D_Swimmer is offline D_Swimmer Post #1  February 27,2009, 2:58pm
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Hi all. I'm new to eHarmony but not new to the DC metro area. Been here going on 8 years. Nothing but bad luck with dating. Rarely meet someone I want to spend time with. And men never come up and just start talking to me or ask me out. How has eHarmony worked out for you all? Granted, I've only been part of it for a week, but I've had NO responses to my initial questions to about 10 different guys. What's the deal?
 
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hawkeyetexan is offline hawkeyetexan Post #2  February 28,2009, 4:27pm

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E-harmony has been a slight disappointment to me, as I keep getting matched with women from PA, NC, or OH -- instead of VA, DC, and MD, as I specified. I was hoping to meeting a quality woman there, since some of the ones I run into here want to just go to parties and bars. I like both every once in a while, but not all the time.


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three_eyes is offline three_eyes Post #3  March 3,2009, 9:11am
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D_Swimmer, wrote :

Hi all. I'm new to eHarmony but not new to the DC metro area. Been here going on 8 years. Nothing but bad luck with dating. Rarely meet someone I want to spend time with. And men never come up and just start talking to me or ask me out. How has eHarmony worked out for you all? Granted, I've only been part of it for a week, but I've had NO responses to my initial questions to about 10 different guys. What's the deal?
Non-paying members. A 5% response rate is probably doing well. Less than 1% of your matches will get to dates. Check the main "using eharmony" site and you'll find lots of threads about this. Good luck!
 
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catrease is offline catrease Post #4  April 6,2009, 5:47am
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I've also been on EH for a few weeks. VERY disappointed. I don't think EH matches me with the kind of guys I like - personality-wise. And very few matches respond to my communication.
 
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skater_man is offline skater_man Post #5  April 10,2009, 6:45pm
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Folks eH can be good or bad. I guess it depends on your expectations and how quickly you expect things to happen. I have been on eH for a little while and found that it takes time to go through the process. Give it some time.
 
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tiara2161 is offline tiara2161 Post #6  September 1,2009, 10:03pm
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Hi there, I've been using eHarmony on and off for about 5 years (I'm referring to the offical site that you have to pay for - not eHarmony advice). eHarmony doesn't work that fast. There is a trade off. You pay more $ than you would for other online dating services, but in return you get people who are more serious about finding someone. On other websites, you can find someone quickly (within a couple hours) who is just looking for a one night stand or just wants to party, that is your choice. Depending on what I'm looking for, I have had good luck with either of them. But you have to wait more than one week for results eHarmony - you have to decide if it is worth the wait.
 
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dancergrrl is offline dancergrrl Post #7  September 10,2009, 12:05pm
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Been on eH for over a year and no luck at all. Guys close me out right and left and never respond to my first communication. Honestly beginning to wonder....
 
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Dafearon is offline Dafearon Post #8  September 10,2009, 1:17pm
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EH is one of those luxuries that if you can afford it, keep it. If you can't, drop it.

You never know if you'll meet someone off of here or not until you try. And when you do try, you never know if that next match you communicate with is the one you will actually have sparks.

Me, personally, as of now, its worked for me. I met someone off of here who I can see marrying. We've been together for three years (but there was a break in the middle). I can pretty much say with certainty that I will marry this woman.

Oh, btw, this match, had a very basic profile and no photo when i started communicating with her. Just FYI, you never know.
 
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