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Old 09-21-2008, 05:48 PM
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My BFF just got engaged to her boyfriend, whom she met on plentyoffish.com. I'm sure they allow matching between whomever plus it's free.

If you don't like Eharmony remember they aren't the only game in town.
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Old 11-01-2008, 12:49 AM
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My BFF just got engaged to her boyfriend, whom she met on plentyoffish.com. I'm sure they allow matching between whomever plus it's free.

If you don't like Eharmony remember they aren't the only game in town.
I also know a couple who met on plentyoffish.com and they are doing great It seems to be a pretty successful site so far
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Old 11-01-2008, 03:04 AM
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This is an interesting topic. I tried eharmony once. I was separated at the time, and they told me to come back in 6 months. I was going through a divorce. I was only married for barely a year so I thought it was a little harsh to reject me because I was separated.
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Old 11-01-2008, 08:36 AM
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I have tried eHarmony once, and there was no problem with matching me with men of other races. I never knew other people had a problem.
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Old 11-01-2008, 11:34 AM
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This is an interesting topic. I tried eharmony once. I was separated at the time, and they told me to come back in 6 months. I was going through a divorce. I was only married for barely a year so I thought it was a little harsh to reject me because I was separated.
eHarmony has a strict policy of not allowing users who are not legally single to have accounts. You have to be unmarried. Separated doesn't count. Which I can kind of understand, but still. My husband and I met on match. It worked well for about the first 3 years. Now we're separated and going through a divorce as soon as I can get the paperwork filed. I won't be trying to find a date on eHarmony, though. That's for certain.
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Old 11-03-2008, 07:33 AM
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eHarmony has a strict policy of not allowing users who are not legally single to have accounts. You have to be unmarried. Separated doesn't count. Which I can kind of understand, but still. My husband and I met on match. It worked well for about the first 3 years. Now we're separated and going through a divorce as soon as I can get the paperwork filed. I won't be trying to find a date on eHarmony, though. That's for certain.
I think that's a little strict. I could see if a couple hadn't been separated long, but my ex wife and I had been apart for a while. Sorry to hear about your divorce. Online dating has gotten popular and I'm sure more people meet online these days because of the busy lifestyles people are living. It doesn't matter if you meet someone online or the traditional way of dating, if you meet/marry the wrong person, it won't work either way. I'm just saying this because you'd be surprised, a lot of people think it's crazy to get serious, let alone marry someone who you met online. I personally don't think anything is wrong with it. People are people, regardless.
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Old 11-03-2008, 07:52 AM
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After a good friend of mine from highschool met his woman on plentyoffish.com, I tried it. I don't know if it's my area, or the age range I'm looking at or what, but every response I got was from a bottom feeder. All those laid off autoworkers who call themselves "retired" because they took a buy out package and haven't found another job yet, especially.

I filled out the eharmony profile and did the three month free trial. When I did the profile, it popped back saying they have no matches for me. That continued until about 2 days before I had to pay if I wanted to continue and then a match popped up. Amazing timing. When it first popped out the "we have no matches for you" I laughed hysterically because I often say that my ideal man does not exist. It was like proof!

Then there was match.com, where the first match that came up was my ex-husband. Yeah, on paper, we're perfect for each other. Reality is another story!
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Old 11-03-2008, 05:22 PM
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I think that's a little strict. I could see if a couple hadn't been separated long, but my ex wife and I had been apart for a while. Sorry to hear about your divorce. Online dating has gotten popular and I'm sure more people meet online these days because of the busy lifestyles people are living. It doesn't matter if you meet someone online or the traditional way of dating, if you meet/marry the wrong person, it won't work either way. I'm just saying this because you'd be surprised, a lot of people think it's crazy to get serious, let alone marry someone who you met online. I personally don't think anything is wrong with it. People are people, regardless.
I wouldn't personally be looking for someone who's not quite legally divorced, so it doesn't matter much to me whether they let them sign up or not. I do understand their reasoning, though.

Re: my divorce- We are better friends than we are marriage partners. Neither of us is really built for a long-term committed relationship with a title. We knew it was a gamble going into it, and it didn't work. I just wish that if both sides recognize it was a mistake and aren't trying to take each other to the cleaners, that our divorce could be done at like, a drive-through or something.
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Old 11-03-2008, 06:59 PM
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In a nutshell, eharmony sucks rotten eggs. The matches they sent me were, ummm to put it nicely, not physically attractive which I stated I that wanted nice looking guys. When I wrote them to discuss the matter, they gave me some lame excuse about matching people based on personality which I agree with to a degree but I argued that humans are physically attracted to each other first. Also, the matches were too far away and personality wise didn't match what I was looking for.

When I found out they didn't match same sex couples and I found out some of my gay friends had been rejected because they were gay, I canceled my account.
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Old 11-02-2008, 11:49 AM
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I also know a couple who met on plentyoffish.com and they are doing great It seems to be a pretty successful site so far
I'm also friends with a couple that met on plentyoffish.com and have been together for 2 years.
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Old 11-03-2008, 01:33 AM
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I'm also friends with a couple that met on plentyoffish.com and have been together for 2 years.
lol my God, how many dating sites are there? Maybe I need to look into starting one, sounds like a lucrative business.
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Old 11-30-2008, 11:45 PM
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lol my God, how many dating sites are there? Maybe I need to look into starting one, sounds like a lucrative business.
Thats what you should call it "Lucrative Business" lol
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