Everything Wrong with Dating Sites

Okay, I have to be honest here...I entered the online dating world - an hour ago - and it really doesn't settle well with me. On top of paying WAY too much money to *potentially* meet someone in person (if you make it that far), there's an overwhelming barrage of shallow, one-liner messages and strangers' faces popping up on my computer screen. But that's not even the worst of it...

The thing I find most wrong with dating sites is the inept way people expect to find a "compatible" mate. Profiles are set with "me" mentalities. "I want a girl who does a, b, and c for me..." or "I want a guy who looks like x and does y - oh and he definitely needs to make this amount of money..." My immediate response to these profiles? *slam laptop shut, throw it out the window and join my fellow man IRL*

Let's clarify one requirement about long-lasting, healthy and fulfilling relationships: they need to be based on giving of oneself, not getting. A relationship is not a business contract nor is it a one-way road to get all of your "needs" met. It's a commitment - and not just a feeling - to mutually give one's self to the other out of selflessness.

And besides, who needs dating sites when there are dog parks? I mean, they're basically the same thing...plus dog parks probably contain half the crap we come across in the virtual dating world.