I haven’t dated in years.

And not that I‘m looking either...

But you know, every once in a while a computer dating service commercial comes up on the TV and I always wonder – just a titch – if they really could have picked a solid match for me based on a few questions and answers.

Those actors look happy right?

Granted, I am happily married and it’s no secret I met my husband in a nightclub. I mean that’s where you use to go to find a husband right? Especially if it’s called the Funky Planet, which by the way, no longer exists.  (Just in case you thought you might find the person of your dreams there as well.)

Computer dating never hit the mainstream when I was single. Back then all you had to go on was a short skirt and cleavage, or you met someone at school – and this was only ten years ago. But it sounds to me like meeting people now is becoming so difficult that a computer matching service might be the new yenta.

So my question is – can you really trust the opinion of a computer? Can a computer really know who you are compatible with based on a series of questions? Once we take the human element out of meeting people what really are we left with?

In my opinion, sure you can put two people together who like the color blue, but that doesn’t mean they really have anything in common.  It also makes me wonder if we are just getting a little too lazy when it comes to finding a mate.

Is computer matching geared at the lazy? The anti-social? Or could I really have found George Clooney out there in cyberspace...?