JDate: End of an Era

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That is the current message on my JDate account.  Follows is the story.

My sister called me tonight concerned that after two years of marriage and almost four years of being with my wife that a friend of hers found my profile site on JDate.  This was not the first time that someone told me they found my profile, but it was the first that someone seemed to think ill of me for it.  I asked my wife if she wanted me to take it down, so she said sure.

Now, the last time I was on was probably in the fall of 2005.  I had two accounts and I didn’t exactly remember my emails or passwords. Fortunately, JDate seems to store your password as plain text (MAJOR SECURITY ISSUE)  and just emailed it back to me when I guessed the right email.  Thankfully I can still access those accounts.  (One of which was proudly named meimbenjo4u so you could figure out how to contact me. The other, aher1234 was a reference to Elisha ben Abuyah for some reason.)

So, I logged in and it clearly said I hadn’t been on the site in 4 years (which should have tipped off these friends that I wasn’t still using it).  Anyhow, where’s the “I’m married” link?

I couldn’t find it, so I happen to still have the JDate phone number in my phone from when I found it years ago and saved it.  I called up and hit 1 for free accounts.  After some advertisements, a man answered the phone. I told him I’m happily married and would like to remove my account.  He then asked me if I’ve had an account before.  Confused, I asked “do you mean if I’d like to remove the account I have previously registered?”.  He confirmed.  So, I answered “Yes, I’d like to remove the account I registered for.” I’m not sure if that’s some legal mumbo jumbo, but anyhoo, he asked my birth year and suspended it right there.  Then I asked him to remove my second account.  He asked if there was anything else.  I said no, and the line went dead.

And the thought occurred to me– do they not have a standard procedure for this kind of thing? I mean, my account hadn’t been accessed in 4 years and they never sent an email “Hey, you still single?”  I’m still showing up in searches. There’s no link to say “I’m married now”.   And when I cancel, he doesn’t even ask if I met my wife on JDate. Some follow through.  (I didn’t. We met on craigslist).

So, now my accounts are suspended or removed or something and I can finally get back to what I’ve been doing for the last four years– loving my wife.

Epilogue:  My wife’s account is presumably still up in the Boston-area, but no one seems to have come across it.  I also probably still have accounts frumster and kosher stars.  If you want a free Jewish Singles alternative, go to my free site, haZug (The Couple).