# What can I expect from Match.com? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-expect-from-match-com/332161 "2005-11-21T22:42:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-expect-from-match-com/332161/21 "2005-11-23T20:18:29Z")
I’ve tried it but never gotten anything worth making me want to join. Last summer I joined e-harmony hoping it would be better. I got a dozen matches, but only one of those resulted in e-mail contact(And after two e-mails, the girl stopped responding for no reason at all). I let my subscription lapse at the end of three months and quit. I had been againest paying for dating sites before and broke with convention just this once. Now I can see that my earlier reluctence to pay was justified. There’s just no point in paying for no results when I can get the same thing in real life for free. ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-expect-from-match-com/332161/22 "2005-11-30T15:19:24Z")
Holy crap. This could end up being the best $80 I ever spent. I’m really enjoying meeting new people. In fact, my first date (who I ended up going out with twice) and I acknowledged that there wasn’t a romantic spark, but we’d like to be friends anyway. Not that there’s a lack of romantic spark, mind you. I just met somebody really cool and can’t wait to go out with her again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-expect-from-match-com/332161.md?page=1)