Wow, really? I didn't realise it had a religious slant to it. It sneaks up all innocent-like, with its commercials and its banner ads and its incessant radio announcements on Air America....
Maybe it didn't like that I selected just about everything under the religion categories for a possible match. The only categories I left out were, uhm, er, ahem... religions that looked a bit too Fundamentalist. Because it just wouldn't do to toss my drink in someone's face on a first date :P
Ya know, I filled out that long, time-consuming questionnaire because I'll fill out just about any online quiz ("Which Sandwich Are You?" "Which 70s Sitcom Are You?"), but I came away feeling insulted. It's good to know I'm in good company! Hurrah for us!
Yeah, they go out of their way to avoid mentioning the religious angle, but the grandfatherly guy in the commercials is like super-nutty-Christian, so I've read. They also don't do matches for gay and lesbian couples, which kind of sucks.
It didn't have a checkbox for "runs with swords." I can't possibly find the right match unless the questionnaire has a checkbox for "runs with swords."
Speaking of which, I was planning to get down there this week, but medical stuff is still getting in the way. Maybe by the end of the month. I miss you guys! Being a freelancer was supposed to free me up to visit :D
Obviously a design flaw, which explains the result.
Hey, great! We'd love to see you. I was thinking of you last week--I was sparring with someone who'd just been to Queen's (rapier, not epee), and the only way I scored a decent touch on her was by shifting to defensive guard. All that practice fighting your southpawed self paid off.
I've been browsing for guys for you and they are all so scary. How about donor 401? He seems to be quite popular and comes with a built-in support group of smart successful women and half-sibs.
And you wouldn't have to put up with an interest in watching sports. Unless that is genetic.
Will you accept a match with: [ ] two heads [ ] three arms [ ] scales [ ] tenacles for (locomotion only) [ ] non-oxygen-based respiration [ ] transdimensional protuberances
Not to mention the whole cold-blooded/warm-blooded issue ("Ladies! Select a cold-blooded dating candidate and never argue over turning up the thermostat!").
Of course, the site's dirty little secret might be that transgendered, asexual, and hermaphrodite aliens need not apply. Or, it's the secret dating service for followers of Cthulhu. One or the other, we'll see.
Oh my, the URL etharmony is taken, fancy that. It is a site that promises: "ET harmony is where tow becomes one and Excel together in harmony . It is a premium online dating site with the power of match making engine" (sic, spelling, caps, grammar, spacing and all)
This will not stop me from foraging onward tow Excel in quiz making!
You all are simply hysterical. I bow down before your greatness. And will send any appropriate dates your way (not that I am likely to run into any myself, but you know Risleyites have something of a track record at this tech-assisted matchfinding stuff).
What about http://www.lovehappens.com/ We can all sign up as helpers and write clever and amusing stories about you that will, if nothing else, illustrate your (perhaps questionable?)taste in friends.
Uck, I tried it in a moment of weakness and realized after I was done that asking me about myself is the worst idea when it comes to dating sites. I somehow managed not to get my results page either, but I'll introduce you to my friend Gary who got the same results too. He's very intelligent, a nice guy, well employed, lives in Florida, drives a scooter, and knows how to cook all different kinds of Asian food (not just Chinese). ;-)
If you like quizzes, try okcupid.com. It's got the matchmaking aspect to the site, but also lots of fun quizzes for if you're bored. :-)
Many people know my weakness for anyone with the name Gary. And for Japanese food. I don't think he could scooter it all the up to the northeast without it getting cold, though.
(I think I know what I'm ordering for dins tonight....)
I wonder if these dating sites expect a person to paint a very rosy, pleasant, perky picture of themselves, and can't account very well for my general snarkishness. Does anyone ever get a match from eHarmony? I'm beginning to think not.
But... I heard Gary looks like a combination of Brendan Fraser and Jason Bateman! I'm sure he could handle the cold! ;)
Also I just love how eHarmony is like... "no matches... just keep paying, surely there's someone out there, just pay us more and we'll make it happen!" Is... is it wrong to keep paying? Maybe they'll find a match for us in... Bora Bora! :)
But... I heard Gary looks like a combination of Brendan Fraser and Jason Bateman!
I am laughing so hard I'm scaring the cat. I'll have to make a Jason Bateman icon for moments like this :D
And give no credence to the rumour that anyone at all in SPQR Blues is in any way even remotely modelled on either of those two, particularly not at all Jason Bateman, no, that would be peculiar, which I never am. Nope. Nope.
Good thing I've never mentioned my crush on Peter DeLuise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_Jump_Street), because then you would know way too many of my secrets....
Uhm.
Good thing I'm holding a few extra-weird secrets in reserve.
