So I looked around at the other sites besides match.com and now I'm really put off. It was bad enough feeling like a "commodity" as I tried to write a description that might "sell" me. But reading through profiles was depressing. Why do people still say cliched things like "I'm a great catch," a phrase from the 1950s, as if dating were a sporting event? Why do some women trick themselves up like hookers for their profile photo? Why do some over 50 men take pictures of themselves shirtless and post it on the Internet? No dignity?
And why does EVERYONE say that they "look 10-15 years younger" and "act young" and of course they want to date someone who looks and acts young too. What's wrong with acting and looking one's age? And everyone seems to have a "great life" and is SO happy with themselves but now they need a girlfriend/wife to complete the picture. It's like they all read each other's profile and decided that's what they had to write too.
How do you tolerate paging through all these profiles to find someone that might be compatible? It's like taking on another incredibly boring part-time job.
Well, I guess Internet dating is not my venue. Good to know.