Sign me up!!!

So I'm supposed to studying but of course I'm procrastinating and procrastination usual involves Facebook. There are usually ads for dating sites, hot moms etc. but for the first time I saw one for LDSSingles.com, a dating site for LDS singles (I know you're thinking "duh Jonathan"). I've always thought that these are pretty funny so I clicked on it. I sure was surprised to find out that "LDSSO® (which stands for LDS Singles Online®) was created in 1996 as a safe and fun way for LDS Singles to meet online and build great friendships and relationships." "Since its start over 400,000 profiles have been created and well over a thousand couples have found their match on LDSSO." I like statistics and numbers so let figure out my odds if I join.

It says well over 1,000 couples have been matched on there, so for arguments sake lets assume 1,200. At that rate 92.3 couples have been matched up per year for the past 13 years. I'm liking my odds.

Over 400,000 people have joined and lets keep our assumption of 1,200 couples, which would equal 2,400 individuals. At this rate my odds of success are 0.60%. About 1/2 a percent. Not looking so good

But how much do I have to pay to meet my future wife? Well, luckily if I sign up for 6 months its only $60 or $10/month but I'm liking my odds so I'll assume that it would take me 2 months to meet, date and get engaged to my future wife in typical Mormon fashion. I'd probably go with the 3 month subscription for only $36 just to be safe which breaks down to $12/month.

The average monthly cost is $12.33. If everyone can get hitched in 6 months this only comes out to 6 months x 12.33 x 400,000 subscribers =$29,592,000. Under these assumptions (which have not been exaggerated at all) this means that for every marriage (1,200) this site makes $24,660 for every couple that gets hitched.