To be fair I think Miss AF Venable is only partly responsible. ;) I seem to recall seeing those names in print... *squint, hand placed on forehead* Yes, I can definitely picture reading them on screen. Perhaps you've mentioned them in other Daily Angsts? I read 'em all! Of course it could also have been something someone instant messaged me...
>Does anyone ever get a match from eHarmony? I'm beginning to think not.
I and my friend Rachel both got matches. I didn't pursue any of mine (I think there were three on my possibilities list) because, as it turned out, I guess I wasn't really ready for a relationship.
Rachel, however, was determined to find a new SO, and she really tried hard to work with the eHarmony system -- using the confidential e-mails, and the extra questions you can send the potential matches, etc., exchanging e-mail and having a lot of first dates. She did end up having a few second and third dates with a couple of her matches, but none of them worked out. I think in the end she had expanded her geographical region to something like a 500-mile radius and still didn't find just the right person. And Rachel, I should add, is a smart, cute girl with a great job who is very friendly and open to a relationship (unlike, say, myself, who only fits the "smart" and "great job" categories (oh, and I'm a girl)).
:-) R
P.S. Oh - there is a new dating site out there, called PerfectMatch.com. It has a similar yet different questionnaire system. Klio, if you want to take another quiz, check 'em out! It's all True-False questions!
I know a woman named Pepper Schmeckpepper. Seriously. I asked her if she KNEW her husband's last name before she agreed to marry him. She said yes, and that she thought her new name would be cute. ::shudder::
eHarmony is run by a evangelical Christian (who's friends with James Dobson, the Focus on the Family guy). As such, they don't do matches for LGBTQ people. (I guess I wasn't heterosexual enough for them, even though I identify as straight.) Other things they look for include past marriages, current mental health issues, and (I think) your relationship to your own parents. I think the website says that 1 out of 5 people aren't able to be matched, so it clearly happens to a lot of people.
Wait, you answered "Nero" for something? That might explain the rejection! ;)
I am proud and pleased not to have passed eHarmony's standards. Although it does make me want to try and crack their code for what makes a person matchable. Hey, I have plenty of e-mail addresses I can sign up with.
I suppose I should have answered that I grew up in the perfect Brady Bunch family. Oh, no, wait, the Brady Bunch are one of those weird blended families, with unrelated teenage boys and girls sleeping right nearby each other. The Seventh Heaven family, then--which I thought was one of those gee-whiz-family-values shows, but why is it every time I see a coming attraction for it someone is unexpectedly pregnant or running off with someone else? WHERE ARE OUR VALUES!! No, seriously, where are they, 'cause I seem to have misplaced mine.
There could very well have been one of those sliding-scale questions on the site. You know the sort:
This has been the experience of every interesting/smart/educated/creative/cool woman on my f'list who's tried it, I think (maybe one or two got through?). I think it might be a compliment to your general awesomeness.
The thing I don't understand is, if they only want to match fundamentalists, why don't they simply call themselves a Christian dating service and stop wasting everyone's time? JDate doesn't put on a false face. They wouldn't even have to call themselves a fundie dating service outright; they could have a codeword name like XDate or eValues or could say something subtle in their commercials like, "Aren't you tired of dating sinners, jezebels, and liberals?"
Maybe they're gathering data on how 1 out of 5 people are alone and unmarriageable on account of having no values :P
I don't know about politically oriented dating sites, but I know there's at least one that is specifically for pet lovers. I think it's a great idea -- I have four cats, and frankly, my dating pool is limited to men who would at least be non-allergic and tolerant of furry bodies lying on their chests in the middle of the night. :-)
I can't remember the URL. I checked it out once and just browsed through some of the profiles, but I didn't take their quiz or questionnaire.
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Maybe it didn't like that I selected just about everything under the religion categories for a possible match. The only categories I left out were, uhm, er, ahem... religions that looked a bit too Fundamentalist. Because it just wouldn't do to toss my drink in someone's face on a first date :P
Ya know, I filled out that long, time-consuming questionnaire because I'll fill out just about any online quiz ("Which Sandwich Are You?" "Which 70s Sitcom Are You?"), but I came away feeling insulted. It's good to know I'm in good company! Hurrah for us!
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Speaking of which, I was planning to get down there this week, but medical stuff is still getting in the way. Maybe by the end of the month. I miss you guys! Being a freelancer was supposed to free me up to visit :D
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Hey, great! We'd love to see you. I was thinking of you last week--I was sparring with someone who'd just been to Queen's (rapier, not epee), and the only way I scored a decent touch on her was by shifting to defensive guard. All that practice fighting your southpawed self paid off.
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And you wouldn't have to put up with an interest in watching sports. Unless that is genetic.
