortified if I was set up with someone I knew! I actually closed a few matches out right then and there. They just weren't attractive, one was an atheist (I put preference of Christian, or no religious affiliation, but I wasn't looking for that extreme). One was in the Army. I instantly clicked on him to see if he could be Major's replacement, but he was one that I closed out shortly thereafter. Most were short. Definitely short.

I left 4 of the original matches. I was pretty interested in two, so we'll see if they contact me. One was a police officer, and then other was in radio. Another was cute, and one didn't have a picture, but didn't sound too bad from him profile.

I uploaded some pictures and decided to make them available instantly. You can choose at what level you what them available, but I consider myself attractive, and think it will help the more attractive and confident guys approach me, as opposed to the desperate ones that will talk to you without photos. I found that most of the guys did have photos. There were some that didn't, so we'll see. I'll feel badly though, if we talk for several levels, and then when he reveals himself, I'm like "yikes! no way!" But guys are usually more confident, I feel as though if they are remotely attractive, they'll post immediately, but who knows, there's only one way to find out.


Here are some questions I have that hopefully I will know the answers by the end of this.

1. Is there a limit of matches you can get? Meaning, do you have to close some out before they'll give you some new ones?

2. Do they really match based on personality? My first instinct is no, there's not way they can match that many people on something like that. But then I think, Cat's had two friends that tried to sign up but they were told there were no matches for them. Granted, they were both a little kooky, but...

3. What's the ratio of men to women? Are the same 20 men being passed around to the 100 women on this? So men have 100 potential matches, and the 100 women are all vying for the same 20 men?

4. How many people can you open communicate with?

5. What type of guys are on this?

6. Am I going to know anyone?

Technically, I went to bed at this point, but I'm going to start Day 2 of the blog.

xoxo, Maxi