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Julien McArdle, on Compatible Partners’s homepage

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“I’m guessing that this content was written up by someone who has had very little exposure to people of different orientations. You don’t need to reword anything to cater to people of different orientations. People are people, and in as much as relationships go, we all go about it the same way.”

Julien McArdle, software developer, researcher, film-maker, author, web designer and Ottawan.

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Free weekend trial–at least this time, you get what you pay for

The site recommended that I date older women or Native Americans–pretty much the only two categories I excluded in my criteria. What am I, homeless?

No pictures, every single one out of state, and to top it all off, you can’t actually even contact them; it wants you to select 5 of their multiple choice questions. Lame, lame, lame.

I hate eHarmony, a video essay

Chris Thompson: “This is a brief and humourous chronicle of my adventure on e-Harmony. I got no matches. In the entire world. I think it’s because I’m really tall. I’ve got some footage of the founder of e-Harmony, Dr. Neil Clark Warren in there, and he looks like a complete religious nutjob. Enjoy!”

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The answer to his height question is here: How does HEIGHT figure into the matching process …, dated October 2008

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  • Elen wrote

    Chris, too funny! Thanks for the laugh. And yes, I have noticed eH's conservatism. Many of the canned answers are less the adequate. I am pleased they let you add your own responses in some of them. I do think the lists of Must Have/Can't Stand is filly. Really, who wants a rude, anti-social bigot? …

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Lilian, eHarmony’s Customer Service Rep from hell

From John of Dallas, TX dated May 19, 2010:

Oh my! I cancelled my subscription on May 18th and logged in to eHarmony to make sure of the date on which my subscription was to cancel. When I did, I turned off the matching options so that people would not be inquiring about me when I would have no opportunity to respond. When I turned off the matching, the system automatically checked the box “renew your subscription” without notifying me. The result was that when I pressed enter to change my matching settings, I was duped into auto renewing my subscription …. 97.00 !!!! I didn’t know it auto renewed, theye didn’t tell me.

When I checked my checking account, and saw the 97.00 debit, I called eHarmony and was told by recording, “we are experiencing very high call volume, please call back”. I held for several minutes before speaking to “Lillian”.

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  • Darrow wrote

    Interesting this. I also was given "a one time courtesy" refund when I threatened to report them to interpol after SIX matches they sent me were really from a Russian organised crime syndicate ripping of vulnerable women in exchange for the promise of a green card. Of course I had weeks of being b …

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Can anyone here compare ChristianMingle vs. eHarmony?

I have only joined one dating site, ChristianMingle.com, and that was recently.  So, being a newbie, let me tell you I really appreciate this site giving us the ins and outs of eharmony before we decide to join or not.

My questions:

1) Does anyone know how the two sites compare to each other?   Feature differences, number of members, etc?    (I’m looking for a devoted Christian male).

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  • Jonny wrote

    Online dating is an abomination of the natural order. It is an artificial attempt using defiled human technology to supercede Holy cosmic forces purposed to bring two soulmates together. In fact, I've only ever met crazies and nutjobs at any artificial matchmaking service (whether online or offl …

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1000 things I learned from eHarmony

1. To have a funny profile, all you have to do is pick “Using humor to make friends laugh” from the choices.
2. #1 what people really can’t live without: GUNS
3. To tell a company to stop charging your card, you have to look for and click “Cancel my subscription”.
4. The best Most Influential Person In My Life is “My ex-wife”.
5. The best time to go to eHarmony and create an account is One week after a breakup.
6. The best time to join eHarmony and start dating is two days after a divorce.
7. Every woman is 29 years old.
8. The question on Most Passionate About is never literal. It’s okay to put “Climbing the Kilimanjaro” when you’re afraid of heights.

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  • john wrote

    #12 Ultimately, all questions can be answered by a simple response, if support to be believed. Just extend your membership. …

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