datingincharlotte.com

So during my first week here, I drove past a billboard that read, "Single? datingincharlotte.com." I thought to myself. I am single. I am in Charlotte. I want to date. So on a particularly sad and lonely day here in Charlotte, I went to the website. Now, I don't know about you guys, but when I see a website like that I think "internet dating." And I thought that it might be an advantage to get on an internet site that is all Charlotte people because then I have the advantage of meeting people in person and not just sending emails all the time.

The website wasn't what I expected. It had a profile page to fill out and a submit button, but no sample profiles, no "Join now for $19.99 a month" or anything like that. After some hesitation, I decided to fill out the profile and clicked submit.

What I Expected to Happen: that the site would then show me some sample profiles and say "Join now for $19.99 a month." I could then get a feel for their site and maybe think about making a profile.

What Really Happened: the site said that one of their relationship counselors would be in touch with me in a couple days to take about my profile. Yikes! It was at that moment that I knew I had started a ball rolling--just not the ball I expected to start.

So a very peppy and friendly lady did call me a couple days later. I did ponder not answering my phone, but I for the sake of (a) curiosity, (b) blog fodder, and (c) the fact that I am surrounded by married people at church and work, I decided to listen to what she had to say. I asked all about their program. She did tell me that they really need women in my age range right now because they have a plethora (my word, not hers) of good men right now. Interesting....