How Low Can We Go

Happy International Women’s Day to all of the women out there.

So, I know you have been waiting for my Match.com experiment results. I just did a quick and dirty test. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, I have found that being childfree is not helping my online dating search. Behold:

When I search for men ages 33 to 44, within 10 miles of my house, with NO filters, I have “2000+” men to choose from. Mind boggling!

When I search for men ages 33 to 44, within 10 miles of my house, who don’t already have kids, I still have “2000+” men to choose from. Sweet.

When I search same age range and location, and add the filter “not sure about having kids,” I have 365 men to choose from. Ouch. Still an OK number, though.

When I search same age range and location, and add the filter “probably don’t want or do not want to have kids,” I have 58 men to choose from. Um, how much am I paying per month for Match.com??

At this point, I really want to know exactly how LOW can we go here. Bring on the filters!

When I search same age range and location, keep the filter “probably don’t want or do not want to have kids,” and add that I’d like my date’s political views to range from non-conformist to middle of the road, I have 50 men to choose from. I bet I can go even lower!!

When I use all the same filters, but take out “middle of the road” political views, leaving non-conformist to liberal, I have 31 men to choose from. Can she get any lower, folks?

When I use all the same filters, and add that I’d like my date to have at least a bachelor’s degree…

21 men to choose from! 2000+ to 21, my friends.

And that concludes our experiment on the number of men interested in being childfree in Boston.