For them, Internet made no match

Duncan is the man who says he has wasted time, energy and money on Internet dating and received nothing but "disappointment and rejection." One alternative to online match-ups is a business card that reads: "I do not have a communicable disease. I am successful and gainfully employed. I own my home, and my mother does not live with me."

Your thoughts:

RAFE: Duncan has it right. The whole thing is a scam on men who pay to join while the worst women in society (obviously single for a reason) don't have to pay a dime. How this discrimination is legal I will never know. Women who serial date on these sites are the worst. They all want a Brad Pitt, but none of them are close to being an Angelina Jolie. They're lazy, ignorant, homely and demanding.

They've been scamming men for years. They'd better be careful or more men will give up on them and live life without them. More and more men are forgetting about women and turning homosexual. When that happens, women stop getting the free stuff they've been getting for oh so many years.

DRAKE: Several friends and I tried Internet dating over several years. Our basic experience was that of feeling ignored. There'd be absolutely no response, not even a "no, thanks" to a note.

I personally reached out to over 100 women on these sites. Ninety percent of them ignored me completely. My friends and I spent time discussing all of the women who ignored us. We all had similar experiences with many of the same people. Ultimately, I stopped because it was too frustrating. It just seemed silly to pay a subscription to get rejected that much.

By the way, I've been married for over two years to someone with whom I was set up on a blind date.

VAL: It's been a few years since I've played the dating game. But I don't think the mating dance has changed all that much. Back in the days when I did "Personals," I wrote an ad that drew responses from eight therapists. (I wrote about being interested in relationship issues.)

I also responded to several women's ads that resulted in sex on the first date, including a beautiful and elegant actress/model who, over dessert at a romantic country inn, asked if I could get us a room.

Then, I met my wife in a McDonald's. We were both divorced. She has a knockout body, an attractive face and an outgoing personality, and her annual income in thousands of dollars is greater than her weight in pounds.

GIGI: Duncan needs to take a break from dating altogether. He needs to talk to women as just people and see that they're not all shallow liars. By the way, while I do not participate in Internet dating anymore, I would have contacted Duncan if his profile had stated what he said in a business card. It's original and straightforward!

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RICHARD A. CHAPMAN