It should be noted that a female's opinion of match.com will vary greatly from a male's opinion. For Women, all it takes is a moderate amount of screening, and you can have a decent date every night of the week - no matter how unattractive you may be.

As a guy, we're lucky to get one response per week! Much less, a date per week.

It's funny that women complain about a bad selection, and men complain about NO selection. I have to agree with all the guys who are claiming that women subscribe to match.com to just inflate their ego. I think for the most part, half of the guys who replay to women are actually "in the same league" as the women they emailed. So, since women have an inordinate amount of messages from average guys, they decide to start waiting for that one email from the guy who's maybe.. a few leagues above themselves. But guess what? Reality won't have that, because those types of guys are the ones who are monopolizing on their looks/income outside of online dating services.

I have a feeling that if women would lower their standards when it comes to online dating, a lot more people would be happy (both men and women). And no, that doesn't mean women should start replying to the "sketchy" men who are 30 years their senior. I challenge women to start replying to those casual emails that the "average" guys send. Maybe then women will be able to meet better quality guys, who don't in fact, just want to sleep with them.

Regardless, it's still possible for guys to make out in the world of online dating - given you follow a few rules. I invite all the men here to check out a blog entry that I wrote a year ago. It's designed to help men who are attempting the world of online dating. See the link below.

http://onlinedatingwoes.blogspot.com/2006/09/male-rules-of-matchcom.html