Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The countdown to the end of Project eHarm...

Not because I have met "the one." The main reason for quitting eHarm is monetary. I don't want to be automatically charged full price for a service I did not really use. I'll cut to the chase on why I quit:

1.) I lost interest. The process and steps were too arduous for someone lazy like me.

2.) I like face to face interaction or at least real time interaction. None of this sending people multiple questions crap then wait for a response, then send him your likes/dislikes and values, then write your own questions, then finally send an actual email. That is far too much work. By the time I got to the write your own questions part, I already lost interest.

3.) I never sorted through my matches and let them build to over a hundred. I told you, I am lazy.

4.) People on eHarm are looking for women who are ready for wife-hood and mother-hood and I have not yet reached that level of maturity. I am selfish. I like being able to buy impractical things and not feel guilty about it. I also like the idea that I can go out for a pizza at 3 a.m. and no one will bother me about where I am going or why.

5.) I made the mistake of putting religion on my profile because the ONLY thing I had in common with my matches was religion. For instance, one guy they matched me with was super conservative, and one of his requirements was that the woman had to absolutely share the same political views.

6.) The guys on eHarm write crap like this on their profile (this is a guy who communicated with me by the way):

What he said about the last book he read or enjoyed:

"I don't really read books that much mainly cos I do not have the time. The only Book I think worth reading is the Bible. Not to offend anyone, but in my opinion, everything else is made up..."

Yes, a lot of books are made up. In fact, there is a whole genre just for made up stories called "Fiction." I think if he actually read, he'd also know that you cannot substitute the word because for cos.

Perhaps I am being too mean or too close minded. What's that cheesy quote about being open to love or it won't find you? Whatever it is... it's a good thing I do not believe in cheesy love quotes.

I do wish that I had actually reached a point where I met someone in-person just so I can say I fully experienced eHarm. I have until the end of this month... so... fingers crossed? I was kind of hoping it would be the cat guy, but I think he got sick of me and closed me out. I knew I should've asked him a question about cats. Damn.

3 comments:

  1. I was wondering why we hadn't gotten any eharm updates in awhile...you are totally phasing it out!

    Maybe you need an online dating system that takes less effort...like you get a match...you call each other...set up a place and time and then meet. Doesn't seem that hard to me. Granted I'm not designing online dating sites.

    I still think you should try to meet someone face to face before your membership runs out!

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  2. Trust me, there are plenty of cat guys out there. And you probably don't want to meet them in person.

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