With technology evolving more and more every day, it’s becoming harder and harder to meet people face to face. I think I have more friends (that I’ve never met in person) on my Facebook and Twitter pages than face-to-face acquaintances. I was having lunch with a married friend a few years ago. We’ll call her Saphyre.
Saphyre forked a lettuce leaf, but stopped the motion with her fork inches from her open mouth. Her eyes grew wide, and she let a squeal out. I jumped back dropping my spoon full of tomato soup back into the bowl.
“I have a great idea of how you can meet a man.” Saphyre placed her fork down and leaned across the table.
“How?” I sat poised, ready for this secret that would forever change my pitiful single status.
“You need to sign up for…”
Hold up! Anything that starts with a sign-up means it will incur a purchase for my credit card.
Already, I feel my mind rejecting Saphyre’s solution.
“Online dating. A lot of my friends have had lots of luck.” Saphyre nodded and went back to her salad.
Later that night, I thought about Saphyre’s suggestion. Maybe it wasn’t a bad idea. I went in search of the perfect online dating site.
· Christian Mingle
· EHarmony
· Plenty of Fish
These were my top three choices. I started with Christian Mingle because it was, well Christian. I thought this would be the best choice to find a God-loving man. I filled out all the information, uploaded my photo, paid my membership fee (that’s the only way to send and receive messages), and began searching profiles for the perfect match. I sent out my little winks and waited for a reply. Let me preface this by saying, this may work for many people, and more power to them.
I exchanged a few messages with potential dates, but never got as far as meeting them offline. At first, things seemed great. They were typing all the things I wanted to hear, but when I read further into their messages, I found something I didn’t like.
I ran into the same problem that I have in meeting guys face-to-face. They weren’t interested in serious relationship, they had no interest in their relationship with God, or they want to only date a supermodel.
I don’t blame the guys for the second problem. I browsed the female profiles, and I soon found that photo shop was their best friend. They were setting these guys up for failure. Needless to say, Christian Mingle was not the right fit for me. Just because it has Christian in the title, doesn’t mean only Christians flock to the site.
Next week, I will be discussing my adventures on EHarmony.
Saphyre forked a lettuce leaf, but stopped the motion with her fork inches from her open mouth. Her eyes grew wide, and she let a squeal out. I jumped back dropping my spoon full of tomato soup back into the bowl.
“I have a great idea of how you can meet a man.” Saphyre placed her fork down and leaned across the table.
“How?” I sat poised, ready for this secret that would forever change my pitiful single status.
“You need to sign up for…”
Hold up! Anything that starts with a sign-up means it will incur a purchase for my credit card.
Already, I feel my mind rejecting Saphyre’s solution.
“Online dating. A lot of my friends have had lots of luck.” Saphyre nodded and went back to her salad.
Later that night, I thought about Saphyre’s suggestion. Maybe it wasn’t a bad idea. I went in search of the perfect online dating site.
· Christian Mingle
· EHarmony
· Plenty of Fish
These were my top three choices. I started with Christian Mingle because it was, well Christian. I thought this would be the best choice to find a God-loving man. I filled out all the information, uploaded my photo, paid my membership fee (that’s the only way to send and receive messages), and began searching profiles for the perfect match. I sent out my little winks and waited for a reply. Let me preface this by saying, this may work for many people, and more power to them.
I exchanged a few messages with potential dates, but never got as far as meeting them offline. At first, things seemed great. They were typing all the things I wanted to hear, but when I read further into their messages, I found something I didn’t like.
I ran into the same problem that I have in meeting guys face-to-face. They weren’t interested in serious relationship, they had no interest in their relationship with God, or they want to only date a supermodel.
I don’t blame the guys for the second problem. I browsed the female profiles, and I soon found that photo shop was their best friend. They were setting these guys up for failure. Needless to say, Christian Mingle was not the right fit for me. Just because it has Christian in the title, doesn’t mean only Christians flock to the site.
Next week, I will be discussing my adventures on EHarmony.