Match Vs eHarmony?

JanieJack

thanks everyone, for your inputs

JanieJack

Update...last night my friend created an eHarmony account, and for grins I created one too (didn't pay). She immediately got a slew of seemingly possible matches. I got a bunch of old guys whose profiles tell me clearly why they're still single. She's gonna go ahead and pay for it. My social schedule is thinner than I'd like, but still full enough that I'm not gonna bother. We'll see what happens.

Miss2Mrs2013

I think there are horror stories in all online dating sites to be honest. Its all about how you go about "finding the one" thats important. I was quite strict with how I did it - they had to have a full, well written profile, had to have a photo etc etc. Dont get me wrong, over the years I have met some people that were not right for me at all, but they were at least who they said they were and werent "horror stories" - they were just not a match.

I have used both match and eharmony. I didnt meet anyone from eharmony. A week into match, I started talking to my now fiance! :-)

TNTwedell

Getting married to the man I met on Match.com, 3 yrs ago :blushing:
- was on for one month & thats all i needed. Our first date was 12hrs long & I knew that night that I was done

I did Eharmony at the same time, for the same one month - didnt like it. didnt meet anyone. seemed to "out of my control", I didnt like waiting for my "matches"

its super weird - the whole process. and i was VERY against it at first - but, I cant really argue with the results

kerriBB37

I met my fiance on Match.com 2.5 years ago.. I was only on it for one day before he messaged me so I don't have anything but amazing things to say about my experience My friends made me sign up and same with him. We both are very outgoing and were super suprised how "normal" we were.. such is that negative stereotype of online dating!! We ended up talking and texting for a few days before we met up. We had our first date at the airport because I had a trip planned. He insisted on meeting me up there before I flew out.. We communicated ALL day every day while I was gone and he picked me up from the airport when I got back into town. He told me he loved me after 3 days. Honestly I could not imaging my life without him. We are getting married this November
I'll try and post a clip I saved from the Match.com website we are practically famous LOL!!!!

kerriBB37

found it!!
*edit - it is too big

clydethecat

i signed up for eharmony on jan 1, 2006, was matched to my husband in the beginning of feb, we talked a bit, then met the first of march. we've been married for 4 years.

i think it was just meant to be. we were so closely matched, he thought the answers i was sending back to him were actually his friends screwing with him. he was very pleasantly surprised, when we first talked on the phone, that i was a real woman

i think it could have been any site, we still would have found each other.

TNTwedell

found it!!
*edit - it is too big

NO WAY! LOVE IT

Shash27

I met my fiance on Chemistry.com (sister site of Match). I didn't like the restrictions of eHarmony. We've been together for 4 years and will be married this August.

He wasn't the first guy I met..tell you friend to stick with it :-)

DS67ATX

Its so hard to meet women.Ive been single for almost 16 months now and still looking for that special woman.I have done the date service before but its gets old telling someone your life history.I think when it happens it will happen.I enjoy being single but Im looking at the same time.

cardiokitten

Why use either when there's MFP for free!

And if you try the real world, you don't even need a computer or internet connection!

liog

My husband and I met on Yahoo Personals in person in October of 2004. We married 18 months later.

Toddrific

I'd have to say pay sites are head and shoulders above free sites. I personally was rejected from eHarmony =( Guess no one is a pimpalicious as me. =/

I've been around the dating sites (pof, okcupid, match, yahoo when it was still around, etc) and I tell you a large portion of the people are on many of the sites, so it's likely someone on eHarmony is also on match.

If you have people that have been together for long periods take the chemistry/harmony/quizzes you'll find they probably don't rate as high matches.

Ready2Rock206

I'd rather shoot my self in the head than try online dating again. And since I have no idea how to meet a man in the real world I'll probably be single forever.... Still better than online dating - awful!!!

Toddrific

I'd rather shoot my self in the head than try online dating again. And since I have no idea how to meet a man in the real world I'll probably be single forever.... Still better than online dating - awful!!!

Being the gaming nerd I am, I saw a story that more couples met playing World of Warcraft than through match.com. Something to ponder

My friends say to find men in the real world i should start doing volunteer work or take those goofy community college classes on things like...czech cooking, basket weaving, underwater photography, etc. =P

bd0027

Why use either when there's MFP for free!

And if you try the real world, you don't even need a computer or internet connection!

The real world isn't always ideal for everyone. I'm from Kentucky and I'm not attracted to country boys. I definitely prefer guys from the city, so it's impossible to stick with looking for guys in my area. I guess this is why there's sites like Match and even MFP lol. There's a guy or two on here that I'd go on a date with if we ever planned on getting together. (:

ChihuahuaLover864

I tried eHarmony and it wasn't that great BUT I was living in a much smaller city. I gave Match a try when I moved to Houston and met my boyfriend after a week of being online. 6 months and going strong

PBsMommy

My dad did the whole e-harmony and a few other dating website thing after his and my mom's divorce.. Talk about awkward, taking shirtless pics of your dad for his dating profile. He thought and still thinks he is a stud muffin. He ended up meeting his now wife at work and I think most of the dating websites just landed him dead ends.

