For a little departure from kid-themed posts, here is one that is centered on adults, namely Joe and I.
I don’t want to trivialize the role online dating has done. Some people have been quite successful finding their mates online and that’s awesome. But I can do without the lovey-dovey e-harmony commercials.
Joe and I have been married for nearly 10 years (anniversary in October). I have yet to convince him that we need to see if e-harmony would match us or if they would match us with other people. He thinks I’m nuts each time I see these silly commercials on TV and I say, “Why don’t we each put our profile online and see if we find each other?” Perhaps he thinks we won’t be paired up, but I curious to see if what I value as MFEO is the same as e-harmony’s version of MFEO. (MFEO – Made for each other – from the movie Sleepless in Seattle).
Do they base any of it on astrology? Joe and I are both Capricorns (birthdays one day apart). Usually same-sign people aren’t meant to be. I’m not an expert on astrology, but I know that Capricorns make better mates with signs of Virgo and Taurus, not that this has been my experience (although, I will say that we do not pair well with Geminis, but that could just be me). Judging from the commercials, I doubt e-harmony bases their matchability on the stars.
But I’m still curious. I want to know if Joe and I are compatible. We didn’t go through a dating service to see if we’d make a good fit. We met the old fashioned way – by working together and arguing. (I was always right, btw. Still am.) We didn’t have to fill out a personality form to have it read by a third party person who analyzed out answers. Knowing Joe, he’d probably make a few things up just to screw up the system.
Instead, we actually dated (and worked together and argued) and got to know each other that way. It was “true love” when he wrote “I’m with stupid” with an arrow pointing at me on the paper tablecloth at Macaroni Grill.
That’s the kind of match you can’t make online.
But I’m still curious. I want to know if Joe and I are compatible. We didn’t go through a dating service to see if we’d make a good fit. We met the old fashioned way – by working together and arguing. (I was always right, btw. Still am.) We didn’t have to fill out a personality form to have it read by a third party person who analyzed out answers. Knowing Joe, he’d probably make a few things up just to screw up the system.
Instead, we actually dated (and worked together and argued) and got to know each other that way. It was “true love” when he wrote “I’m with stupid” with an arrow pointing at me on the paper tablecloth at Macaroni Grill.
That’s the kind of match you can’t make online.
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