Should You Try Internet Dating Through eHarmony?

By Dr. Judy Gay, published Sep 21, 2007
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We have all seen the EHarmony internet dating commercials. They seem to be on incessantly. "If you are looking for the love of your life. join EHarmony " they say. The founder of EHarmony claims that thier personality profile will aid you in finding someone particularly compatible. EHarmony commercials feature couples who describe " instantly clicking" through internet dating and credit the fact that EHarmony "matched them psycholgically". Is It worth it to join EHarmony or should you choose nother internet dating site? Can you expect to have the same experience as those couples? Naturally there is no internet dating site that offers a guarantee, but will you have a better chance if you choose to look through EHarmony's internet dating site?

I am going to relay my own experience and the experience of two of my friends as well. you can use them to draw your own conclusions. But the three of us are very certain about how we feel about internet dating through EHarmony.

Prices: You can try internet dating by joining Match.com or Yahoo personals for substantially less than EHarmony. EHarmony works out to be hundreds of dollars a year. EHarmony is by far the most expensive internnet dating site. If you would like to pay no fee at all you can join plentyoffish.com., which truly is a free site.

Now you may feel the price is not really a consideration when one is talking about finding the love of your life. But even if money is no object, it seems to me, it only makes sense to pay more to EHarmony if your chances are actually improved by doing so. I am sure EHarmony has created a number of successful couples. It is a site that markets itself to those who Are seeking serious relationhips, not casual dating. Nonetheless, no matter what site one chooses, it is possible to see what type of relationship the one who interests you seeks..Obvioulsy if you are looking for something serious every site will have a certain number of people who's ads display " looking for long term" and you could focus on meeting them. You do not have to try internet dating through EHarmony to find people who are serious about finding someone.

Takeaways
  • E Harmony is the most expensive internet dating site.
  • E Harmony sends only a handful of matches and then many, right before membership expires.
  • There is no evidence that E Harmony is responsible for more than the average number of relatioships.
Did You Know?
E Harmony ignores whatever preferences you specify, in terms of age and distance.
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