This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Some of the most popular posts I've written have been about online dating. I think that's because people can't stop themselves from watching a train wreck.
Women actually ask me for advice on which sites I recommend! The answer is "none" but I do have opinions imagine that?! Don't waste your money. This is the site that begins with a "compatibility test" to help you find your "perfect mate. My perfect mate? Because according to that test, apparently the perfect mate for a 5'9", college professor who likes to travel is a 5'6" semi-literate, auto mechanic who proudly has never been beyond a mile radius of Fall River, Massachusetts.
White: I think we should mate? Kate: What? White: Go on a date. We should go on a date sometime. Kate retches, then forces it down White: Are you okay? Kate: I think I just threw up in my mouth Yes, this is a site to meet Jewish singles and I'm not Jewish, but "word on the street" is that the chances of meeting a professional person are higher at this site. There's no "requirement" that either men or women be Jewish to sign up.
I must admit, I met lots of very intelligent, professional men on this site. The only thing they were missing was a personality. This is the later-in-life nerd lunch table. Martha Stewart's dating site of choice, which is somewhat understandable as Match is where big egos seem to reside. The men on this site are the most likely to want to "interview" you to see if you fit their needs. The men on Match also seem to spam messages out to women, messages that make it clear they hadn't even bothered to read your profile, they just looked at the pictures.
Hi, my name is Bill and I know we would be a match because I am looking for a homebody, someone to take care of me and who can be my Princess, just as you describe yourself. And you might get spammed with the same message a couple of times OurTime advertises itself as an online dating site for men and women over Through what I can only assume to be a computer "glitch" though, the daily "picks" sent to me once included a fair number of women's pictures.
