Hello,

My name is Dianne and I’m Through Dating!

Why? Not because I’ve thrown in the towel – only goodness knows I was tempted so many times over the years. I’m through dating because I’ve found MY soul mate at last! I wish I could say that finding love was “love at first sight” or that it was that magnetic instant attraction people talk about. (I think they are lying or bragging!)

“Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places” became a popular country song for a reason. But finding my love connection wasn’t a Snow White and her handsome prince type of scenario. Maybe a bit of Beauty and the Beast, but NOT in a good way, and maybe a bit of Romeo and Juliet but only in that my parents hated the guy. I tried to rebel but they put a hard stop to his calling on me. Later I saw him on America’s Most Wanted, so I have to give Mom and Dad some credit, even though I balked at the time.

It just didn’t get any better from there. They still didn’t like any of my boyfriends, and I was no good on my own later, either. I grew tired of watching The Love Connection and became convinced later that it all had to be a set up. The Love Boat made me sea sick.

My “friends” set me up with everyone; from Fred, who enjoyed flexing his different muscle groups to impress me-to Alex, who used to be Alexandria-to the bitter Butch, who carped with clinched fists about how much he despised his ex and the vandalism he had inflicted upon her yard ornaments, all while chewing with his mouth open. (I despise that! It was clearly stated in my ad that terrible table manners was one of my turn offs! Not that he ever had a chance in the first place.)

Then of course there was the stalker. Gotta have one of those if you’ve been dating for over five years. It was just like one of those Brinks commercials.

Looking for love just became a comedy of errs.

Then, I discovered the personal ads in the 90s, and that was just as amusing of a ride. The first ad I read said: “blue eyes, tall, single, loves long walks on the beach…” So did the second ad, and the third! It seems everyone loves long walks on the beach in personal ads! The truth was many of them had never been to a beach and spent their time in cheap lawn chairs drinking beer with their feet cooling in a store-bought tiny kiddies’ pool. Oh yea, they had kids; they said they didn’t but they did! Some of them even had wives!

When I went on my first date from a personal ad, the guy (whose ad said “average height/weight”) was about a foot shorter than me and very frail looking, kind of like Don Knotts in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken. He kept looking around skittishly and actually ducking at times. It turned out that we were at the same restaurant as one of his wife’s friends. She saw him, reported the “date” to his wife; she then got my information and came after me! However, I had my own information: When I showed her his ad (“need a change and some sunshine in my life”), she left in a hurry. I sure would not have wanted to have been him. The woman was angry, and very very hefty. I don’t know what ended up happening to him. I never heard back.

By the time online dating hit the scene, I was already subscribed to 525 cable channels and had pretty much given up dating. At least I could live vicariously. I got a cat.

When I found Match.com, I thought, Man, I love you technology and science! Now that’s a great match!

With today’s scientists and technologists working behind the scenes, you can find your perfect match. I don’t know how they do it, but they have a method for finding the exact match between profiles using formulaic data. They did for me! All it took was one date and I was head over heels. No surprises-and the chemistry was instantaneous!

Who knew the right partner was right here at my fingertips. All I had to do was be honest about myself and what I was looking for in a partner, and the system did the rest. See for yourself!

Otherwise, be careful. Butch is probably still out there.

Why don’t you try Match.com and find YOUR perfect match?

This is a real picture of me and my Sweetie (Andy) . We are certain that we would never have crossed paths if it weren’t for the Internet and computer dating! We met in October 2001 using Match.com and we are still happily together.

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