Match.com

After more years than I care to admit, even here, I have finally got round to trying to find somebody to share my life with.

As I'm not much good at approaching people in a pub or club I'd thought I'd try the online option. Which one though? There are plenty out there, both free and fee based models.

For some reason or another I finally settled on Match.Com. Still don't know why but there you go.

I started to fill out the profile months ago but couldn't quite get round to finishing it off. Well this trip I finally finished it and paid for the first 6months. This seemed a little steep at 65 quid but then I thought, if it helps me find that somebody, it's probably no worse than wasting loads in a pub and getting nowhere. It also allows me to get the initial contact done while I'm at sea.

As it turns out, I'm finding it just as hard to approach women online as I did offline. I've sent out a few emails and winks but nothing back yet. I suppose I'll have to give it a few days or so as some of the women seen haven't been online for a day or so themselves.

Well that's not entirely true I did get a reply from somebody in the middle of the US. The cynic in me thinks that was just a ploy by Match.Com to get out of their 6month guarantee.