Anyone here ever used Match dot com?

[speeder]

I have a buddy, definitely not a nerd or someone who has problems finding women, who got his current GF from Match dot com. (Let's call it MDC from here on). I was really intrigued.

He told me that he got laid quite a few times prior to finding the current "one" and they were all quite above average. Mind you that this is a cool, young-ish, (35), guy in L.A. with really good standards in my experience hanging out. He ain't ugly.

I'm ready to sign-up and get on the excercycle to get in shape for all the shtupping that's coming down the pike. Am I dreaming? I'm 52 and still get a little attention once in a while from the lady folk.

[Rick Lee]

I had great success there. But I was a lot younger in those days. I have no idea how it is for the 50+ crowd. Though a few of the girls I dated there 10 yrs. ago are in their 50's now.

[widebody911]

btdt, waste of time.

[nostatic]

I had a lot of success there and I was in my mid 40's. It takes a lot of work to do it right and you have to learn the "rules of engagement" for the medium.

[white85carrera]

My sister found her husband there. Convinced me to join and try. Found my wife there. Worked great for me.

[vash]

i been on Match. unfortunately i was pretending to be a hot young Vietnamese girl. well WE WERE trying to be a hot young Vietnamese girl. by "WE" i mean myself, another guy, and a real actual Vietnamese girl trying to find out if her husband was cheating on her.

it was a stupid exercise that failed in it's mission. he was cheating, but we didnt prove crap. i was against the entire thing..i just wanted to type.."love you long time". which i didnt get to do

[speeder]

Thanks for the replies! My point in describing my friend is that apparently this approach is not just for *lonely hearts* type people. Rick and Todd I know in the gravity world and both are guys who can get dates w/o much trouble, IMO.

Todd, can you give any pointers on the right way to do it? I find the whole self-promotion aspect of the profile thing really awkward and unnatural. I find it the same on earth as I do on the Internet.

And Carrera, that's quite the endorsement! Congrats!

[vash]

i think Match works.

my two friends are just about married. he is very outgoing, but just didnt have the time to meet people. he didnt drink so bars were out..and all his closest friends got married and had no singles to hook him up with. his special lady friend is incredible.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by speeder

Thanks for the replies! My point in describing my friend is that apparently this approach is not just for *lonely hearts* type people. Rick and Todd I know in the gravity world and both are guys who can get dates w/o much trouble, IMO.

Todd, can you give any pointers on the right way to do it? I find the whole self-promotion aspect of the profile thing really awkward and unnatural. I find it the same on earth as I do on the Internet.

And Carrera, that's quite the endorsement! Congrats!

Ha ha. I notice you didn't ask Vash for any pointers.

No FHE, so I'm no help.

[Schumi]

Originally Posted by vash

i been on Match. unfortunately i was pretending to be a hot young Vietnamese girl. well WE WERE trying to be a hot young Vietnamese girl. by "WE" i mean myself, another guy, and a real actual Vietnamese girl trying to find out if her husband was cheating on her.

it was a stupid exercise that failed in it's mission. he was cheating, but we didnt prove crap. i was against the entire thing..i just wanted to type.."love you long time". which i didnt get to do

this may be the greatest post this forum has ever witnessed.

[aigel]

Originally Posted by Schumi

this may be the greatest post this forum has ever witnessed.

+1

I had to LOL - Vash, you crack me up long time!

G

[enzo1]

a friend kept bringing good looking girls around, sometimes THEY weren't too happy, LOL but he was. He met his present wife there, even hooked me up a couple of times when I was single...

[crustychief]

I met my wife on MDC. Went on a couple of one time dates with prospects. I just used compete honesty ( and ran from those that didn't ) and it seems to have worked out well. I was 40 at the time and had three teenage boys full time. My wife had never been married and had no children.
pic of Mrs. Crustychief

[speeder]

Nice work, Crustychief. The impression I'm getting is that it's a very legitimate site with plenty of good catches on it.

Any detractors want to comment? Widebody?

[Embraer]

match is also filled with lots of fake profiles. id say eharmony is a better way of going.

oh yeah, MDC seems to be more of hookup site, in my experience. if that's what you're going for, then it's perfect.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by vash

i think Match works.

my two friends are just about married. he is very outgoing, but just didnt have the time to meet people. he didnt drink so bars were out..and all his closest friends got married and had no singles to hook him up with. his special lady friend is incredible.

That's good stuff. I often tell my wife that we should both join and see if they match us, she doesn't see the humor.

A buddy of mine uses one of the match type sites and has had good luck. He seems to meet a lot of normal and good looking women. Frankly I'd give it a shot if I were single, I have no idea how people in their 30s and 40s that are busy with careers have time to meet otherwise. I'd be resigned to attend social events alone, most of my buddies are married with kids.

[Rick Lee]

My Match days were a ton of fun. Even the ones that didn't end well still made for some great stories. One girl introduced me to her boss, a billionaire with a fleet of Porsches and Ferraris. He and I are still friends, but she and I parted ways after a few mos. I ran into her at his house about a year or so later and she looked pregnant, but I didn't ask. He later told me she ended up getting artificially inseminated to have a baby because her clock was ticking faster than she could find a husband. Another one just wanted a younger guy to bang and told me she had every single gun from the movie Heat. She even worked right near me, so she used to give me rides to work. met some very interesting ladies and don't regret any of it.

[willtel]

I used it back in my single days and it worked out fine. I averaged a new date a week, much better than I would have done just hitting on girls in public.

You do have to send out a huge amount of messages to get replies and you have to keep in mind that it is very one sided because men are so desperate. I've even read confessions from women that have profiles set up just to stroke their own ego. They have no intention of meeting anyone but they like the attention.

My suggestions would be to meet people quickly and not spend too much time talking and emailing back and forth before you meet face to face. If you are not physically attracted to the person all that nonsense is just a waste of time. First meetings should also be short and sweet, at the time all of my first "dates" were lunch dates. That gives you enough time to feel the person out and you don't have to make an excuse to leave because you have to get back to work.

[ramonesfreak]

I love the way your sandy hair floats in the air... To me it's like a lullaby... I'm just flying by... Oh so high... like a kite... tied to a stake... .. . ..

[TechnoViking]

I'm engaged to a gal I met on eHarmony. I tried MDC, too. They are both good sites, but each has its own personality. Try them both and see what suits you.