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Will you accept a match with:
[ ] two heads
[ ] three arms
[ ] scales
[ ] tenacles for (locomotion only)
[ ] non-oxygen-based respiration
[ ] transdimensional protuberances
Not to mention the whole cold-blooded/warm-blooded issue ("Ladies! Select a cold-blooded dating candidate and never argue over turning up the thermostat!").
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How important is it that your match doesn't consider you prey?
[ ] very important
[ ] somewhat
[ ] not sure
[ ] doesn't matter, I can run fast
And then when you finally find someone... you scroll down to read this...
Turn ons:
Wings
Feathers
more than two eyes
shape-shifting
Turn offs:
Long hair
Cartoonists
;)
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This is just crying out to be made into a quiz page. Maybe... "E.T.-Harmony"...
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Of course, the site's dirty little secret might be that transgendered, asexual, and hermaphrodite aliens need not apply. Or, it's the secret dating service for followers of Cthulhu. One or the other, we'll see.
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This will not stop me from foraging onward tow Excel in quiz making!
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We can all sign up as helpers and write clever and amusing stories about you that will, if nothing else, illustrate your (perhaps questionable?)taste in friends.
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If you like quizzes, try okcupid.com. It's got the matchmaking aspect to the site, but also lots of fun quizzes for if you're bored. :-)
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(I think I know what I'm ordering for dins tonight....)
I wonder if these dating sites expect a person to paint a very rosy, pleasant, perky picture of themselves, and can't account very well for my general snarkishness. Does anyone ever get a match from eHarmony? I'm beginning to think not.
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I'm sure he could handle the cold! ;)
Also I just love how eHarmony is like... "no matches... just keep paying, surely there's someone out there, just pay us more and we'll make it happen!" Is... is it wrong to keep paying? Maybe they'll find a match for us in... Bora Bora! :)
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I am laughing so hard I'm scaring the cat. I'll have to make a Jason Bateman icon for moments like this :D
And give no credence to the rumour that anyone at all in SPQR Blues is in any way even remotely modelled on either of those two, particularly not at all Jason Bateman, no, that would be peculiar, which I never am. Nope. Nope.
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Uhm.
Good thing I'm holding a few extra-weird secrets in reserve.
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*squint, hand placed on forehead*
Yes, I can definitely picture reading them on screen.
Perhaps you've mentioned them in other Daily Angsts? I read 'em all!
Of course it could also have been something someone instant messaged me...
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I and my friend Rachel both got matches. I didn't pursue any of mine (I think there were three on my possibilities list) because, as it turned out, I guess I wasn't really ready for a relationship.
Rachel, however, was determined to find a new SO, and she really tried hard to work with the eHarmony system -- using the confidential e-mails, and the extra questions you can send the potential matches, etc., exchanging e-mail and having a lot of first dates. She did end up having a few second and third dates with a couple of her matches, but none of them worked out. I think in the end she had expanded her geographical region to something like a 500-mile radius and still didn't find just the right person. And Rachel, I should add, is a smart, cute girl with a great job who is very friendly and open to a relationship (unlike, say, myself, who only fits the "smart" and "great job" categories (oh, and I'm a girl)).
:-)
R
P.S. Oh - there is a new dating site out there, called PerfectMatch.com. It has a similar yet different questionnaire system. Klio, if you want to take another quiz, check 'em out! It's all True-False questions!
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Wait, you answered "Nero" for something? That might explain the rejection! ;)
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I am proud and pleased not to have passed eHarmony's standards. Although it does make me want to try and crack their code for what makes a person matchable. Hey, I have plenty of e-mail addresses I can sign up with.
I suppose I should have answered that I grew up in the perfect Brady Bunch family. Oh, no, wait, the Brady Bunch are one of those weird blended families, with unrelated teenage boys and girls sleeping right nearby each other. The Seventh Heaven family, then--which I thought was one of those gee-whiz-family-values shows, but why is it every time I see a coming attraction for it someone is unexpectedly pregnant or running off with someone else? WHERE ARE OUR VALUES!! No, seriously, where are they, 'cause I seem to have misplaced mine.
There could very well have been one of those sliding-scale questions on the site. You know the sort:
shy [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] extroverted intuitive [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] logical Nero [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] MartyrsI don't think I'd pass the test on that last one.
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Isn't it a sin to kiss on the first date?
Maybe they're gathering data on how 1 out of 5 people are alone and unmarriageable on account of having no values :P
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I wonder if there's a liberal dating service. :p The closest thing I know of is drinkingliberally.org ...
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I can't remember the URL. I checked it out once and just browsed through some of the profiles, but I didn't take their quiz or questionnaire.
Robin
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Think of Shadow glaring at the interloper holding down his legs saying, "You're not moving ONE inch buddy."
All night long.
LOL.
Yeah... that's happened.
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