3. The Initial "Man Shopping" Experience

Match.com was not my first choice for dating sites.

I had originally looked at signing up for EHarmony just because I had liked that there were "29 dimensions" that they used to match you with someone. In the end though, it really came down to cost. Match had a special and I saved a little bit of money signing up for 6 months.

Thus began my journey.
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So, when you get to Match's homepage. There is window that pops up asking you what you're searching for. (I.e.: Woman searching for man, ages 23-35, and within 50 miles of my zip code). I clicked search and lo and behold, 400 some matches pop up. This was sort of fun! If I wanted to, I could further customize my search results by height, body type, marital status, ethnicity, if they smoke (Ewwwww) or drink, and education.

I decided that I wasn't going to rule someone out in regards to their education because I myself don't have a college education. (I am working on starting this year though!) What I was going to be strict about though, is they needed to be absolutely SINGLE. No separated men for me, because that to me means that I could be dropped at any time and I was not going to give that complication a chance...I was searching for Love after all.

Next, I will say that I do find it hot when a guy is taller that me and bigger than me. I'm not a super skinny girl and I would say my body type is about average, but I feel really insecure next to scrawny guys. What really turns me on is if they are kind of muscular, but not in a "I do weight-lifting for a career" sort of way.

As far as ethnicity goes, yes I'm white...but I don't really have a preference as far as what I prefer in a guy. So that one I didn't pay much attention to either.

Smokers: NOPE. No thanks. Cigarette smoke gives me migraines, and the pictures in some of these guy's profile with the cigarette hanging out of their mouth, NOT HOT AT ALL.

Drinking was OK, socially though. I don't want to date someone that needs to get drunk every night or weekend just because it's fun. (Yes it is, but when I was 21. Maturity, boys...MATURITY)

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So now, that I figured out the bare bones attributes that I wanted to look for, I inputted my credit card information and then started the next task on my list. Putting together a cool profile that would attract the men I wanted to meet.