Free Personals Profile

I know the title could be more clever, but I'm looking for some more random Google hits.

If my life were a Nora Ephron screenplay, this would be the point where the protagonists go back and forth about what makes people get together and why relationships succeed or fail. Everyone else would see that they were going to end up together but they would be clueless; so they engage in some matchmaking schemes for someone else and after two acts they wind up together. Cyndi and I are matchmaking each other.

We know a few people who have met others or married people through eHarmony. I know some people think that's weird, it may be weird in some respects, but mostly, it's just new. Two hundred years ago meeting someone and marrying them without some type of familial network and approval would seem weird. Marrying someone for love would seem weird. Marrying outside of your class or background would be unheard of. Even now, I think randomly approaching someone simply because you think they are attractive and asking them to spend time with you is weird. You're all a bunch of freaks. If I were rambling down a less lighthearted trail right now, this would be the perfect time to explain how the contemporary Evangelical vision of traditional marriage is anything but. But that's not where we are right now.

We saw an ad for free compatibility profiling on eHarmony, so we are going to see if we are compatible. I am filling out the profile as her and she is going to fill it out as me. So in a sense it is like setting someone else up. What we'll really be seeing, though, is if the person we think the other is, is compatible with how we see ourselves. For example, I've already done Cyndi's. This is what she's looking for:

Some of your ideal mate's strongest personality characteristics are:
He tends to be caring compassionate and sensitive towards the needs of others.
Nope
His friends consider him someone who can be trusted and relied upon.
Never
He generally does his best to be honest in all situations, even when it can be difficult.
Yeah Right
He has a very good sense of right and wrong, and almost always tries to be the best person he can.
Maybe If I Were a Girl
Some important qualities that your ideal partner brings to the relationship are:
He is usually open-minded and flexible.
Not For a While Now
He tends to be generous and supportive of his friends.
On My Good Days
Like you, he has lighthearted moments that help him see and share the positive side of life.
Not even A Little Bit
Most of his friends and acquaintances consider him a happy and energetic person.
Not Me
Important goals and values for your ideal mate in a relationship are:
It is very important to him to be part of a religious community.
Only So I Can Subvert It
He needs to be able to share his spiritual beliefs with his partner.
To Be Bossy
He occasionally enjoys spending time with children.
So They Can Get Me Beers and Make Me Sandwiches
There are some trends and fads he doesn't agree with.
Because I Fear Change

So depending on what she discovers about me, I may get a goat.

Your Music Is Weird- What Are You Talking About?! These Songs Rule- NOT A MATCH
River Euphrates- The Pixies
Brick Is Red- The Pixies
Nature Boy- David Bowie
A Day In The Life- The Beatles
One Hundred Thousand Indi- Hieroglyphics
I've been Tired- The Pixies
The Wizard- Black Sabbath
Tangled Up In Blue- Bob Dylan
One Way Ticket to Pluto- Dead Kennedys