Cue the cheesy music and the couples walking hand and hand down the beach or cuddling on the couch. Yes, my husband and I are an annoying eHarmony success story. Although I choose to think we are a whole less annoying then those couples on the commercials. But without online dating, I definitely would have never met my husband. There was no finding a man at work. You could count them on one hand and they were all too old, too young, or married. And the other places that everyone tells you to meet men, such as activity clubs, church, or at a bar do people actually meet at bars? Or at the cool places I sometimes frequented on the weekends like parks, museums, and historical homes, unless they were already on a date, that is. Although I did manage to meet my husband through online dating, over the years that I tried online dating off and on I and my other single friends came across some interesting people. Men that lied about their age, their weight, their height, the fact that they were married or had been married or had children. The ones that turned out once you met them to not have a job, a car, a drivers license, or one of their limbs. I tried a lot of dating sites. In fact as many sites as I tried, you would have thought I would have gotten a whole lot more dates. But at the beginning of 2014, after several years of no dating at all and spending a lot of time building my confidence and actually learning to like myself and what I had to offer, I set up another online dating profile. My friends and I had determined that 2014 was going to be the year of the man. And in December of 2014 I met the man that would become my husband, so apparently it worked. If something seems suspicious, check it out. They would reach out, then disappear. Go on a first date with me, then disappear. He sent me a message the next day angrily ranting about how I was overweight. I think he literally wrote down what he thought would be the worse insult to a woman. One phone call a couple dates in, after guessing my middle name, he shared with me somberly that he was psychic and saw dead people. I think Pop-Pop probably had the right idea. After my last experience with Match. Some people hate the guided communication segment, but I loved how it allowed me to flag potential deal breakers before I had invested anytime messaging with a guy. In fact, what caused me to reach out to my husband after I was matched with him was how he had thoughtfully and intelligently responded to those prompts. After a lot of dates that went nowhere on both of our parts, I came across his profile and was impressed by how articulate he was and the fact that he had just gotten back from a trip to Iceland. After messaging back and forth for a week, we spoke on the phone, and then set up our first date. I knew after the second date that he was something special. There was something comfortable and relaxed about our interactions. I knew by his choice of date activities that not only did we have similar interests, but that we both loved learning about and exploring new things. We ended up at this bizarre puppet show that we kept up a witty commentary on in whispers, showing how similar our senses of humor were and how easily he could make me laugh. It progressed faster than either one of us expected, but after experiencing relationships that were definitely not right we knew that this one was. I knew that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with this man. About eight months after we first met, he proposed , and we got married five months later, the day after my 30th birthday. My only two serious dating relationships have resulted from eHarmony, although I have friends that have had less success with it. But the second one resulted in me getting married to my husband, so I can happily say that we are an eHarmony success story, even if it may be a little cheesy. Looking for more success stories and sympathy for those online dating epic fails? Check out these books, which are a combo of both advice and memoir style storytelling. I read Data, a Love Story, around the time I was trying online dating for the last time. What weird experiences have you had while dating? The main reasons being the disasters you had mentioned above. It is rare that people find someone and it be successful through online dating. I also met my husband on eharmony. I knew almost immediately I would fall in love with him. A true testimonial is that my brother was very skeptical my marriage would work because hubby and I were engaged after only 1 month of dating. My brother describes my husband and me as a great time — and we are! I am currently in communication with a man on Eharmony I like alot. I have more dating nightmares than most people I know. People tell me to stop looking and he will magically fall in my lap. Yes there are so many fake profiles on Eharmony. Guys asking for money telling sob stories. Question I have is do I go meet him after 5 weeks of communication in England.
