i have gone out of my way not to name any of the dating websites that i have been using, just in case any of you who have stumbled across this blog are contemplating joining the virtual dating team..i would hate for you to start off with any pre-conceived notions of failure...so, i am not going to name the site i played on last.... i will say, however, that this site is pricey and spends a lot of the money you spend paying them to select your romantic destiny on cheesy television commercials displaying all the beautiful people they helped to find life long happiness...

i was particularly excited about this site because it boasts that they personally select your matches based on "twenty-nine dimensions of compatibility". throw in a nice smile and kind eyes, and i was just convinced this site was the answer to all my searching for prince charming....if we were compatible on twenty-nine levels how could we go wrong?! right??

this site asks you about 53,359 questions before you are even able to fill out your profile or upload any pictures....but i wholeheartedly participated in the interrogation, quite confident that each question brought me one step closer to my soul mate. one of the final questions was "how far are you willing to travel for love?" hmmm...that is quite a question...paris? aruba? sure! i selected a one hundred mile radius of birmingham... after an hour, three glasses of wine and two mini 3 musketeer bars (don't judge! i had to...it was a dessert wine) my profile was finally completed and i was ready to click "submit". after i clicked submit, the website said "please wait we are carefully selecting your matches". i was almost giddy. my prince charming was just moments away....thank goodness, because it would take a pretty impressive match to make the joining fee worth it....

the search for my perfect match took approximately a glass and a half of wine.....when finally i see "search complete. click to continue"......the very next message i read said, "we are sorry. we can not find someone that is compatible with you within your search radius (this means there is no one suited for me within a ONE HUNDRED MILE RADIUS OF BIRMINGHAM...oh.dear.) but don't worry! New people join our site every day. We will email you when we have found matches for you".

so, my dear online friends, you may thank my quirky, matchless personality for the continued opportunity to enjoy my blog.