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Hi, I'm Danielle (a writer, digital marketer, casual runner, and whatever other labels you want to pick and choose from). I have a sneaking suspicion that it'll be a while until I publish my first best seller, so in the meantime, here are my thoughts on everything.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Matchmaker matchmaker, make me a ... ?

So I signed up for Match.com last night. I had (and have) been using the free service, OkCupid, but I think that Match might have a couple of advantages or benefits over OkCupid, despite its costs (it's $108 total for the premium account for 6 months, or $102 if you get the second tier account, or you can pay something like $35 for one month or something a little more than $18 but less than $35 per month for 3 months).

Though the cost can be seen as a potential drawback - I actually see this as a good thing for a couple of reasons:


  1. It means that the person must have at least a little money to spend on this, so there's no freeloaders or people without jobs.
  2. People with money are generally employable - which means that other people (and not cats) also like this person.
  3. They're interested in actually pursuing a relationship with someone they meet online (unless they don't mind throwing money away) whereas on a free site, you tend to find a lot of flakes who aren't necessarily as sure about putting a foot in the water of online dating.


I'm sure there are other perks that I haven't noticed just yet - but I'm ready to get back in the dating game so I'm hoping that I can meet some interesting people, and sooner rather than later would be nice.

And if I don't meet anyone in 6 months, I can get another 6 months free. But I'm not so sure that this is a guarantee for my benefit, or a subtle way of telling me that if I can't find someone in 6 months, it's because I suck.

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