Online Dating Guide & Blog

Following quickly on the heels of the eHarmony free weekend, Chemistry.com is offering a free communication weekend beginning this Friday the 18th through Sunday the 20th. As my readers know, I used eHarmony when I was dating online and Chemistry is a similar service.

Because I had already met my to-be-wife by the time Chemistry came onto the scene in 2006, I’d never used this service. So I decided to try out their personality test over the weekend and it was actually pretty fun. In some ways, it’s what I remember from eHarmony’s personality test but there are some areas where it felt a bit more fun. Some of the questions were very dynamic and required things like determining which smiles were genuine and puzzles where you determine which shapes match in size. When you’re done with the personality test, you’re assigned major and minor personality type which can be Builder, Explorer, Negotiator and Director (each of these are described when you’re finished so don’t worry if this doesn’t make sense right now). I was a Builder/developer or B/d. The test then explains what all your results mean and it shows which personality types you are most likely to mesh well with. For example, as a B/d I best match with other Builders and then Explorers. The results also include descriptions of what you like and how you act and this is sometimes scary in its accuracy.

My Profile Results

As with my advice for the eHarmony free weekend, I believe signing up for the service is a good idea even if you happen to be reading this after the free weekend has passed. The way these services work is they assign you matches over time. If you sign up ahead of time, the next time a free weekend rolls around you should have more matches to choose from. Plus, the free profile test is fun and it’s interesting to see how taking a 20-minute test can allow them to identify the type of person you are.

If you’ve been on the fence about online dating or if you’re just not sure if you’re current service is cutting it, you might want to give Chemistry’s free weekend a try. The service looks very polished to me with a very structured system for meeting people (a big plus if you’re new to online dating).

See the calendar for previous free events at popular dating sites.