Emily McDowell at mcsweenys.net chronicled her experience with online dating with her Dater’s Index. Here’s a selection:

• Number of first dates I went on from the Internet between January 2009 and November 2010: 40
• Percentage change over the previous decade: +3,900
• Estimated percentage of profiles containing the description “fun-loving”: 80
• Estimated percentage of people who do not actually love fun: 0
• Estimated percentage of single people in Los Angeles who both work and play hard: 85
• Number of first dates resulting in trips to the E.R.: 1
• Estimated number of times I swore off online dating: 5
• Number of first dates it took before meeting the right one: 39
• Number of times we flaked out on each other before we actually met: 3
• Time, in months, that we have now been happily living together: 9
• Likelihood, in percent, that I will tell you online dating is the best thing ever: 100

Find the full version here.