Wink.  Like Photo.  Favorite.  Instant Message.  Email Message.

These are my options for making some sort of contact with another individual on Match.com, as far as I can tell in about a week of trying out this particular online dating venue. I got back in the saddle just to be thrown off by terminology.

So in this first week of navigating Match, I have emailed/replied, ignored an alarming number of winkyface-hey emails, and have a first date set up for next week. (That I am rather “meh” about, but that’s another tale.) I have also received a fair number of winks, likes, favorite-ing and IM requests.

I am not sure if there are too many types of contact options or too few. I don’t know what any of them really mean or how I am supposed to feel when they happen.  I am confused. I just don’t get it.