eHarmony

[Fatolia]

What are your experiences with eHarmony?

Just for fun, I went on there the day I turned 21 and entered my 400-some survey to get my "$40 value" personality survey which just verified what I already knew, reading with a candid demeanor:

"You are crazy."

So I went on and found that I instantly had four matches in my mailbox, with each person living a minimum of 500 miles from me. I started typing up my lil' spiel; I read their bios...okay but not very exciting...within half an hour two women tried to email me. I freaked out and ran.

End of story.

 

[chickenfeet]

haha..

i took that test thingy, cuz someone was talking bout it on here, awhile back. it told me i was uncapatible with their matching services, or something like that.

 

[fishstix]

I did the test thing once, just to see what it would say about me, and it told me something along the lines of not matching any of the categories that they put people into.

 

[Fatolia]

Apparently eHarmony was designed for people who have a deep connection with their self. Are you in touch with your inner selves?

 

[Raanan]

LOL that's freaking awesome Fatolia! Personally, I'm a big fan of www.okcupid.com. It's totally free and has a TON of funny stuff. Has alot of offensive stuff as well if you're easily offended but I'm more the type to laugh at people for being offensive then actually taking offense.

 

[Glorianna]

Hmm, maybe not!

I have always been scared to try something like this! But then again, I was always scared to meet some guy on the internet and guess where I met my fiance? God has a GREAT sense of humor, that's for sure!

 

[Glorianna]

Ooops, I realized that I let my secret out... I like coming to the singles ministry forum even though I have a fiance. I hope that you guys don't mind. If you do, I'll stop I promise!

 

[cbudc]

Haven't tried it but probably will when I get back to the states. See what this all great website has to offer.

 

[plum]

I did the free trial of eHarmony to see what the fuss was about (fuss created almost completely by commercials. YAY commercials, my lil friends)
Mostly I did it because I truly adore questionnaires that get deep into your personality. I love learning more about myself! hehe.

i found a few matches.

but nothing worth 40 bucks a month! (or whatever it costs... an arm and a leg)

and besides, I found who God had for me without paying for it praise God.

 

[JPPT1974]

Ooops, I realized that I let my secret out... I like coming to the singles ministry forum even though I have a fiance. I hope that you guys don't mind. If you do, I'll stop I promise!

Well you are still single and not yet married so it's fine by me if it is fine with everybody else.

 

[hockeysistah12]

Folks, e-harmony is not really a christian site. They do let other religious persuasions in there like Mormons and the Islamic faith.

 

[Sketcher]

But if it filters out these Mormons and Muslims if you ask it to, where's the problem?

 

[wvmtnkid]

Does e-Harmony adverstise itself as a Christian site, though? Not trying to debate, but I am just wondering (typing) aloud. Most of those sites allow for filtering, like twistedsketch mention. And I know there are sites that say they are Christian dating sites, like Christian Cafe. But I wasn't aware that e-Harmony adverstised as a Christian dating site.

 

[fluffy_rainbow]

No, E-Harmony does not advertise as a Christian dating site. I joined once and got through the entire communication process with a guy and never heard from him again. Hmmmm. Not worth the money I spent. I cancelled my membership after a month.

I like Christian Cafe, Christian Penpals, and Equally Yoked. Those are all Christian services to meet friends. I don't use "dating sites" anymore for the purpose of finding a match; however, I always enjoy good conversations with brothers and sisters in Christ. Equally Yoked is not an online dating site, though. You actually call them and go into one of their offices to fill out a questionaire and they do a background check and whatnot.

 

[invisiblebabe]

Ooops, I realized that I let my secret out... I like coming to the singles ministry forum even though I have a fiance. I hope that you guys don't mind. If you do, I'll stop I promise!

Hehe, it's ok, even when I had a boyfriend I posted in Singles all the time.

 

[hockeysistah12]

I tried Christian Cafe too, but this man who was on there wanted to practice porn. Not everyone on Christian sites are christians and there are many who are preditors, especially some who want to look for women.

 

[fluffy_rainbow]

Whoooo, thanks for the heads up, Hockey. I have one eerie story from Christian Cafe.

Back in my lost days, I used to spend alot of time in Yahoo Atlanta Chat. I met a guy in there who said he was a private investigator and he wanted to hang out, but said that he didn't drive because he was in a car accident as a teenager and was terrified of driving now. I don't know, maybe I'm hateful, but there's something about a man who refuses to drive when physically capable that turns me off. So I respectfully declined his offer for me to drive an hour and a half to meet him so we could hang out with his two bets guy friends. Something just made me uncomfortable about the whole situation. So he had a few choice words for me via YIM and then I blocked him and went on my way.

Two years later (about a month ago) I get an email in my Christian Cafe mailbox from a guy named Mike who lived about an hour or so away who was a PI. He sent me another email asking me if I wore sandals and toe rings in the summer and if I liked to be tickled. They just seemed like bizarre questions coming from a man to a total stranger on a Christian website. I asked him if he was the same Mike who didn't drive because he was scared to and he said, "yeah...how do you know me?" and I never responded. I didn't want to dredge that one up again. Ugh, small world.

 

[hockeysistah12]

But they (E-harmony) advertise on Christian radio stations and on Crosswalk. More about that later.

 

[Living4Him03]

I think eharmony tries to "pretend" it is a Christian site. I also think it advertises as a site where "good" people come who are emotionally healthy, stable, wonderful people. I tried a $10 two week full membership thing on there. I got a bunch of matches, but only 2 were interesting and were committed enough Christians for me to want to talk to them. I still email one guy sometimes, he's pretty nice. The other guy I talk to sometimes as well. He's also nice. I don't know that I would like to meet or date either of them though, but they are cool to talk to I guess.

 

[the_man]

Eharmony is not a christian site but they do try to appeal to christians. I even heard an ad on a local christian radio station.