Who's Your Match?

In high school on Valentine's Day, we'd always have a fundraiser where everyone in the school would participate in a questionnaire, then, for two bucks, you'd get a print out list of your best matches — both in your grade and your year.

And every single year for me, this guy, K, came up to the top of my list.

Now, K and I DID NOT get along. He and I were part of the same group of friends, but we were incredibly competitive with each other — about school, about theater, about everything. He used to have parties at his house and he'd never invite me. I don't know why, but there was always this palpable friction surrounding us. Things have gotten MUCH better now — we don't see each other very often, but when we do, it's quite cordial — but still.

So, anyway, I logged in to my Match.com profile the other day and who came up in my Daily 5 Top Matches?

K! I couldn't believe it. It was being transported to high school all over again and getting that sinking feeling when I'd look at my Valentine's Day printout. Why do the algorithms all think we should be together? I bet it's probably because we're too MUCH alike — or, I wonder, maybe something is there.

You always hear those stories about people who hate each other then fall wildly in love, but, aside from movies (that usually star Sandra Bullock) have you ever seen this happening firsthand? Tell me about it!

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