So on a whim I've been signing up for dating sites. however, the cost of these sites has gone way way up since the last time I embarked on this whim. Did you know that to sign up with eHarmony.com for a single month, it costs $60?? And that's for the basic plan! I know the argument is what's $60 compared with a lifetime of happiness blah blah BLAH, but still 60 bucks is a lotta dough for no guarantee.

Matchmaker.com costs $50 for a single month (and all of these sites offer discounts for multiple months, but that seems totally idiotic because who hopes to be single after 6 months of surfing internet dating sites??? How lame is that??) and there is no guarantee, plus it's super annoying because the site emailed me like 5 times to tell me someone sent me a message, but of course I can't read the message until I pay the toll. Moving on.

LDS Mingle used to be pretty good, I've heard, but I found only two guys within like 100 miles of me, which was expected since I'm not living in Utah anymore, but I'm definitely not spending $15 for two guys. If eHarmony were $15, I'd consider it, but regardless, the number of LDS guys on dating sites living near Spokane is going to be low.

So I guess I'll continue to do things the hard way, blind dates, singles ward, etc. I don't particularly enjoy the emotional ups and downs of dating, but since I can't order a good LDS husband by mail (that, I'd pay $60 for), I'll try this route. It's hard either way though, because I'm still a bit in the family/children mode after coming so close to being married (which was supposed to happen like 12 hours ago, weird), so I'm a little blinded by that. I wonder how long it will take for me to get back into the singles mode. Probably just long enough to get engaged again. Talk about ups and downs!