Un-matched.com

I'm starting to question whether online dating is really for me. I went all out with it and purchased a subscription to one of the sites that touts its algorithm as being among the best for creating lasting relationships. It's certainly done well in terms of the sheer number of matches it's been sending my way-- but there's rarely anyone that I'm excited to hear from.

I don't know if it's due to the entire premise of meeting someone online (lacking the natural progression and build up of meeting someone randomly) or if it's the fact that there are few people on the site that I'm even remotely attracted to. Either way, it makes it hard to keep my interest in the entire notion of meeting someone online.

It doesn't help that I obsess when there's finally someone who seems somewhat normal or attractive. When they fall off the map, it seems like a fruitless endeavor. Getting rejected from someone I've never even met seems like an extreme situation and maybe one that I should pull myself out of soon. 

Maybe I've just tapped out this market? yeeeesh. That's a brutal thought. But seriously, I've found maybe 3 attractive men to date (& one of them doesn't even live in this area). I went out with 1 (hello MAL) and the other dropped off. It seems really hard to warrant keeping this up when it's so clearly going nowhere.

I have one on-going communication taking place currently and if this also fails me, I think it'll be time to pull the plug on this whole endeavor.

I need to find a better plan of attack-- more brainstorming to come tomorrow. In the interim... fingers crossed and maybe this one last shot will get me somewhere.