Traditional way of dating lost – thanks to Eharmony and Match.com

Whatever happened to the old fashioned way of dating? The one where you see a guy across the room, sparks fly, and you get to know the person more intimately through his friends, his likes and dislikes. Where have those good old days gone?

Match.com and eHarmony and other dating sites are just too direct and out there. These sites are all about putting up a cute picture of yourself, writing a few flattering sentences, trying hard to make that first very good impression and then hoping on a prayer that you would land up in all searches, and that someone out there would give you some face time. But do we know anything more about these potential dates? Such as whom their friends are, their activity partners, their likes and dislikes, and how they are a guru at something. The more you know about your potential date, it will give you more reasons to like or hate the person.

At only MyPax.com, you get to know all about your date.

Outside of the Internet world the way we go about dating is finding local guys and girl at social gatherings, or schools, and even work places for that matter. Ask around – most folks meet their dates through various activities, parties, and events.

MyPax.com is the only site that gives you the closest way to date, traditionally.

If you like someone, you can start out by signing up to be his activity partner and meet him in any group activities that he participates in, to know a bit more about him in different settings, without crossing the boundary of more than a casual friend. You could also have a look at his “guru” profile and engage in a “gurutalk” discussion to find out more about his identity, personality, and character. The “guru” feature enables him to reveal to the world about things that he is good at or is very interested to talk about with other people.

MyPax.com is like this huge party, and you can work it the way you would in a real life setting. Say hi, get to know the person better, discuss various topics, maybe even go for a hike together, and then let the love begin.

Is Craigslist a good place to search for an Activity Partner?

After deciding that I want to give running a shot, I looked at various websites to figure out where and what events I could take part in. I honed in on the San Francisco Marathon. Once that part was taken care of, the next hurdle was finding who the heck I am going to find to run with. How could I find someone fun, young, energetic to be by running partner?The search was underway. But most of the sites around for activity partners want a damn FEE. Moreover, there was no way of me knowing who my running partners would be - young, old, or married, and what are their likes or dislikes. Hey, if I am going to be spending a whole lot of weekends over a many months with this person, I better know more than just his name. I tried Craiglist, and that was a nightmare. I posted my ad, and got many replies. Most of the guys I found were pretty much jerks (maybe not all of them), and I knew nothing about them, and that scared me. After exchanging emails about pace, speed, timings etc, it just seemed to fizzle out…there had to be a better way to search!! The search for a pace buddy took just too long, and since I had to start training soon, I decided to join the AIDS marathon training program. This was nice, but I wish there was a better way for me to train. They say when training for a marathon you make life long buddies – but how come I did'nt find mine?MyPax.com is the only place which brings new relationships to you. And you get to know all about your activity partner.

You enter the desired criteria for your search, and “poof” the relevant people magically appears at your doorstep. You can then pick and choose the ones you like. The great thing is that you would know more about the person than just their name; you will know about their friends, other activity partners, and the things they are a “guru” at.

MyPax is a special meeting place, sort of like going to a party or joining a sports club, and meeting someone and knowing more about that person, and then deciding whether he or she is the right person for you to engage with for running, playing tennis, basketball, volleyball, swimming, or a good friend. Except now, you get to meet people continuously and even better, you get to select the parties you want to attend when you get invited by all your new friends.

Stay-at-home mom takes on Facebook

Tell me something, how many stay-at-home moms take on the challenge of starting a social networking website (www.mypax.com) and face Facebook? Facebook is a good thing; it may not be a greatest thing. After getting tons of invites to join Facebook, I finally decided to give it a go, and yoohoo – in the next month I had over a 100 friends. Was I popular or what? Where did these friends come from and what did they want? Maybe they were in a quest to win the competition for most friends - I'd never know. After exchanging hi's, and perfunctory "your kids look great" and "you look cute" lines, I have no idea what to do with the site other than keep in touch with old friends.

How could I make new friends, or find a partner to train with me for my upcoming marathon, or even get advice on good running shoes or find a damn good plumber?

So after striking out at Facebook, I put up an ad on Craigslist, but got a bunch of replies from weirdo's and sex maniacs, whom I knew nothing about and were a waste of time anyways - jeez all I wanted was a running partner - why was that so hard to find?

So I thought...is there a site that can give me a complete view of a person? And I got thinking how perfect it would be, if a site brings new people at my doorstep based on my search criteria, and I get to sift through the list and pick who I like to be my friend. Of course the site should tell me everything about the person to make a decision such as what they like, where they work, who they hang out with, which school they went to, and what things they are a “guru” at. This will help me meet the right people and make the right new friends.

And wouldn’t it be great for the site to have a dating feature, so that you get to know the person before you go out on a date. This would make my sister’s job of finding a date so much simpler and safer, not to mention easier, if she has all the information about the person at hand.

And that's how my site was born. Between handling 2 kids, a dog, a husband, a sister and my crazy hormones, I was able to put together enough time to get it up and running. Of course, I was lucky to find some great software developers who helped implemented my idea.

Launching this website was a well enjoyed journey. It started out on a whim, but soon became something bigger. I learnt many lessons and faced many hardships. The road to building a dream is faced with anxiety, stress, joy, anticipation, and above all, hard work and dedication. There is nothing sweeter than building a product that solves my pain and that of my sister. I hope you guys get to use my site and enjoy a similar experience.
So, please go out there and join www.mypax.com and let it bring the right relationships to you.

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