Poll 18 (Mar 08): Are eHarmony members ready for a relationship?

Our past polls were all constructive about eHarmony. This month, let’s have something totally different. (Pick one or more of the choices.)

Are your matches ready to start a relationship?

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Do your matches make you wonder why would someone go through all those hoops and not even be after a relationship?

Should there be a 30th dimension: “Readiness to start a relationship”? Are you often singing: “I gotta move on”?

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Comments 11

  1. SingleGuyInNC wrote:

    Can we get another option in the poll, “All of the above”, as in, it depends on which match I’m talking about!

    Posted 04 Mar 2008 at 10:11 pm
  2. eHarmony Blog wrote:

    Sure… I changed the poll so you can now make multiple selections.

    Posted 04 Mar 2008 at 10:57 pm
  3. G.R. wrote:

    I find it interesting that the top answers to the polls all have to do with negative feelings regarding if your matches are ready for a relationship. I have found this to be very true. Many are looking for: “the perfect mate on the first date” or they meet a really great guy with potential, but think that the other 25 guys wanting to meet might be better..and therefore never commit to anyone and become a serial dater. One match, whom I met, offered sex before meeting because she has to “make sure I am going to be good in bed” The same woman was so eager to have kids and start a marriage that she wanted to know EVERYTHING upfront, EG: finances, good in bed part, DNA profile, etc… Needless to say..I ran…

    Posted 20 Mar 2008 at 8:06 am
  4. Bill K wrote:

    How can i log in to get my matches? about 25% of the time the servers are too busy and will not allow me to sign in. I sent an email to eHarmony to see what was going on and they changed my password. They don’t even read the messages i send them and no matter how good they may be at matching, I will no longer pay for a service with a customer service and troubleshooting systems than can not keep up with their customers! MY WARNINGS TO ANYONE CONSIDERING PAYING FOR A SUBSCRIPTION!

    Posted 25 Mar 2008 at 12:29 pm
  5. Looking for love wrote:

    Same problem here. Too much advertising and not enough upgrading of technology!

    Posted 25 Mar 2008 at 12:37 pm
  6. Uncle Fester wrote:

    Since my paid membership ended almost a year ago, they have continued to give me over 200 matches. There’s no longer a “match limit” for inactive members. I went on a handful of “eH dates” during my paid time, and a few more since then as a result of the free weekends. Every woman I’ve met through eHarmony reinforces my conviction that women who join eHarmony are in love with the idea of “having a relationship” but are too terrified to actually do it, or to even consider it when a possibility arises. Some want email buddies, some just want to browse and click.

    Posted 30 Mar 2008 at 8:30 am
  7. kriebly wrote:

    Hi G.R.,

    Regarding this:

    Many are looking for: “the perfect mate on the first date” or they meet a really great guy with potential, but think that the other 25 guys wanting to meet might be better..and therefore never commit to anyone and become a serial dater.

    I don’t have a problem with this. I think a woman is entitled meet 25 other men if she wants to make an informed decision about who to start dating. I have heard it said “A man should date 10 women before marrying, a woman 110 men.” Of course, nothing obligates the guy to wait around…

    Regarding your online encounter with the woman who wanted sex upfront… yeah, I really hate it when that happens…

    Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 5:52 pm
  8. AthenaPallas wrote:

    GR, I am a woman who is also looking for a family and possibly kids but I think that the experience described by you was outrageus. this woman must be very stupid not to know that things just do not work this way.

    on the other hand, I have a similar impression about men who use on-line dating sites. I think that most of them turn into serial daters for exactly the same reason – why settle before I meet several thousands of women, they think, I can still marry when I am 80 :-) ?

    I have a few male friends who have been on match.com and eH for at least five years, and looks like they will be stuck there forever.

    Posted 06 Apr 2008 at 2:51 pm
  9. G.R. wrote:

    Kreibly,

    You missed the point of what I was saying…YES, a woman, as well as a man, is entitled to meet as many as he/she desires to meet whatever criteria he/she has for a partner. My question is when does one reach the point of saying “OK he/she meets 9 of the 10 things I am looking for and is truly a great person..I will date him/her.” Serial daters NEVER reach that point because something is wrong with EVERYONE they meet and they are in constant search of the “perfect mate” or perfect person who does not exist. Do you know any perfect people without flaw?

    Posted 11 Apr 2008 at 5:11 am
  10. G.R. wrote:

    OK Here is a mini poll type question… I have noticed that the women who prefer “Fast Track” are usually major players and total wackos. From my experience, I would say that 9 out of 10 are this way. Any other comments? Anyone else have the same experience?

    Posted 11 Apr 2008 at 5:31 am
  11. eHarmony Blog wrote:

    Are you saying you found TEN ladies who prefer FastTrack and got to know all ten of them and was able to ascertain that 9 of these 10 are lunatics? Please confirm. :)

    Regarding your topic, see “Any profiling on ‘fasttrackers’ that might be useful?”.

    Posted 12 Apr 2008 at 2:02 pm

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