I could get into a whole shallow, creepy dissertation about online dating, and that's based on a one week, experience. Don't really want to insult any honest and good men, out there(or women), but let's remember, who created match.com, and what site, he'd created prior to creating match.com. (though, just one of many online dating sites, but my experience on there, knowing how the techie hacker types can be, really got under my last nerve!) Ok, he created sex.com before founding match.com. Realized, this after doing a little research, when those tech types switched around my profile photo..thanks you depraved creepy tech dude(or hey, dudette) over there...went for the shot that shows my curvy body, over the profile photo, that it clearly requested...
Then, to lure you into paying, they plant one, right into your inbox, gotta pay to have that thing open, right. First thought, was ooh, ok, I'll see what this one has to say. yeah...it was a name, doesn't meet the face and if he didn't understand what I meant, when I asked, if he did any salsa dancing, then clearly, all is not as it appears((don't mean to trigger anyone with paranoia, in this one, do I need a trigger happy button?)) he didn't seem to know what I meant. Then, I had another one, like that, who then, double emails me, you know, the type that emails go back and forth, well, he skipped a turn and double emailed hoping he wasn't offending me?! huh?1 what?! yeah, clingy insecure dude, I'm all set. Salsa? huh, what is that?

Then the ones that ignored my profile, entirely, I hate feeling unheard, kwim? It's a huge 'need', soooooo, that didn't fly. I mentioned an ideal date would be you know, taking in a ball game? Do you think, any of these, at this point, trolls of theirs that keep the money rolling in with a little attention, bothered, suggesting that? No. E-mail, I wrote, let's see...then pops out, the Hi, how's your day, my day is swell, bye, ttyl, for a few days...

Oooohhhh, bEST PART?!?! My ex husband, get's matched up with ME?! His Ex Wife!! Good job, there, fantastic match!! woot woot(<---spoken dryly, with tons of sarcasm)

When he and I were on friendly terms, before the summer jealous rage fall out, he told me, there was crud there, too.

So, um, maybe it's a matter of riding it out, spending your dollars?? Just to have some trolls taunt you, for what? To get you to try harder to appeal to their perversions? see what I mean?

There's got to be a better way, and this in no way, takes away from anyone reading who has had any ounce of success, on these places. I just remind myself, where the creative genius originated from.