I have a match profile and have only managed one date off of it. As a girl you'll have an easier time there but honestly, the dates will be the same. They gave me an extra six month and I'm still not happy with it. My 2 main problems with the site are that you can't know for sure if they are a paying member if they don't have a green highlighted profile and honestly, many people that signed up don't use the site, but never use their accounts anymore. As a girl you'll be getting messages obviously, but nowhere near the amount you'd get on a free site. I understand what people mean with the "Well.. paying people are going to be more serious" but honestly... they are not.
Plus I have heard the same types of stories with match that I have heard with the free sites. Married people looking for affairs, crazy people, guys only wanting to hook up buy "dating" with that intention, and so on. Plus many people on match already have a pof or OKC account so you could just message them there anyway. I don't see match surviving much longer.
I tried eharmony years ago and got a refund from it because I was not happy with the interface and they honestly go way too in depth on the "personality" thing. I can answer their same questions differently based on my mood. Plus if I recall correctly my eharmony membership was like 300 bucks for whatever amount of months. Then they were only giving me a certain amount of matches every so often and I was not allowed to browse.
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OkC and PoF should be enough for the average person if they make a flattering but honest and deep profile. But I totally understand why you would want Match.com. You want to weed out the perverts and players - and look for guys who are more serious .
I say try it out. Perhaps get the cheapest most economical options. Worst case scenario, you only have to brown-bag a lunch a few times to afford it.
I tend to notice when people are actually putting their money into joining a site,
it shows that they're that much more serious about it.
A lot of people join regular dating sites and never log in, or check their messages.
People that are actually paying out of their pocket take dating very seriously,
and are probably much more dedicated in finding a partner.
Of course, I'm not grouping everyone up in one category.
There are people on the sites that you mentioned (okcupid, plenty of fish), that do take dating seriously,
but it's much more harder to find someone like that on those sites.
I think you should go for it!
And see how it works out.
You can cancel at anytime if you dislike it.
Match is not a bad site to meet people. The price is a little steep but I know a lot of people that have sucess on it and find people of their dreams
The website has nothing to do with your success or lack there of. Everything will solely depend on the men you meet.
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i'd say of the dating sites match.com and eharmony.com are the best for people looking for more serious relationships.
i thnk POF especially but also okcupid seem to attract more people looking for casual relationships or nsa kind of stuffGo for eHarmony...The others are like looking through a yearbook. eHarmony will only show your profile to people you match and vice versa. So you don't have to worry about people randomly looking you up etc...
Give it a shot, also tre eharmony and christianmingle
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