In the beginning...

And God said, Let there be online dating, and there was eharmony.

Before I really tried online dating, I had created profiles on match, jdate (I'm Jewish! It's allowed...), etc., just to take a look at what this online dating thing was all about.  It was a great thing to do after a break up - create a profile on a dating site, photoshop some decent pics of yourself, sit back and enjoy the attention.  Soon my email box was flooding with winks and messages, notifications that I had been hot listed or favorited, and at that point, I felt pretty damn good about myself.  Screw you real life guy that things didn't work out with!  I am hot stuff on the internets! (That sounded wrong.)

As fun as it was, things didn't get serious until my roommate, we'll call her Whitney Jackson (inside joke, deal.), signed up for eharmony.  Now she didn't just sign up and create a profile.  This was the real deal.  She paid money for it.  She was actually communicating with these guys and talking about setting up dates.  Of course, I was immediately curious and wanted all of the gossip on these potential guys.  She showed me pics and profiles, emails back and forth.  She seemed to be enjoying the experience, but I informed her there was no way I would actually join up.  Plus, eharmony hates on gays, and that is just wrong.

Now if you know me, you're thinking - Haha.  K always says she won't do this or that and then her curiosity get's the better of her and we get to hear all about it.  If you don't know me, you're thinking - I bet her curiosity got the better of her, because this whole blog is about online dating and if she didn't sign up for it, then this is probably the last post.

Well, guess what!  I gave in.  It started with me just creating an innocent profile.  eharmony makes you go through a whole questionnaire process, and let's be honest, I love myself a good questionnaire.  (Btw, Was anyone else disappointed that the Census didn't want to know much more about yourself?  Yes, I am White/non-Hispanic, but I also love buffalo wings, crafts, and would like to one day own a pug.)  So once I went through all that, and was "accepted" to the site, I was sent about 7 or so matches.  (I'll break down the matching process for the different sites in a separate post for you.)

7 matches, how exciting!  Not.  Only 7 matches?  What the hell eharmony?  I thought there were thousands of people signing up for this stuff everyday; I should have a bajillion matches to sort through and ogle.  Well, not only did I receive a overwhelming 7 matches, I also couldn't view their photos.  Apparently on eharmony, one of the benefits of paying for their services, is getting to actually see who you are matched up with.

I know what you're thinking - But it's on the inside that counts!  We all lose our looks in the end, so choose someone based on their profile and not their picture! 

Trust me, I've tried to put looks aside (plenty of posts to come on that point), and that is complete and utter bullshit.  Let's face it.  Looks do matter, and if you say they don't, you're just trying to make yourself and others think that you're a better person.  Sorry.

Ok, back to signing up...  So I could only read these guys' profiles and of course I wanted to know what they looked like when I began receiving messages from them.  What if I was missing out and one of these guys was the elusive "Tall, Dark & Handsome" (TDandH)???  The love of my life could be messaging me right then and there, and I would never know it because I was too cheap (and embarrassed) to sign up.  THIS IS HOW THEY SUCK YOU IN!!

The rationalizing side of me took over, as usual, and decided that if I could find a good online coupon (again, I am Jewish - It's allowed!), I would do it.  Well wouldn't you know, there was a good online coupon.  There I was, officially a paying member of the eharmony community.  I had joined the thousands of other singletons, humming "This Will Be," as I began clicking through pictures and analyzing profiles.