Numbers Game

I haven’t been paying much attention to my eHarmony account as I’m actually having some success with Plenty of Fish and OKCupid. I even have 2 dates lined up (1 from each of the sites)! But, I haven’t updated on you on my statistics recently, so here we go.

• 856 new matches
• 84 matches in various communication stages
• 184 archived matches
• 419 closed matches
• 1,543 total matches

That means…

• 55% are new
• 5.4% are in various communication stages
• 12% are archived
• 27% are closed

Lest you forget that this blog is about actually meeting someone and not just about the crazy messages I receive thanks to Plenty of Fish.

Check out previous eHarmony numbers here.

Number Exhaustion

Lest you forget that this blog is about actually meeting someone and not just about the crazy messages I receive thanks to Plenty of Fish, here are my current stats with the paid dating site:

• 290 new matches
• 93 matches with whom I’m communicating
• 208 archived matched
• 232 closed matches
• 823 total matches
• 9 first dates
• I saw 3 of these 9 again

So that means…

• 28% are closed.
• 25% are archived.
• 35% are new (I’ve decided to leave matches new rather than archive them).
• I am communicating with 11%.
• I’ve gone on dates with 1.09%.
• Only .36% warranted follow-up dates.

Are these numbers making your brain hurt? Oh, good, me too.

Number Exhaustion

I am so tired. It’s barely been two months and I already am so over these sites. It feels like such a chore to log onto these dating sites and answer questions and respond to emails from potential matches.

Every night, I crawl into bed and check my email before going to sleep. Now, when I see all the emails from the various sites about match communication, I ignore them.

I’m sure I’ll get back into it. I’m just having a moment.

And no wonder… look at these numbers and statistics from the paid site alone (meaning, I don’t include Plenty of Fish or OKCupid numbers below).

• 45 new matches at the moment.
• Communicating with 96 matches.
• 227 archived matches.
• 158 closed matches.
• 526 total matches.
• 9 first dates.
• I saw 3 of these 9 again.

So that means…

• 30% are closed.
• 43% are archived (and probably on the way to being closed).
• I’m in various communication stages with 18%.
• I’ve only gone on dates with 1.7% of my total matches.
• And only .5% garnered multiple dates.

Those are some scary numbers, people. Scary numbers.

One Month

It’s been one month since I joined the online dating scene. Let’s review.

• 68 active communications
• 112 archived matches
• 81 closed matches
• 15 phone calls (7 missed; 3 on purpose)
• 10 first dates; 2 on the calendar
• 2 second dates; 2 scheduled
• 1 third date
• Why OKCupid scares me. And yet, I’m still on it.
• Names.
• Missing out?
• Pet Names.
• OKCupid will make you…

Numbers Game

• 59 active communications
• 90 archived matches
• 70 closed matches
• 12 phone calls (6 missed; 3 on purpose)
• 7 first dates; 3 on the calendar
• 2 second dates; 2 scheduled
• 1 third date on the books