So this is a real life rant. I know I don’t post very often, but I really wanted to share this.
After 9 months on eHarmony, and getting past the initial stuff once, I think I can say it was a complete waste of money.
Once I was on the pay as you go schedule, I would get a lot of nothing during most of the month, followed by a large number of matches right as my account came up for renewal.
That’s how they get you. You get distracted with 5 profiles to check through and suddenly you forget to cancel.
One or two might start sending you messages. These will stop a day or two after you have to pay for the service.
When I was on a multi-month subscription, the same thing happened – lots of nothing for weeks, maybe 1 or 2 people, then right as renewal hit, bam, lots of matches.
Now my settings were not terrible. I did have a few things that I wanted – no one morbidly obese was one. Most people are just not honest with themselves. I’ve seen some of the fattest people put down as one thing they are good at “staying in shapeâ€.
I was also somewhat picky as I wanted people who had never been married before and no kids. One person listed as something they were most happy about as “my divorceâ€.
In 9 months, no one returned my hellos. I had 4 people send a request for a photo when I clearly had 4 posted.
I’m sure everyone knows one person who had success on eHarmony, which is probably how they keep going. I too know 1 person. 1, and only 1. Of the people I talk to who have tried eHarmony, we are about 1 out of 25. Seriously, 4% success rate.
In my opinion, I should have just gone to a bar and ordered a couple drinks every week. It would have been cheaper and I would have at least enjoyed the money.
In short, 225 matches. Lost track of how many I sent initial questions/received them from, 3 answered those questions, 1 made it to open communication.
Waste
Of
Money
-pyra
