I just recently joined match and I have to say my impression about the site is not so good. In about the 10 days I been a paying member, I recieved 6 winks, zero emails but my profile has been view 114 times by 90 women. I also sent emails to 30 women and only received one response. I replied to her and never recieved a reply back. I don't want to bash women on here because I truly have no idea what is going on inside their heads. Perhaps I am truly not attractive. Perhaps the women I have contacted are no paying members. I do agree that our (men and women) expectations have been poisoned by the media. Although I think I am better average, I am truly average. I have an average job, I have average amount of friends and I live an average life. I would love to be that man who could entertain you, be that dreamy attractive guy, be the comedian who could make you laugh, be sensitive enough to make you cry in happiness but I am not all these things. I am just an average guy with average skills in these areas. It seems I guess being average is no longer good enough for both men and women. I do admit I am pretty annoyed when I send an email I do not get a reply. If you are not interested just reply back saying you aren't interested. I don't know but I feel like Match rob me of my money. They don't put out user stats broken down by male and female. I would love to know who is doing the emailing? I have a feeling it is mostly men because if women were doing most of the emailing you would see Match.com promote that on TV.