I am new in the online dating thing. I know that I am an intelligent, funny, witty, charming, and attractive woman. I was born in Mozambique (my mom, Hawaiian/Portuguese, dad Liberian). On some of the sites when asked my ethnic background I select all that apply, but on eH for example, there is very little selection you can make. If I wanted to select each of my ethnic backgrounds there is no option except other. On other dating sites that don't put emphasis on race people from other countries contact me, but it is different in the U.S.
Anyway I get very little matches, and when my gf signed up on eH after I did, and she had so many matches, good ones at that, we started working on my profile. I even wrote eH support team a letter to trouble shoot what could be missing from my profile, and although some of their suggestions were helpful, the problem remained the same. My bff suggested that maybe ppl don't select "other" in terms of ethnic background, and that maybe I should select "African American," and it was not only worse in match preference, but next to moot. So as afraid as I am to get the answer to this question, I want the answer. Is a person's race still an important factor in choosing love?
Last edited by calmascanbe; October 30,2009 at 4:47am.
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