When online dating, do you see any benefit in paying for the subscription for a dating site? In my experience, I have paid for subscriptions for a few sites without any noticeable difference in improving my chances of meeting cougars since I don't really get a jump in numbers of matches so to say. I'm not too sure where things could be going wrong since when I do get matches the conversation part isn't that hard for me. My photos have been clean and description has been appropriate. I've set the age range to what I would assume is right for me (25m cub) looking for a cougar/mature woman (35-50 maybe higher; since the relationship based on the working definition is "at least 10 years older"). I would've expected being in a more populated area in the US things would be better. Do cougars/cubs mind sharing on this topic?