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MicMan wrote :
eHarmony seems to operate on geologic time.
You got that right! Ten years and still no advanced search/filtering.
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The removal of the close reasons caused me a lot of worry and some heartache recently.

I've been communicating with a long distance match outside of eHarmony and things were going really well. We've planned to meet even but are long distance so can't meet for several more weeks. It takes patience, time and a certain level of commitment to keep the communication going while we wait to meet.

But then he stopped communicating as much for a few days and coincidentally closed our match in eHarmony. I found out later when we talked again that he would have chosen that he closed because we're communicating outside of eHarmony. But that functionality was no longer available. I wouldn't have had any worries if he had been able to choose that reason.

We're back on track now as it turned out he just got really busy. But during this early stage, especially for those of us trying to keep communication open with a long distance match, while we wait until we can meet face to face, little things like this can balloon into a bigger problem.

So I would like to see eHarmony put some of the close reasons back especially the one about closing because you're communicating outside of eHarmony. I think some of the other reasons were bogus and even rude though so can see why some should go.

Also would be good to let people petition for a re-open. I've had men use this with me and it was worth the re-open since there can be misunderstandings throughout this communication process. Second chances are a good thing.
 
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Anon16 wrote :
But then he stopped communicating as much for a few days and coincidentally closed our match in eHarmony. I found out later when we talked again that he would have chosen that he closed because we're communicating outside of eHarmony. But that functionality was no longer available. I wouldn't have had any worries if he had been able to choose that reason.

We're back on track now as it turned out he just got really busy. But during this early stage, especially for those of us trying to keep communication open with a long distance match, while we wait until we can meet face to face, little things like this can balloon into a bigger problem.

So I would like to see eHarmony put some of the close reasons back especially the one about closing because you're communicating outside of eHarmony. I think some of the other reasons were bogus and even rude though so can see why some should go.
Idea: during all this communicating, the person who closed the other should tell them why they did that. Also, if you're communicating with someone you should be able to tell that they're interested, whether they've closed you on the site or not.

This is akin to checking someone's Facebook status rather than what they do in real life.

I do agree that it was dumb for them to get rid of the close reasons, but at least this one isn't a big deal since you're still in touch.
 
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