Eharmony revealed
The first thing I ever noticed about the dating site Eharmony was that it did not allow for gay matches. But the jig seems to run even deeper than that:"Neil Clark Warren is the Christian evangelical who runs Internet dating titan eHarmony...a dating site that attracts a lot of Christians, and won't match gays or depressed people or anyone who's been married more than twice."
- Salon.com
All right, gay people evil. Yes, we know. But the rest? That goes above and beyond the call of duty. I wonder if this isn't why I got stuck in the "20% of the users we cannot match". After taking the test, that was the message I was given. I was not even allowed to browse the ads on the site. 20% always struck me as an unusually high number for unmatchable personalities, but throw in the non-Christian depressed gay divorcees, and it begins to add up.One of the popular urban legends about eHarmony is that if you reveal in your profile that you don't regularly attend church or aren't Christian, you won't get any matches.
I had never heard this rumor before. But after reading this article, I can see why it exists.
It's quite possible that the number of unmatchables is so high because we simply don't live up to Warren's ideal of a marriageable person. From the article, it seems he is obsessed with the idea of marriage. I'm not given to impulsive elopements and I'm not inclined to pop out five kids on the spot. In Warren's dreamland, maybe I should be. In the dust bin I go. As for my romantic prospects, Warren had some grim news. He said that because I was bright, I "lose at least 95 percent of candidates because of IQ."
Any guesses as to the writer's gender? That just seals the deal. You disgust me.
- Salon.com
All right, gay people evil. Yes, we know. But the rest? That goes above and beyond the call of duty. I wonder if this isn't why I got stuck in the "20% of the users we cannot match". After taking the test, that was the message I was given. I was not even allowed to browse the ads on the site. 20% always struck me as an unusually high number for unmatchable personalities, but throw in the non-Christian depressed gay divorcees, and it begins to add up.One of the popular urban legends about eHarmony is that if you reveal in your profile that you don't regularly attend church or aren't Christian, you won't get any matches.
I had never heard this rumor before. But after reading this article, I can see why it exists.
It's quite possible that the number of unmatchables is so high because we simply don't live up to Warren's ideal of a marriageable person. From the article, it seems he is obsessed with the idea of marriage. I'm not given to impulsive elopements and I'm not inclined to pop out five kids on the spot. In Warren's dreamland, maybe I should be. In the dust bin I go. As for my romantic prospects, Warren had some grim news. He said that because I was bright, I "lose at least 95 percent of candidates because of IQ."
Any guesses as to the writer's gender? That just seals the deal. You disgust me.