My experience with eharmony has been wonderful, which has actually been very surprising to me. I'm a mid-fifties semi-professional, and I'd think that in itself would make me hard to match. Maybe because I'm fit, active and post honest, recent pictures, and took time with my profile, I get tons of communication requests. I've requested communication twice, and all the rest of the time the man initiates.

I've been on and off eharmony for over a year and a half, with breaks in between if I was dating exclusively. My matches number around 800 closed, and I have 175 current matches, and over 45 that have been in open communication. Early on, I found you need to be careful, as in any kind of dating, about the emotional health of the men you will meet. Most of the men I've met on eharmony have been amazing guys I'd never have the opportunity to meet otherwise, as I am in an office all day, don't belong to a church, and am not into bars, either. I've dated two former pro athletes, met many truly intelligent and interesting men, had one serious relationship, and one marriage proposal (the proposal wasn't from the one right for me, but it was very nice). Eharmony has kept me busy meeting new people, having fun, talking on the phone, or on weekend dates solidly.

So it has worked for me. I just thought I'd interject a little positivity (if that's a word) into these reviews. I didn't expect much more from this service than the chance to meet new people, and it's definitely fulfilled that expectation and more.