Canasta On Line

A few years ago, I had three friends who all roommates. None of them had boyfriends stable, and they do not meet all those they consider seriously dating. It seemed logical to give online dating a try. It does not cost very much so, and it seemed that this other thing to do in relation to the traditional blind date fix-ups that we all experience (and without much success).

Susan and Michelle signed with the same online dating service, while Jen tried another. On weekends, when we had coffee and bagels together, we inevitably had time to watch their dating sites. Sometimes I sat next to Susan as we scroll through hundreds of guys eligible. Sometimes I want to see who was looking at Michelle and we would sit and go through "his" guys. Not one to play favorites, from time to time I look over the shoulder of Jen and check the guy who thought she was hot. And then I wondered if all guys who have joined these dating services online is sitting around with their friends as they clicked by women on dating sites. It was just a thought.

At that time there were fewer people in the database dating as there are now (or as many dating sites profess they have in their databases) so that it was not days and days to decide who you may want to "meet." It was pretty fun. I was completely anonymous, invisible if you want, and watching a bunch of guys mine seemed to have good brain.

I was very enjoy life on this endless road dating innumerable "places" to stop and explore, but vicariously. Filled with a sense of infallibility and excitement, if you "place" does not meet our expectations, we turn to another in seconds. And if I was still hesitant to actually try for me, I have been slowly warming to the idea that online dating might not be such a bad idea.

For a while, I lived vicariously through my friends. But as months passed, and after hearing about the sometimes hilarious, sometimes stomach turning, sometimes totally mind numbing adventures of my friends meet their potential Mr. Rights in cyberspace in person I decided to take a chance and venture into the mine.

I tried matchmaker.com just before they have undergone a metamorphosis. I met very nice people, but I have a long term relationship out of it to start. It was money well spent. But two years later that relationship ended (it was a

mutual thing, really).

Right now, matchmaker had been sold to a company that really mega screwed up that the original founders came with matchmaker. I was ready to date again, but wondered how I would meet people. Should I call my Aunt Helen and her friends play canasta? Talk to my agent to hear more newly single brother? Notify me of colleagues and friends to be on the lookout? No, none of the answers were going to work for me.

It did not take long for me to decide that it was off to the races, and back to online dating. I did my homework, loads of on-the-line dating sites until I decide on one that I'm a member base filled with the kind of people I want to respond. With a full tank, a clear vision of where I went, I was ready to go, pumped with an emotion that I had not felt in years!

So go ahead, take a chance. What have you got to lose?