coming from a "middle age single woman", I know several couples who met on Match.com. My guy and I met there also. Maybe it is better for folks my age, who are single parents and not getting out much. We tend to like to get to the point quicker at this age and weed out the people with extremely different interests and desires and such.
I think for the second half of life, maybe we are looking for something quite different from the early dating years. It's probably different for everyone. It's just nice in my opinion to be able to skip over the majority of "outdoor guys" and find the sweet homebody that I'm really looking for.
I found the paying sites brought more serious relationship hunters my way. Craig's list brought a huge slew of e-mails with a wide variety of guys who probably only liked my photo and responded. Most of them had nothing in common with what I had written about. This can be true anywhere of course, so it's nice to exchange a few notes before meeting.
And put a realistic photo of yourself in there so you don't have to see the shock on their faces...and hopefully they will have done the same.
I think if you lie, you get others who lie...and if you're honest, your chances are much better that you'll find that out there as well. Sort of like you get back what you put out...
good luck!
Pam
|