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The general conclusion I have arrived at after actively seeking a serious partner for 5+ years, is that paying to meet someone, either via online dating or in real life, is a poor choice.
When someone tells you to compare what their dating service costs per day to a cup of coffee, the answer is to tell them to keep their service, go buy yourself a cup of coffee in a busy coffee shop, sit in the shop and converse with people there. At least, when all is said and done, you are guaranteed to get a cup of coffee and the odds are no better than you get with any sort of dating service.
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To supplement my rather limited dating repertoire having limited myself to free dating sites (which more or less boils down to OkCupid!) I decided to give speed dating a try. I naively thought that it might be a better than online dating since there is no facade of profiles.
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In a few days, this blog will move to a new domain eharmonyblog.com, a move we should have done in 2006. I paid $7 to register the domain, thanks but no thanks to domain brokers.
See also Why aren’t you eharmonyblog.com?, dated August 25, 2008.
eHarmony patent lawyers, start writing your cease-and-desist letter.
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(Republished in entirety with permission from Kathryn B. Lord – Coaching for Cyberromantics, dated October 15, 2010. Thanks, Kathryn!)
Well, maybe. It depends. On a lot.
I have to admit a personal prejudice towards Match.com. After all, Match is where I met my husband Drew, way back in 1998. Match was the first computer/Internet dating site, starting up in 1995. Match has successfully built a brand and service to singles that really can’t be matched. There are other big dating sites, some expensive like eHarmony, some even free like PlentyofFish.com, but Match has held the center for a clean, stylish, appealing site for normal folks, middle of the road of all ages.
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