E-harmony’s unique selling point as a
U.K dating site is its scientific matching process. They have developed a rigorous matching system based upon the extensive testing of hundreds of U.S couples. Be prepared to complete an extensive and rigorous questionnaire of 250 + questions. The good thing though about the E-Harmony dating profile is you can feel assured that there is a design and point behind the questions, unlike the dating profiles on so many other dating sites.
The questions are completed by tick boxes and whilst challenging they are also interesting in their own right. If you’ve never really thought about the person you are, or the type of relationship you want, the E-Harmony dating questionnaire will really tease it out of you. Topics in the questionnaire include self descriptions where you rate yourself on a scale e.g. from extremely energetic to lazy, true and false questions about your personality, ratings of characteristics in relationships within your family, an inventory about your personal beliefs to questions about drinking habits!.
After the questionnaire there’s still a profile to complete in order to present a ‘face’ to your matches. In the ‘In my own words’ section you can tackle questions such as ‘’what is the most important quality you are looking for in another person’’ and ‘’describe the last book you read and enjoyed, what did you most like about it’’, which you fill out in open text boxes. E-Harmony helpfully present example answers, a thoughtful touch which other dating sites could do well to copy. Finally, in case perhaps you didn’t feel so pushed by the E-Harmony questionnaire, there’s one final section where you have to choose from a list - ten ‘’must haves’’ traits in a partner and ten ‘’can’t stands’’.
After you've signed up and taken your personality test and completed your dating profile you'll be able to see your compatibility matches. To start contacting your matches E-Harmony have developed a guided communication process so that you can find out more about your match and what you want in a relationship, if you just want to get going though you can make contact directly. There’s no searching on E-Harmony, no scrolling through page after page, success here lies with you taking the time with the dating questionnaire and their system. How does their matching system shape up? Well, the matches they sent me were uncanny and were exactly the type of people I’d have chosen myself. E-Harmony’s system really can save you a chunk of time and pain!
E-harmony is the reason for over 2% of the successful marriages in the US in recent years, and on the dating site you can view the pages of these success stories. E-harmony also has regular articles with advice on dating and relationships.
E-harmony may offer an unconventional way of finding a date or a partner, but if unconventional means a successful relationship, then this U.K dating site could just be the right one for you.