Friday, April 2, 2010

Rock Bottom

Something like eHarmony, a paid dating website, was going to be my last resort. After seeing how many hot girls are "matches" for Adam I relented and signed up. Or tried:

We're very sorry, but our matching system cannot predict good matches for you.

eHarmony's patented matching system was developed after extensive research into marital satisfaction. We use each person's responses to our Relationship Questionnaire to predict the pairings of individuals that are highly likely to result in satisfying long-term relationships, based on what we learned through our research.

Unfortunately, based on responses to our questionnaire, we occasionally find situations where our matching system cannot identify high quality compatible matches, and this has happened in your case. Please understand that it is a result of our matching process and in no way reflects on you as a person or your ability to be in a happy relationship.

We apologize and regret our inability to find good matches for you. The time you spent completing our questionnaire, however, has enabled us to provide you with a free Personality Profile.. This Personality Profile lets you learn more about yourself and should provide you with valuable insights.

We wish you all the best in your search for that special someone.






Punk ass bitch system apparently can't handle my personality. I'm not hard to figure out. I like sex. A lot. Physical attraction isn't important; it is mandatory. There's no real rhyme or reason to which girls I'm attracted to. I do dislike girls that laugh at their own (bad) jokes before they are done telling them in a high pitched whine that makes me cringe. I dislike girls that lie about why they don't want to date you. I do like confidence. Boobs. A sense of adventure. Tension. The retrograde wheelbarrow. Corsets. Intelligence. Sweatshirts with thumb holes. Silliness. Hair tied half back. Laughs. You can't model that with a damn computer? Why should I care which beliefs a girl hates, or which political positions she looks down on, or how much she values me valuing her shyness with respect to being extroverted vis a vis how confident she feels about her emotional stability? Am I the only person on the internet with an open mind?

Those freakish pay sites were like my last resort, or whatever. After seeing the matches Adam got I feel like a little kid looking in with his hands and nose plastered against the glass.

[This is unrelated]
Todo:
-write about sakuracon
-yoga
-download tf2
-get UT classic running
-4 hour work week

2 comments:

  1. Don't feel bad. Both Tim and I (before we started dating) got this response from eHarmony. (Don't tell Tim, but I tried again later and it worked).

    Honestly, I have been on a few dates through the internet in my time. 9 times out of 10 (I don't know if I really went on 10 of those dates... but anyway) the person turns out to be NOTHING like you thought. Completely different than their pictures, personality totally off from their humor on the internet, and extremely awkward if you feel like you once felt comfortable with this person... at least through emails.

    I know this is the oldest advice in the book, and the most annoying to hear when your single, but seriously you will find someone great when you LEAST expect it. When you are somewhere because thats where YOU want to be, and they will be there too. The best ones sometimes involve one of you moving far away in the near future, or some other crazy obstacle. Its annoying but so true.

    Just find things that make you happy. On that note, I found this website " meetup.com " that finds group gatherings in your local area. There is one in mine that gets together to play board games about 3x a month. INCLUDING SETTLERS. Girls go to these events (and I'm considering learning how to play, for something to do and new people to meet). And I will go with you sometime if you'd like, just so we are sure that we have an escape buddy if thats what it comes down to.

    Anyway, I've written enough. Respond to this so I don't feel like I'm writing to myself. And we'll catch each other soon.

    Bridget

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  2. Don't worry, I'm not all that sad about being rejected by eharmony. Its kind of like an excuse not to join now. I'll check out meetup.com. I'm totally up for some board games...everyone has been super busy the past few months and we haven't gotten to play.

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