The numbers don't lie..

As a full time employee who is busy with work and graduate school, I find it can be difficult to meet single women in my age bracket (20-30). So I decided to give this site a try, and give it my all. I'm not trying to sound overconfident, as I am a very humble guy, but to give you a better idea I'm a good looking guy, thin, humorous, great job/education/salary.. bottom line, logic dictates that I'm a great catch. I posted a short, yet creative profile that posted my interests and that I'm basically a good person looking for a good woman. To keep things fresh I would update my pics, facts, bio from time to time.

Anyhow, after using this "meeting tool" for 7 months I've decided to do a little math. On average I had to send out about 15 emails a week, since I received probably one response for every 15 emails I sent out. And these weren't generic emails, these were well thought out, outside the box, short and sweet, and genuine messages. I kept my expectations realistic and contacted women anywhere from below average looking to very cute, so long as they sounded half way decent. I completely passed on anyone that posed as a supermodel or a generic hot girl. 15 emails a week * 4 weeks in a month = 60 emails a month * 7 months = 420 total emails.

Now get this, since the vast majority of women never responded back or cancelled on me, I ultimately ended up meeting 10 women. So 10 out of 420 = 2% meeting rate. More importantly, out of the 10 who I met, only 2 resulted in first dates. So 2 out of 420 led to a first date (and nothing more by the way). That means I basically had a .5% that's HALF a percentage point's chance of making it to a first date. And by the way, with most of these girls the conversations went well, the 2 dates even went well, but ultimately I would never hear back and things would fizzle.

So there you have it, the numbers don't lie. Now I'm sure this madness works in a reverse, yet still negative way for women. I've spoken with women on these sites who get 100s of emails a week, so they must weed through the countless junk emails, then weed through the maybes, then weed through the strong possibilities, down to maybe the top 2 they might actually consider meeting. Ultimately the women get overwhelmed, and even though they might meet a decent guy, they are always tempted by the next SWARM of emails.

Bottom line, the numbers prove that finding a mate online is like hitting the lottery of love. Online dating is a weak tool that gives a guy a very slight chance of meeting a woman. And even though women have the opportunity to meet numerous guys (so long as they are half way cute, my heart goes out to the women not considered stereotypically attractive), they are left with a very slight chance of meeting a quality guy who strikes a strong sense of chemistry, so strong that it can ward away the temptation of moving on to the next 100 emails.