An earlier reviewer said he assumed that if the Profile on Match indicated 3 weeks or more without the person signing on, the person (of the Profile) isn't interested anymore. I would answer that by pointing to the other emails that express extreme frustration with Match. Personally, I often don't sign into Match for a long time because I'm so frustrated with the sort of men who contact me, mostly with winks from far away, but sometimes with 2-sentence emails that never blossom into anything longer in later emails. I always answer emails.

I'm looking for a man who can really think and express those thoughts in writing. I don't find anyone able to do that and get discouraged. I'm not going to spend all my time looking on Match for the elusive intelligent man. Since my last 6 months are free, I'm just staying on Match in case a miracle occurs. I would suggest that if you're really interested in a person, you go ahead and email them even if you're not sure they will respond. Sometimes I get so busy in my life that I don't sign onto Match for a long time.

Match has a lot of foibles that could be improved, but you can't improve the pool of people: scam artists, men who want ONLY sex, men who are nice but not good at communicating about emotions, men who don't have a deep understanding of life around them. I'm sure there are a few good men in the pool, but the rare one who doesn't live only in a sound-byte world, where is he? Maybe not on Match.