A Review of Yahoo! PersonalsWrite your own review of Yahoo! Personals! Reviewed By: Angie Location: Illinois Sex: Female Rating: ***** Date: January 15, 2007 I am posting this review in response to the gentleman from Kentucky. I have to disagree with you on your perception of the woman on these sites. I also am divorced at the age of 48. You state "They are especially poor for men because of the ratio of men to women and that women on the site are getting lots of attention and soon only look to date "up" to men who would not normally give them a second look. Men soon realize that they can't get noticed in the crowd and either give up or look to date "down" for sexual purposes". I've been on Yahoo Personals for over a year and have e.mailed both good looking and average looking men. My success rate? Probably 1 out of 40 respond. Now I will be honest and say that I'm not a cover girl, but I'm also not Ugly Betty. I have absolutely no desire to "date up" as I do want to meet someone on my level and hope to meet my significant other. But, how can you meet someone when these men refuse to give you a chance? They don't respond to winks or friendly e.mails? When they do they always say they are dating someone and want to pursue that. Which then leads me to ask - why are they still looking at these websites if they have met someone??? I'm not ultra picky and I'm definately not a prima donna. I never have been and will never be. I own my home and take care of it all by myself including repairs around it. I've had men turned off when I tell them this or refuse to believe some of the things I have done without a man! As for sexual adventures, I do believe there are woman out there like this and if the man is also looking for that well then I guess you have found your soulmate. I have my rules when it comes to this and if you are a woman who is going to put out on the first few dates well then you make your bed and then lie in it (no pun intended). 20 year old sluts are bad, but over 40 sluts are just what they are - sluts. I feel offended that you generalized us over 40 woman like that. I'm a classy lady and unfortunately, I feel that I am being written off too easily because of this. Plus, any man my age who thinks a woman should put out that soon is red flag. I'm not interested immediately. I think the men out on these sites who are at my age should open up their minds a little bit and give the average, non-surgery enhanced woman a chance! So bottom line is - if you are a man over 40 on this website, please don't write off us non Barbie dolls. You had your chance 20 years ago and those days are gone. We might not have the body of a 20 year old, but we can hold a conversation longer than 30 seconds without looking in a mirror every 15 seconds. I also have to agree with your P.S. - the 4 star fluff came out suddenly and I think most of us out here who have been reading these ratings for a while caught on to that instantly. They are all fakes. Don't believe them. It's a rough crowd out there but I do have hope of finding someone someday. It's just takes time and unfortunately many disapointments. You can't lower your standards just for that Friday or Saturday night date. |