Don’t worry, I haven’t run out of stories, just mixing it up a bit.

So, as you probably guessed, I meet many of the winners chronicled in this blog through various online dating sites. I’m a busy lady and online dating is efficient, generally safer than a drunken bar scene and less awkward than having your brothers set you up with their friends (more on those later).

With that, I’d like to offer the following humble analysis of the sites I’ve used. (If anyone managing the following sites is reading this, please don’t sue me.)

Tinder. a.k.a.  “Hot or Not” or “Moral Free Zone.” Swipe right:the camera loves you! Swipe left: ahhhhhh, no. I was fascinated by Tinder when I first heard about it and found that it’s always great for a little self-esteem boost when you get that mutual nod of attractiveness. Unfortunately, in my experience, every person on this app has no sense of personal safety or a moral compass. Something I’ve actually said while using Tinder: No, “Xander,” I will not meet you at your hotel in 10 minutes, you could be the new craigslist killer.

OkCupid. I often refer to this site as “Writing is Hard.” The lack of proof reading on OkCupid is astounding and since I usually filter by grammar, it hasn’t produced a lot of results. It did, however, send me Crazy Cat Dude and He Might Be Dead guy, but it’s free and for Portland, Maine there is a fairly good selection of potential dates. I’m still on this one, so I give it a C+. If anything, I can always use the site to inspire content for this blog.

Zoosk: Remember the Felon? Yeah, just don’t. Their old ads are pretty funny though.

Match: I actually know several great couples who met on Match and while I obviously haven’t found my prince charming yet, I have met some guys who turned out to be good friends. My logic with Match is that, by being a paid service, you’re weeding out some of the crazies, however, one of my creepiest stories does come from this site. A friend sent me a link with the note “I don’t think this is you.” It was someone else’s profile who had taken and used all of my photos as her/his own. Not sure how they thought that would work out, but yeah, creepy. The site and app are a little buggy, so, B-.

If you have another site that you think I should check out, I’m happy to test it and pass some judgement for everyone’s entertainment.

P.S. Proof read your profiles

P.P.S. Don’t round up too much regarding your height