Jared

[Mae]

It just hit me. OH MY GOD. My e-harmony friend Jared will be here on Friday. I have to go to the airport to get him. Do I walk up and shake his hand? Do I passionately kiss him in the middle of the airport? Do I give him a friendly but suggestive hug? OH MY GOD. This is real. Crud. My palms are damp. There is an elephant in my tummy, doing yoga.

:eek:

That elephant and I need to talk. Maybe he knows some breathing techniques.

[Escape Artist]

Do what I do - say "hi" and work out the rest later.

Airports suck for any kind of intimacy and most people are just a little too overwhelmed from long-ass flights - give him a half hour to chill.

[Mudflap]

Well, you two are supposedly matched on 148 different areas of compatability, or something like that, so the first meeting shouldn't be an issue.

If it is, sue e-harmony.

I recommend you make eye contact and smile a lot.

[Mae]

Don't mind me, just freaking out like normal. The elephant showed me some cool stretches, I am remembering to breathe. Funny stuff is all.

[Asmodeus]

E-harmony... I gave it a try a while back. I did all their personality profiles et al, ad infinitum... and got an email a day or so later that I was unmatchable. :)

Kudos on yer hookup. Goodluck.

[SimpleSimon]

eHarmony, huh? Guess you have better computer access than I'd thought. Hope your internet love-life goes well for you.

Both SLH and I were informed by eHarmony that "no matches were found". Oh well. everyone knows we are somewhat strange fellows.

[jules]

I was also told I couldn't be matched.

[MAC]

I wasn't able to fill out the pages of shit. There's no way to answer those questions.

[SimpleSimon]

Just out of curiosity I took their test again last night. Unlike Mac, I had no problem doing so. At the end they ask what races you will consider, and what area. I indicated any race, anywhere on earth.

They told me they could find no match.

[Escape Artist]

I think they are, perhaps, matching only the Aborigines MAC keeps going on about.

[mute]

I met my girlfriend off an online dating site, and locally. Kinda// ummmm... :lol:

[Mae]

He’s amazing. He’s smart and funny and very handsome. He’s a great musician, and he’s so nice. He likes my dad and dad likes him, my stepmother thinks he’s great. (That was the real test) I was very sad to leave him at the airport. He said that as soon as he gets some vacation time he will try to come back.

Which is surprising! Considering that I stranded us at the beach for eight hours and he was in the emergency room for half of that time due to chest pain. Not only that but he had to have dinner with my parents again when they came to rescue us. (The car broke down) Only for this dinner he had to lean against me as he couldn’t sit up straight, and he had bright red hair. It was a disaster. But he was good natured about it. I am so lucky. Took E-harmony three months to find him. I am glad they did.

[jules]

Just out of curiosity I took their test again last night. Unlike Mac, I had no problem doing so. At the end they ask what races you will consider, and what area. I indicated any race, anywhere on earth.

They told me they could find no match.
Ditto.

I met my boyfriend (a very sweet, smart, attractive and talented geek; yes, they exist!) through a climbing website. He flew out to NH from Chicago to go climbing with me four months ago, and now we are both in Arizona.

It is funny how things happen.

My mother and her current boyfriend met on the internet and have been living together for a year and a half; she met her previous boyfriend online as well, and they were together for some five years.

[jules]

Actually, they didn't tell me that they could find no match; they told me they weren't going to look for one.

[Pianomahnn]

Ditto.

I met my boyfriend (a very sweet, smart, attractive and talented geek; yes, they exist!) through a climbing website.

Hold on. We've known each other for around 4 years now, and it took this dude to get you to realize that sweet, smart, attractive, and talented geeks exist?

I'm hurt...I really am. :cry:

[Pianomahnn]

Actually, they didn't tell me that they could find no match; they told me they weren't going to look for one.

But not hurt enough to keep from totally LOL-ing at that one.

Yes, I truly laughed out loud.

[jules]

I've always known it. Just like unicorns.

[ms. bing]

i did the eharmony thing too, since you guys were all talking about it. it told me i had no matches. then i saw this little button on top when i viewed my profile that said "run matches" so i clicked it.
it came up with six from the dallas to shreveport area.
5 were totally no-go, and 1 looked very interesting. if i did the whole e-romance thing and had an extra $200 to spend i would be very into finding out about him.
however, i'm just not that kind of girl. if i want to pay for my romance there would be plenty of takers right around my neighborhood.

[Mae]

Just to add to this... I don't go to bars. I don't go to church. I thought that I'd try this and see if I could expand my social circle. It didn't work. All the ones I was matched with wanted to have kids and get married. YIPE! I decided that I had better get the heck out of there.
I was looking for a sense of humor and someone who was smart enough to laugh at my jokes. And was still looking when I tried again. I had to admit to myself that I was looking for a relationship. When I was matched with Jared I laughed and then groaned. La Vernia Texas? Sounded like podunk nowhere. The thing that he wished more people would notice about him was nose hair. Ugh. Jeez. Ugh. But we hit it off very well. He's moving up here in the next year or so.
It worked for me, but it took three months, and being honest about what I really wanted. O.K. Done with the plug.

/me goes off to collect my "plug" check from e-harmony.