Sure, but eHarmony is, or was at least, heavily geared toward religious folks. Not sure if they still do it, but they used to make people put their religious affiliation in the profile and agnostic/atheist wasn’t an option.
Yep. Why I never got through their questionnaire.
I agree with those on here who said eHarmony is geared more toward serious relationships. I found the girls I met from that site to be more like I thought they would be. Religion wasn’t really a factor at all, for any of the girls, or me. I put Catholic, because I was baptized Catholic, but I haven’t gone to church in years, and think religion is kinda silly to begin with.
The questionairre seems to turn alot of flakes off, which I kind of like about it.
I don’t think OKC was around when I was dating, but I assume it is like Match - a total crapshoot. Never know what you are gonna get. With Match, the girl I met was frequently 20-50 pounds heavier than her picture.
From what I remember, the smarter girls I dated tended to come from eHarmony as well. Take that for what it’s worth. Sample size of 30-40 overall.
> 20. Cool! We can use the z-table. 
I think you use z at greater than 30, bchad… Anyways, that’s my finance or stats related post for the quarter…
Yeah you’re right. The consensus is it’s 30, though there is no hard dividing line. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a borderline case where it matters much and quite a while since I taught the stuff too.
I think the number 20 stuck in my mind because of the rule of thumb that you can diversify most of your ideosyncratic risk with about 20 stocks across varied sectors and sizes, since that’s a rule I use a lot more frequently.
Good thread on online dating. Numi you still dating dimes?
I’ve been dating someone I met off OkCupid for a year now. I think the new new is Tinder and it’s WAY more mainstream.
yall need to watch this show…funniest ish on tv after impractical jokers
http://www.bravotv.com/online-dating-rituals-of-the-american-male
Haha, yeah man…only one dime for me though. I was planning to be on a wild streak and bring home some fresh catch every weekend, but ended up meeting someone that managed to tame the beast in me. Imagine that!
I’m happy with being in a stable relationship, but definitely live vicariously through some of my single friends who seem to be tearin’ it up out there. How about you buddy…did you ever hit up online dating? I bet you’d have some pretty good war stories, if so.
I have a first date on Tuesday with this new hot blond chick who I found on okcupid. I feel like most of the chicks on there in my area are either teachers or nurses. Not that I have anything inherently against those occupations, but teachers don’t make much money and nurses have annoying to work with schedules.
The funniest is all the chicks that think they have their sh!t together because they dont take the bus (anymore) and are going to beauty/salon school or whatever.
Also, tons of pics of chics shooting guns in Socal (wtf?) and dinosaur usernames ie “Sarah-saurus”.
Also #2, I was in AZ for spring training a couple weeks ago- the tinder talent their is unreal. Should’ve gone to ASU
^ yeah ASU has an incredibly hot girl population. Google pictures from the undie run they have every year…
I also ended up exiting the single life a bit earlier than expected via okcupid. I think Numi has a pretty good read on the situation in terms of what girls are looking for. I’ll add a bit to it by saying a lot of the good girls usually don’t last so I’d be relatively active. Also, this is “you get what you put in” kind of thing. I’d also make a point of getting into shape first since people seem to be very superficial when it comes to online.
From my experience / talking to others I get this impression (I only used 2 but tried more):
eHarmony - This is fasttrack to marriage. Some girls think about life with you when meeting you supposedly. Never used it so can’t comment much more.
match.com/okcupid - “buffet” style which means a lot of grinding. Since everyone can see everyone else on these sites which means girls getting their inboxes flooded and being pickier as a result. On the guys side it means a lot more messages. I personally liked okcupid due to its layout and your ability to actually kinda know what they’re like/interests are before meeting. These sites can be both long term and for hookups.
tinder - This is hookup only. Guys can basically accept all girls and then see which choose them since girls seem to be super selective here. If you’re “hot” it should be relatively straightforward. I don’t hear as much about this site from guys but I know of a few girls that have hooked up with guys from this site and get into fwb situations.
coffee meets bagel - Don’t know much about how effective it is but I liked the way it worked and it helped highlight my school and height. Seemed very low key. Got some matches but didn’t bother since I was almost in relationship status w/ current girl. I liked the filter variables.
hinge - I just didn’t like this. I don’t think it was designed well.
Googled and it was not what I was thinking it was.
I was thnking of signing up for okc today. Let’s see if any dimes have jungle fever.
^ when I was up in NYC last summer I spent a few minutes cruising the local okc takent. Incredible compared to home! Hot chicks errywhere.
Well, teachers have most of the summer-time off. From what my friends that have dated teachers have told me, teachers can be eager to please if you know what I’m saying.
^Agreed on the “teachers are eager to please”. I’ve had enough to know.
And I’m married to a teacher now. There’s no better profession if you you’re gonna have kids and she’s gonna work.
We’ll see what happens. I ripped it up hard on Friday. Like one of the hardest nights of 2014. Saturday morning as I was nursing my hangover, I got to thinking I’m getting too old for this ish. It would be nice to actually ‘date’ someone for more than a few nights.