This site is easier to use than plentyoffish. It is easy to use and has clean clear photos/graphics.
There is a "skip" button for the multitude of dumb/stupid/invasive questions one can answer but doesn't want to bother with. At least, it did when I used it 20 months ago. My sweetheart, however, missed seeing that button. I have read that all those questions keep one connected long enough for the site to harvest data from the user's computer. But I'm not techy so have to take that one on faith.
I expect the skip button still there... but have no reason to look at the site now. My first choice fellow and I have been inseparable since the first day we met.
When I signed up for cupid, i had a "shopping list" and knew the kind of man I was looking for. I also knew what I didn't want. ("Bossy" topped that list). Some indicators require interpretation and analysis. Weight is one. Looks were not a great issue. For my age, I'm not bad looking, but personality, temperament, and weight mean more to me than looks. I wanted someone close to my own weight, because that would indicate we most likely would share food tastes and I sure as heck don't want to be cooking in fatback for one of us and olive oil for the other. As it is, I've learned to make crepes suzette and a chocolate yule log & to drink espresso. While he's learned to cook eggs over easy and bake up butternut squash--something he had ever eaten, but now loves.
The freeform profiles suited me just fine. I got a really good idea of what the man i chose was like, just from reading his personal description. Chris makes me wonder just what a "match" is supposed to look like. A checklist would have not done it for me, because it shows no flavor of a personality. I was willing to look at profiles of some men I might not have even considered. It was educational, to say the least!
I think the 'enemy' designation of a match has nothing to do with enmity, but more to do with the problems that can cause friction. Different religions, political views, attitudes toward money. A careful search and analysis of the profile might make these differences fade away in comparison to all the other issues. The fellow I met and have been with for the better part of two years will not discuss politics. Fine with me, everything else is so good, that he's my polar opposite on that issue is okay.
While my sweetheart had much in common with me, we're both immigrants and US citizens for most of our lives, had long reasonably happy marriages before being widowed, and share tastes in art, music, and foreign cultures, but the tipping point came when he posted photos of himself with his children and grandchildren... and I posted a full length photo of myself. He didn't post pix of him with his cat/dog/motorcycle/car/boat. These might help other women make a choice, but the absence of this kind of photo, helped me make mine. Once he saw my size and my 'attitude' in my photo, he was sold. We live only 50 miles apart, and plan to live at least in the same town in the future. We have our own responsibilities in life and give each other 'space' to take care of them. But isn't it interesting that we drive the same brand of auto, save for what we want, and we share kitchen chores. I bake, he barbecues. I launder, he folds. One speaks, the other finishes the thought. I write, he paints. He cherishes Vivaldi, I, Mozart. Neither of us will pay for what we can get free, provided it meets our needs. Best of all... we love... and we give OKCupid a four point oh.
Hi Em. 2ofakind has been operating online with a clean record with the BBB for over 20 years. Since the age range is set by you it is impossible to receive a match out of range. It is likely that you were looking at the Sample Profile that first shows up when you log in and load your matches. Please email us for some free matches.