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Online Dating: Get Lovin’ While Looking for Love

Richard Cummings

On a recent visit to San Francisco, I learned that a large number of guys do Match.com (as well as Tinder obviously) to get dates.

These are not guys you would consider pathetic or lame but guys who could get dates in the real world.  However, they get even more dates on Match.com and the rewards are rather…instantaneous.

On a Wednesday, my friends and I were setting up a round of golf.  We called Jim to be the fourth player.

“Jim, can you play on Friday?”, we asked.

“Nope,” he responded, “I’m going out with this girl from Match.”  Saturday?  “Got a lunch date from Match and then going out with another one Saturday night.”  Sunday?  “Going on a picnic with a girl from Match.”  After the picnic?  “Got a dinner date.”

On Monday, perhaps because he was completely exhausted, we caught up with Jim.  Over dinner, he told us about his FIVE Match.com dates over the weekend.  Mission Accomplished was the overriding theme.  Jim had sex with all 5 of them.

This got me thinking about many things not the least of which was Lucky Jim.  To the girls who read this:  I’m only joking.  To the guys who read this…Lucky Jim 🙂

Match.com’s slogan is “Make Love Happen”.  Jim made it happen 5 times in one weekend…it seems to be working.  They even offer a guarantee:  “Find someone special in 6 months or we’ll give you 6 months free.”  Maybe Jim could get 6 months free if none of these girls were special.  In fact, upon further questioning, Jim acknowledged that he may only be interested in going out with one of the five again.

This got me thinking about the girls on Match.com.  Were they betrayed by Jim?  Or, like Jim, were they just trying to get some action?  And, perhaps, if they find “someone special” in the process, this would just be an added benefit?

There are many who will read this and think:  “Your friend Jim is an a**hole!”  If you think this, you are then saying that all of these girls are gullible, naïve, and perhaps rather stupid.  You are agreeing with the stereotypes of the hopeless woman “looking for love” and the man out there just “looking to get laid”.

It is true:  While Jim would settle down if he met someone very interesting, he is basically looking for a good time which usually includes a roll in the hay.

But what of these five women?  Can they legitimately play the victim?  Can they claim “Jim’s an a**hole” after sleeping with him on the first date?  Or did each of them also have 4 other dates that weekend?

When asked “how many people have you slept with?”, we often hear that men will multiply the answer by a minimum of 2 and that women will divide by 3 or more, depending on circumstances.  Perhaps each of these women are of  the “or more” category.

Can you “make love happen” on Match.com?  Absolutely.  I have a female cousin who is happily married to a wonderful man she met on Match.com.

But perhaps Match.com should change their slogan to:  “Get Laid While Looking for Love.”


Any thoughts or Match.com stories?  Place them in the comments section below.

Other Links and Notes on Match.com Dating

After writing articles like this, I always search the Internet for interesting links that may also interest my readers.  With a topic like this, people have quite a bit to say and the differing perspectives are quite entertaining.  Here are several sites that comment on Match.com experiences:

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