Tuesday, July 27, 2010

The Dating... Site? Part#1

So a few weeks back I signed up for a dating site... And this was not my first attempt to be completely honest with you.
Right after my break up I got an e-mail from e-harmony (classic case of junk mail that slips into my inbox!), and decided to get my personality test and to "review my matches for free". It took me about three days to complete the personality test and when everything was up and running... I bailed!!
I got many e-mails from the site informing me that Tom, Paul, David (there is always a David), Justin, Ron, etc, etc, etc, were my matches and wanted to get to know me... just needed to become a member (pay them quite a bit) so I could see their pictures and such!! It overwhelmed me!!!. Too much, too many, too soon. 1)It is not cheap, 2)they do not really let you review your matches for free because you have to pay to see their profiles (they just give you names for free), and 3)felt a little dishonest with some of my answers. I know I'm a happy positive person, but I have not been 100% myself lately. Not even 50% myself. Some of the questions are like this: How have you been feeling this month? Answers (options): Happy, Depressed, etc, etc... you see? I've been able to keep me a float and that is pretty much it... and definitely don't want to tell every single stranger that I might go out on a first date with that I've been, mostly, depressed and crying myself to sleep for the last months beforehand...

In the months that followed that first attempt; I started receiving e-mails from other dating sites, such as match.com and, particularly, from chemistry.com. I guess one day I was needing some sort of attention and decided to do it. Did a little research on the site chemistry.com (a research that lasted about ten minutes) and got my personality test and my matches for free. However, this time I was able to see the pics and profiles of my matches, and what I liked the most was the approached on the personality test. Not that many questions (some seem kinda silly to be honest) and when you are done, they tell you in which category you fall into, and how you "click" with your matches.
There are four personality categories and we all (I think) have traits of the four. Mine goes like this:
-Negotiator: 31%
-Explorer: 27%
-Builder: 21%
-Director: 19%
After reading my results, things made some sense in my mind about my personality (not too far off), and after a very careful thought (that lasted about five minutes), singed up for six months! (My secondary personality type kicked in on this one... you see?!!... and it was not expensive)

In the site I am advertised as my primary type... The Negotiator! And I don't know if it's because I am a negotiator, or because we (all personalities) could be compatible with everyone on different levels, or just because it's just a bunch of bull (I am a little overwhelmed already), they pair me with every single personality out there on the site. I don't know if they just send me "my matches" or they send me everybody in the whole entire system!! I don't even read my matches, they are just too many. I just kinda read the ones that have an interest on me... and I say kinda because if I don't like the pic I just click "not interested"...

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