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MAGAZINE -- Sept 15 -- ARTICLE BY MARK BROOKS, ONLINE PERSONALS WATCH
EDITOR/BLOGGER -- Which of these people would you trust with probably
the most important decision you'll ever make? Dr Warren of eHarmony is a clinical psychologist with a theology background and 30 years of counseling experience. Dr Houran of TRUEis a young clinical psychologist with 15 years counseling experience
and many journal papers to his name. Then we have the sociologist Dr Pepper Schwartz of PerfectMatch.

SIMILAR/COMPLEMENTARY:
eHarmony matches on similarities whilst PerfectMatch offers you a
choice. You can see people who are similar to you, and also people who
are complementary to you. TRUE is mainly focused on matching you with
people who have complementary traits.

MAGIC BOX: eHarmony does
the searching for you. PerfectMatch and TRUE take alternative
approaches. You have more visibility and control over the way you are
matched and the speed at which you can get out on a date. PerfectMatch
and TRUE also offer instant messaging which eHarmony doesn't favor.
Both TRUE and PerfectMatch are less decisive, and more open box rather
than magic box. Dr Pepper Schwartz of PerfectMatch commented, "I'm a
sociologist, not a deity."

ON CHEMISTRY: Cupid.com CEO, Eric Strausargues that chemistry can only be gauged in the real world, by meeting
and getting eyeball to eyeball. "There's no mathematical formula to
love," affirms Abe Smilowitz, CEO of WebDate.com.
"You can't qualify love by doing a profile analysis. Love is about
feelings and a persons emotions." On the other hand Pat Dines, CEO of Mary.comargues, "chemistry works in unison with long term compatibility.
Compatibility tests simply identify who you are compatible to be
friends with. You need to meet many 'compatible' people to find
chemistry." Dr Glenn Wilsonis one of the fathers of compatibility testing and states,
"[Compatibility testing] will not tell you whether or not you are going
to fall in love with another person in a compulsive, 'chemical' way,
just whether or not it is a good idea if you do."

Imagine, you
walk into your favorite coffee shop, bar or club and meet someone that
you click with. You spend the next six months with them, only to find
you're COMPLETELY incompatible. Would you have had a better time with
someone who was a 'good match.' How about the perfect match?
Relationship based online personals sites hold high promise. They are
new. They are still experimenting. Dr Houran confirmed, "we're in the
infancy of compatibility testing." FULL ARTICLE @ ONE2ONE MAGAZINE

Mark Brooks: ONE2ONE Living (available on Amazon)
is a magazine for the singles lifestyle...'Fuel for the single life:
entertainment, travel, culture, events, style, dating.' I thought
Halle Berry's quote in the latest magazine was fascinating. "I'll
never get married again, and I always hate to say never to anything,
but I will never marry again... I want love and I'll find it hopefully
and have a committed relationship, but no more marriages." These
attitude is fueling the decline in number of people getting married...
and the future success and growth of the online personals industry.