About me

[aliciaf]

I just realized that I never posted my own eHarmony profile for all of you to read and chuckle over (or criticize and pick apart for incorrect grammar).

I think the profile is always a work in progress - in part mutable according to whim and response to the profiles I'm getting.  For instance, I realize now that communicating that I'm a democrat

Comments

[nonspecific]

Sounds good! And I think political and religious affilation is pretty important to know about someone. Is there a blank for that anywhere on the page, or do you have to state it?

[aliciaf]

They do ask you what religion you are and you can select your matches based on your tolerance level. Mine says "Christian" but that is obviously a huge catch-all. I might rather put "spiritual but not practicing" but I fear that God might smite thee.

They also ask if you smoke, how often you drink, and whether you want kids because those are often deal-breakers for compatibility. I said that I never smoke, drink maybe once a week, and yes to kids. I screened my matches to only give me those that never smoke. I'm too sensitive to smoke to tolerate this in someone else.

It would be nice to have a politics one but I think they are hoping people are open-minded to embrace diversity. I'm not a radical left-winger but I know I couldn't date a neo-con. My dad is one to a degree, and I think I would either have to avoid political/news discussion all the time or kill him if I had to live with him all the time.

That makes me think I should put that in my comments (the democrat thing - not the killing Republicans thing).

[nonspecific]

Yeah, I've met a few Republicans I would consider date-able, but I would find it REALLY difficult for most of them. Not really politics per se, but just... the things that are important to me and how I approach the world...

[aliciaf]

Yes, I don't necessarily think it's the party they belong to as much as their values and belief system. There are Republicans who are really more like moderates that I could probably be ok with, but my Dad is one of those who still thinks global warming is a myth that the commie tree-huggers concocted along with Al Gore.