Like many others who have posted reviews I must question the legitimacy of LavaLife. I seriously feel like something is amiss and that there is a distinct possibility that many profiles are there just to get you to spend credits. I've been on LL for a little more than a year. In that time I've probably sent out about 100 or so smiles and have maybe only received about 20 in return. But that's not what bothers me. In my profile I make it clear that I'm willing to write to people who smile back, but that I would appreciate smiles from people who are actually interested. Then, in my messages (which are always polite and friendly) I always say "even if you're not interested, please write back just to say 'no thank you.' Can you guess how many no-thank-you's I've received? Zero. And can you guess how many of the 20 have actually conversed with me? Four. Plus, a disheartening number of the other 16 have remarkably disappeared two days after my messages, and I don't mean they just didn't write. I mean "This Profile is No Longer Available." Hmmm...

Now, before some of you "positive thinking" people start screaming that I must be ugly, rude, perverted, or uneducated let me give my case. I've shown my profile to all of my female friends and they all agree that they would respond to it before even seeing my picture. I've been told it's "well written, funny, sweet, and sincere." I can hear some of you now "well, they're your friends, they're probably lying to you." I would be inclined to agree with you if they hadn't told me that my previous attempt at a profile was lame. :) Needless to say I trust their opinion.

I'm wary of LL (to say the least), but I still haven't lost complete confidence as the four people that I did meet were very sweet and we had (or still have) some good times. Still, I wouldn't mind seeing an investigation of LL's business practices because there's nothing more frustrating than wasting 40 of your $15 credits on people who don't even exist.