I turned 35 and flipped: I joined eHarmony (or as I like to call it LowerYourStandards.com or SocialDeficits.com)for one year thinking that it would take at least a year to find someone decent and it seemed to be the cheapest way to go ($20 per month). $250 is the price I pay for my "age-related" angst. I agree with the others: eHarmony sucks. This is month two of the subscription and I've already called about a refund. The pleasant eH drone I spoke to said I could not talk to his supervisor, and that he could only send to me an address via email to which I could submit in writing a request for a refund. He then stated eH does not offer refunds... After the fifth blind date, I purchased Ian Kerner's book: Be Honest: You're Not That Into Him Either, which is a hilarious read. The book made me feel much better. Kerner states that online dating turns people into a packaged commodity; is a superficial way of meeting people; nothing scientific about it; pictures posted were taken 10 years ago; and people become "addicted" to the dating treadmill. I still find it difficult to ignore "interested" parties from eHarmony - even though I know that the next blind date will be more of the same...it is a treadmill.

I love the reviewer who said the women are either obese or have serious drinking problems. As far as my observations are concerned - for the most part, the men look nothing like their photographs...I think everyone makes themselves out to be something they are not: "occasional drinker"/"never smokes." The last guy I met was a problem drinker and big time smoker...which no problem, if that's what you asked to be matched with...

Good luck to the rest of you who are stuck on the treadmill as well...