I did the whole POF and OKCupid after high school. But I was mostly looking for like-minded opposite sex people to hang out, nothing serious and that's what I found. Of course you have to weed through people, but most of the time you can tell just by their profile what they want.

My husband actually added me and messaged me on Facebook, because "I looked cool and fun" and we have been inseparable ever since. Funny thing is, neither one of us use Facebook that much, then and now.

ETA: UGGGG Just realized this thread is two years old!

1ZenGirl

I've been on both and have had relationships from both. Regardless of the site one just needs to take basic precautions. Freaks are everywhere and neither site does full due diligence like background checks. That is not really their purpose. So....I do my own!

SexKittenlovesitrough

I got spammed with a lot of junk and detritus on both Match and eHarmony....with the amount of junk I had to weed through I figured why was I paying for something that wasn't even living up to its name. So I dumped them both and went with OKC. I found my partner on OKC yes...it took weeding...yes there was a lot of hook up requests but my god those were a lot more honest and forthcoming...and easier to spot...

They have nothing to lose I guess? They didn't pay for it?

I also found that eHarmony was matching me with people over 1000km's away from me even when I set my distance ratio to within my city....and it did NOT match me with people I knew were on the site that would have been fairly compatible and DID live within my city....so...it was weird...

I think it's algorithms are off.

moya_rargh

I've just come off POF (again) It destroyed what was left of my self esteem last time and this time proved that was no fluke. If you can succeed online, then more power to you! Under 6ft and ugly = no replies unless they are in their 50s and obese. (Check out my back photo, ugly apparently.)

I've googled how difficult it is for men on pof. Horrible, horrible site.

devil_in_a_blue_dress

I met my husband on zombie.com

ProgressNotPerfection32

I met my husband on eharmony. I was a member of eharmony, plentyoffish, and match.com and liked eharmony by far the best of all of them. I had many dates with several men in the 3-4 months that I was a member.

When my husband and I met, we just knew. It's a 2nd marriage for both of us, so we knew what we were looking for. We met in August of 2010 online, had our first date September 3 2010, got engaged in October 2010 and married on New Year's Eve of 2010. It was quick, but we knew the first week that it was what we wanted. We both have never been happier.

bperkins88

online dating sucks. I've dated two psychotic women from online. Seem normal at first, then the crazy comes out and you find them stalking you, sleeping in your vehicle, showing up at work, leaving weird notes on your bathroom mirror, Telling you their pregnant but not really.

Ugh.. I'm good

ProgressNotPerfection32

I've just come off POF (again) It destroyed what was left of my self esteem last time and this time proved that was no fluke. If you can succeed online, then more power to you! Under 6ft and ugly = no replies unless they are in their 50s and obese. (Check out my back photo, ugly apparently.)

I've googled how difficult it is for men on pof. Horrible, horrible site.

Those women were crazy........if I was single and in your area, I would've given you a chance, and you are not ugly so stop it. (given that you didn't turn out to be a crazy *kitten* stalker or anything)

moya_rargh

I've just come off POF (again) It destroyed what was left of my self esteem last time and this time proved that was no fluke. If you can succeed online, then more power to you! Under 6ft and ugly = no replies unless they are in their 50s and obese. (Check out my back photo, ugly apparently.)

I've googled how difficult it is for men on pof. Horrible, horrible site.

Those women were crazy........if I was single and in your area, I would've given you a chance, and you are not ugly so stop it. (given that you didn't turn out to be a crazy *kitten* stalker or anything)

Seriously, I might as well be Quasimodo, the women on there are SO up themselves it's untrue! I'm in the UK by the way.

I've taken screengrabs of the only women on there NOT to find me ugly and saved them to my photobucket. You'd be amazed at what men are reduced to believing they are worthy of dating on there. If anybody wants to see the pic, pm me and I'll send you the link.

Stalking? What a waste of energy, I'd rather have a cup of tea!

PghPensFan69

Dude bumps a thread that died almost 2 years ago to post a link to a dating site no one heard of. Most of the posts since are discussing the known sites.

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deneesie25

Not sure about either of those.

summertime_girl

eHarmony is awful, and so expensive. I signed up, and the only matches they were sending me were several states away. Um, no. Match has the most "normal" guy, but also just eh in the looks department. Way too many old guys on there too. I was getting messages from people decades older. POF has the hottest guys, but also the most crazy, most looking just for a hookup/one night stand. OKC seems a cross between POF and Match.