Do you think the eHarmony commercial stories are true?

I Know I won't get the best answer cause that guy practically wrote a book over what I was going to say! lol. my mom was single for 5 years after my Dad walked out. she got tired of the dating scene and being introduced to singles through her friends. Eharmony was a real good way for her to introduce herself without spending time with every guy she was interested in. she was able to weed out the creeps in weeks and met my step-dad jack. my brothers and I had to grill the guy and he was really great with teens. after a year of dating my mom got married to jack and they kick ass! I really think if your looking to get hitched to try that website. its not for casual dating. its for people who are sick of dating bullshit and want someone who will love them completely. just make sure your honest with your information. Good luck. Hope there is a happily ever after like my moms.

The best is always highlighted. Can't be thought of as the occurrence for the average eHarmony user

Yes, I was there for a three month subscription from Oct to Dec this past year. I had about 300 matches and about 200 of them were either ended by me or the other match before any communication. Just no physical click (from pics) or the profile wasn't working for either of us.

However, of the other 100 (and I'm using round numbers here) I started open communication (their term) with about 30 of these. Some ended fairly quickly, others went on for weeks. The biggest problem was distance and all of these ended because of this. But I did meet a lot of great women.

Near the end of my subscription, I did meet one match and we hit it off great. Talked for hours on the phone and IM. We did meet in February past and it was like meeting an old friend. We hit it off instantly. We already knew through our earlier talks that we were compatible but HAD to meet to confirm the physical attraction. Needless to say, it was there and we have been talking ever since. And making plans to be together.

The distance is a major issue as we have significant plans to make in order to be together. Actually, I had my site settings as North America while hers were set within 300 km. The match shouldn't have happened but it did. Fated? I don't know. Maybe the site thought we were too good of a match not to put together:) Whatever happened, I and she are glad it did.

I actually think it's a great way to meet people that I wouldn't meet any other way. And it's becoming more popular. I really like their matching method based on compatibility factors and have to trust that they do that. I think they do. There is still caution to be made here though, as people can misrepresent themselves and there's nothing the site can do to stop that. So, you do have to use some common sense.

Anyway. EH isn't too good to be true. It's simply another way to meet people.

No. I used their site, the only way you get a match is through one of their hosts. You can't talk directly to someone without answering a laundry list of questions first. If they don't like the answer to one of your questions they can break off "communication" and you've wasted time because eHarmony will only let you "communicate" between 1-3 at a time. You can't search on your own. And before I get banned for ragging on them any more, I'll say that it's been several years since I've used them, but I won't be tempted to ever do so again based on my experiences.

Other sites where you can do your own searches can be just as bad though. You have no guarantee that the profile is real, and I think some sites actually create false profiles to contact you with so you think you're getting noticed. Or if it's not them, they don't try to stop people from contacting you that are fake, it keeps you using the site.

I dunno on how many people go on there, but I've found my guy there and we have been serious for 7 months now. True, there are a lot of weirdos and ugly people, but you find someone just fun for you there too.