Then my laptop died and the whole matter seemed mute. But they kept emailing me match after match and the anticipation was getting to me, damnit! I wanted to see these men that could all be my future husband! Joining however cost $40 a month at a 3 month minimum. And since in 3 months I could be living in a cardboard box it seemed like an excessive expense I didn't really need. But those damn matches kept coming day after day! My friend told me she'd found a coupon online and joined for just $20 a month. That seemed much more manageable so I searched for the coupon and if course I couldn’t find it. So I decide to send them an email, explain that I was interested in joining but could only commit to one month and they emailed me back saying that they would not let me join for just a month. Communists
And the matches kept coming day after day and I just knew I was missing out in my future hottie hubs like the guys on TV. So I asked my friend to find her coupon number, she found it and I tried it and guess what? It didn't work. A week or so later eHarmony sent me an email and said that they would allow me to join for 1 month after all for $60. SIXTY DOLLARS!! I thought they were just being mean now, enticing me with the prospect of love and regular sex, reeling me in and then throwing me back. So I wrote them a very thoughtfully worded email reminding them that not only am I unemployed but I have a friend that joined for only $20 a month and that was the deal I wanted. Guess what, they gave it to me. I had to agree to 3 months still, but it seemed like a fair tradeoff and frankly I wanted to check out those pictures!
So I checked the pictures and guess what? My matches were BAaaad. I'm talking beer bellied, bald, 50 something year olds with names like Barry, Stu, Jerome, Ira, and Bert (and those are some of the good ones), and they live in NJ. After all of that this is what I'm rewarded with?! I have since learned that you can adjust the age and location even though they warn you against it. So I have been communicating with a couple of guys now and frankly the back and forth communication process is annoying as hell and my patience has worn thin waiting to reach the end. They make you send each other questions, and then likes/dislikes it takes weeks! One guy called me and within the first 5 minutes I was bored. We are supposed to go out soon but I don't think I want to bother. Plus every time he guy calls me he blocks his number, which strikes me as odd. I mean it's not like I'd be calling him, but if you are a guy on a dating site looking for your soul mate would you be blocking your phone number? Maybe he's a cereal killer? But my guess is it's nothing that exciting. These days when my matches arrive in my in box I can wait to see them. It gives virtual dating a whole new spin because at this point checking out my so called marches makes me extremely happy I'm not actually dating.
