# Match.com (Dating sites) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 13, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-com-dating-sites/714934 "2015-03-13T21:08:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-com-dating-sites/714934/21 "2015-03-14T00:52:32Z")
I had one date on Match. Four years later we live together. That’s typical right? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-com-dating-sites/714934/22 "2015-03-14T02:44:36Z")
> [@Stuffy](#): > > Sure. For various reasons (most being I’m a busy nerd) I’m on a hiatus of dating right now but I typically would make two per week, one mid-week and one weekend. Sometimes this would be Friday and Saturday. I could get laid at will if I was a shitty dude; however I’ve become something of a sapiosexual. How many women did you (and **Lamar** , too) have to write to to get those two (or four, or six) dates? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-com-dating-sites/714934/23 "2015-03-14T03:33:22Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > How many women did you (and **Lamar** , too) have to write to to get those two (or four, or six) dates? Maybe a dozen. Half contacted me and asked me out. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-com-dating-sites/714934/24 "2015-03-14T05:13:20Z")
When I was on [match.com](http://match.com) I dated almost weekly. I stayed within 5 years of my age mot of the time. Overall I had a good experience. No major disasters and only a few horrible dates. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-com-dating-sites/714934/25 "2015-03-14T17:22:01Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Maybe a dozen. Half contacted me and asked me out. Same here, almost word for word what I would have said. In fact I believe most contacted me first. My main issues tended to be distance, probably because I live in Stockton. Most of my best matches tended to be 40-70 miles away so things would tend to peter out if I couldn’t make time. Also, women tend to want men to take to lead on making the date. This was harder for me when my date was in the major city and I had to research meeting places from a distance. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-com-dating-sites/714934/26 "2015-03-14T18:05:03Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Maybe a dozen. Half contacted me and asked me out. > [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > When I was on [match.com](http://match.com) I dated almost weekly. > [@Stuffy](#): > > Same here, almost word for word what I would have said. Someday I have got to figure out how you guys do this. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-com-dating-sites/714934/27 "2015-03-14T19:05:36Z")
Joined Match summer of 2003. Had the good luck of two to three dates per week, then had the great luck to meet Mrs. Devil; we’re very busy living happily ever after. ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-com-dating-sites/714934/28 "2015-03-14T19:39:35Z")
Met my boyfriend on match. We’ve been dating for a year. Best relationship I’ve ever had. I’m 54 and I live in a college town so there’s no way I was going to meet anyone. He is a firefighter and is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-com-dating-sites/714934/29 "2015-03-14T20:54:02Z")
I think being honest and realistic is the best course to take. If you are a game player with a concience it won’t work out well because you will have plenty of opportunity to play the game but you will hear about it afterward. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-com-dating-sites/714934/30 "2015-03-15T01:49:21Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Someday I have got to figure out how you guys do this. Ditto. Maybe we need a SDMB dating thread… …oh, scratch that! ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-com-dating-sites/714934/31 "2015-03-15T02:35:43Z")
The first this afternoon was a no-show (coffee). Tonight was a real dinner. I had a bit of a bad attitude going in, but it was freaking awesome! Not in that way, you pervs. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-com-dating-sites/714934/32 "2015-03-15T03:16:59Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Maybe we need a SDMB dating thread… It’s been tried. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-com-dating-sites/714934/33 "2015-03-15T03:50:19Z")
I noticed a woman making eyes at me today so I smiled and politely said “hello” in platonic acknowledgement. She drove by a minute later in a white cargo van and held up a pizza box and said “want a slice?” They warned me about this sort of interaction in elementary school during the 80’s so I ran away and hid. She didn’t recreationally vivisect me in the windowless murdering chamber which was surely set up in the back of the van. I consider that a win. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-com-dating-sites/714934.md?page=1)