Thursday, April 22, 2010

Is eHarmony eHarming Me?

I realize lately that I have to be super aware of how I peruse my matches on eHarmony. Since I don't have to interact with a person in the immediate sense, its very easy to fall into either objectification or insensitivity. I end up thinking and often times even saying things out loud about these guys to my friends that I wouldn't normally say if it was a person that we actually knew. At least if I knew them, I would have been a whole lot more kinder or PC about it. Is that fake? Two faced? I don't know. But the point is I need to treat my matches with the same respect that I would treat anyone that I met in person, whether or not they can hear what I'm saying. Overall, I, and I think the rest of the online daters need to remember that sifting through your matches is not like shopping for fruit at a grocery store, where you may very nonchalantly cast off or pick up the ones that look the best. Its more like searching for diamonds among barrel full of other precious gems.

Best,
ODQ

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