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lyndsmar, wrote :

I am vibrant and have a lot of energy, so typically someone my age or a little younger, couple of years older seems to be well-suited for me. I am not looking for a Daddy at all.........

I'll be polite and assume such a prejudicial statement was made out of ignorance rather than elitism or malice. I've known college students who were in supposedly good shape who cannot pull as many all-nighters in a year of class that I've been known to pull in a 4-6 week period at my age. I'm often frustrated because even the younger women at ballroom dance parties can't keep up with me on the dance floor and have found that only the two studio owners can outpace me in the number of lessons and events I go to -- and I know retired people that make me look lazy. I know someone who bicycled across the entire U.S. after she retired!


Age often has very little effect on how active people are. If you want to date a younger person, that's fine, but just because someone's older doesn't make them "Daddy" and many of them may have schedules that would make you exhausted.
- August 25th, 2008, 05:31 pm
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I've been pretty happy with my matches. I've been on since March or so - around 600 matches. I've met 6 of them. OC with 20 or so. Generally speaking, they've been great guys. I've gotten along with them very well. However I always have to ask myself, do I want to make-out with this guy? If I'm not quite sure, I'll date them 3 or 4 times. But then it seems unfair to continue if I'm not feeling it. For me, just being a "good man" isn't enough. And really, don't you want your partner to be just as passionate about you as you are about them?
- August 25th, 2008, 05:52 pm
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Fair point, DoA. My personal issue with my own matches has not been because of age; it's been because of lack of common interests oreducational level. Or, often, they've been religious fundamentalists (I think eH just matches people who both say "God" in their profiles, whether or not they have anything else in common), who won't date a woman pastor anyway, so we shouldn't really be matched.
- August 25th, 2008, 05:56 pm
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opal45 wrote :

I'm just getting back onto eH so it remains to be seen. But I understand what you're saying. My issue is height. I can't tell you how many men under 5'8" I was sent whenpreferences stated 5'10" - 6'3" and it was extremely important. That really frustrated me before and I hope things are better this time around. Isuppose they feel the eH profile should win out but I still have a strong preference when it comes to the physical side.


I guess the burden is on our side to weed out the "misfits".
Ye be missing the point of love on the high seas if the length of a man's distance between a man's boots and hat is more important than the size of the treasure in his heart.





Height ain't nothing but a number, lass.
- August 25th, 2008, 06:25 pm
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Most of the matches I get are flexible matching. I I might consider that option if their profiles came close to mine. One of my matches wanted a princess falling from the sky. Another had a beautiful gal sitting on his lap. He said making love most important to him I know my age has something to do with having so few potential matches. I guess EH is sending me what they consider the cream of the crop.
- August 27th, 2008, 05:07 am
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brettlwin wrote :

I look over these boards and read the women complaints. The fact is that American women want A God and anyone not meeting their standards, is closed out. I know many great single men with high incomes and difficulty finding women. They are not fat, but average looking. Women can't stand men that don't spell well, when they themselves can't either. They want men with great looks, when they are average looking. They want men they will completely click with them in seconds. I have traveled to 36 countries and I must say women in other places are far less demanding. I would urge you gals to travel to another country and experience life there. Your eyes will truly be opened then. The most important thing is too look is a "Good" man that will treat well and love you.
I could have written that exact same sentiment almost verbatim. Only about men. Sometimes I think the best thing these boards ever did was open my eyes to the fact that men and women share the same frustrations in trying to find someone.
- August 27th, 2008, 05:24 pm
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What if they changed their organizational structure? Like to EHFlorida, EHMassachussetts, EHColorado, EHCalifornia, etc. (They're largeenough to do that now.)Wonder if that might help a little?


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- August 27th, 2008, 07:36 pm
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MoneyHoney wrote :

I have been a member of eH for about a month. For a variety of reasons, I have usually dated men younger than me (nothing major - just 4-8 years younger usually). I was shocked at how many of my matches were much older than me - going up to 14 years older at a time in their life when they are busy with grandchildren, looking forward to retirement, etc. These sort of life events are nowhere on my horizon. I have very little in common with these men, and I am sure that there is not much in my profile that would attract them either.





I reset my age parameters to go further down in age, in hopes of getting more matches. I am not seeking men THAT much younger, and truthfully would be happy to be matches with men my age or a few years older.





I worry that men my age are getting matched with women 14 years their junior. So men in their mid 40's are getting matched with women in their early 30's. So I have little in common with the older men, and the men my age probably prefer to be with "trophy" girlfriends.





Since I am 5'9" I prefer taller men, although I certainly will not automatically "close" an interesting man who is not as tall as I would like. I am sure that many men automatically "close" me due to my height if they themselves are shorter or simply because they are not attracted to tall women in general.





Speaking of height, for those women like me who are matched to men in their 50's and 60's, pleae keep in mind that people shrink as they age and often times the height they state is from 20 or 30 years ago.





Do I somehow curse myself? It seems that the profiles that I am most attracted to (and this can just be in the email notification stage before I even look at the complete profile and photos) are from the men that close me out immediately! Most of the time these profiles are from men who are about my age, so I wonder if they close me out right away just because they have gotten so many matches with women that are a decade or two younger??







I have to share a recent experience..... I went through guided communication to the MHCS. The guy, who initiated communication btw - closed me because "I think the difference in our age is to great". We were exactly the same age!!!
- August 27th, 2008, 09:05 pm
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I often read complaints about people getting matches from outside their chosen ranges in terms of age, location, height and everything else. I guess I am extremely lucky because the only criteria which might have slightly been off for mewas height but witheverything else they have delivered adequate matches. Of course I have not been on long or found "the One" so I guess time will tell what happens and if they actually live up to the "hype" from their perfectly crafted commercials :-) It's got to be like the lottery.....some hit and most miss!
- August 28th, 2008, 12:34 pm
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I would just like to find a match who doesn't have children. I state quite firmly in my profile I do not have children nor do I want them--mine or anyone else's. Yet E-harmony keeps sending me supposed matches aho ALL have children. I would just like to see one match who doesn't have children and isn't incredibly obese.
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