Returning to dating recently, I decided to give eHarmony another shot. A few years ago, I found it to be a good source of serious matches, and am surprised at the volume of good matches this time around. In case you haven’t seen the commercials with Dr. Neil Warren and the Shiny Happy Couples, eHarmony matches you based on a long personality survey and guides you through a multi-step introduction before opening it up to email.
There’s still the usual amount of unanswered communication and unexplained fizzles, but the people who do communicate have been conscientious about it and do seem to be looking for serious relationships. By and large, they’ve also been quite civil for Internet daters; I’ve exchanged a number of pleasant “closed match” messages with these women.
As for the quantity, Merle posited that I’ve hit a magic age where I can appeal to both the younger women looking for an older guy and the women my own age with ticking clocks. I’m inclined to agree, and in any case, it’s good news for me!
