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Part 2
No, I'm not on Smooch... another one. This particular dating website provides various updates. It will tell you if someone looks at your profile. I was informed that user #151837381 had viewed my profile. I clicked the number and only found out that he was 73 -- too old for me. I didn't want to look after an old man. I wasn't interested. He hadn't posted a picture or any other information yet, but I didn't care.
The next day I had a Skype text message from my soon-to-be-ex-husband. The one who told me he "needed space" on July 5, and by July 30, told me he was "done." He was "head-over-heels" in love with a woman who worked for him. He was sure she loved him back. He was happier than he'd ever been.
"Turkey's are done, my dear. People are finished." -- I failed to say to him at the time.
The Skype text said, "I see you checked me out on ...name of dating website.
#holyshitski I said to myself. I immediately went onto the site and blocked him from contacting me or seeing my profile. In the process, I noticed that the dating website had assessed our compatibility as 100%. His description of what he was looking for was a description of me.
"She must be curious about the world, continually ask questions, and love to explore and to laugh."
Funny about the questions - he's a big fan of my blog which some of you know is called lil's book of questions.
Bottom line: The girlfriend dumped him.
Great post! Online dating in general sometimes unfairly gets a bad wrap, but most people don't realize that over 40% of new relationships world-wide are started ONLINE! There are a lot of good paid sites, and a few great free ones if you know where to look. For those who are more interested in Asian singles, the best truly free site we've found is www.Filipino4U.com There are also some good paid sites like Match or eHarmony if you are willing to pay monthly fees.
You can also add 'spanish' as a keyboard, and use what's usually the 'm' key. Plus it spellchecks your español, which is pretty nifty if you mix up B and V or forget accents :)
http://www.asciitable.com/ Hold the alt key down, then on your num pad type 164 If nothing pops up, hold the alt key then type 0164 on the num pad. ñ boom, there you go. the degree symbol ° is 248!
It would be pretty to think so, francopoli, our protoplanetary dreamer. Are you on a mobile device with a number pad? I recall the earliest IBM clone keyboards had a number pad on the right, separate from the keyboard. Is that what you speak of? I tried it with my number row and my alt key .... I got zero, ziltch, nada.
Not terribly long ago I found myself on a dating site after a 5 year relationship. One of the first people to come up was my ex. With a compatibility rating in the high 90s. After blocking her I went on a series of dates with other ladies that the site had assessed a high rating, and every one of those dates was merely meh. Then a lady came along with a compatibility rating in the low 80s and we hit it off immediately and are now engaged!
Dan Ariely did some research on online dating and was able to prove succinctly that speed dating is a lot more effective at finding compatible people... and even more so, a social activity in which you must interact over a shared experience. The shared activity is actually a really strong indicator - the tests they ran basically had two people connected via text chat observing abstract shapes in speed dating rounds with no other information. If both partners of the conversation wanted to meet the other, they were introduced. Amazingly enough, this form of dating produced the most short-term dating prospects and the most longer-term relationships. FUN FACT: Both eHarmony and Match.com use Meyers-Briggs, but eHarmony goes for similarity while Match goes for opposites. Kinda shows that the whole algorithmic thing is kind of the wrong approach.
#holyshitski I said to myself. I immediately went onto the site and blocked him from contacting me or seeing my profile. In the process, I noticed that the dating website had assessed our compatibility as 100%. His description of what he was looking for was a description of me. Happened to a bud of mine as he left a relationship of 6 years. After lots of beer and a little talk, we figured it's because they've been together day in and day our for so long that that's all he really knew in a woman. Given time apart, time to find himself, he'd find maybe he had different needs. The same is probably true for you."I see you checked me out on ...name of dating website.