why all the fake profiles

In those 6 months, what sections of the site were you most active on? Maybe that is why?

Maybe it depends on what part of the site you are on.

Maybe who you are looking for is not interest in return, that's life.

Even on the blogs there are 'women' that are actually males from Pakistan.

Yeah, but they kind of stand out by the stupid stuff they write.

Seriously, even presuming the OP is real, if he just sits there and doesn't participate anywhere, of course no one real will see or contact him.

BBuddy, you sound discouraged. You are looking for women much younger than yourself, that doesn't always work in your favour. We know most guys lie about their ages because they feel they look younger anyway. So a genuine 25 year old will think hmm, so he's in his 50's, he'll be nudging 60 by the time our little tyke wants to learn baseball - nah.

I do find it a little odd that several men seem to feel this is a marriage bureau for the desperate, that all they have to do is say yes, I am prepared to marry someone, and they will be beating us off with a stick. Even the women around 30 and 40 have been there, done that, and are a little thoughtful about the whole idea, if not already scarred for life.

Viv, I think Ken has just about summed it up. Look out also for some of the welcoming committees introducing a new member, chances are good its an additional 'isp' connection to the 'family'. In other words one person and multiple devices.

women age 24-37, there are plenty here...keep looking. You might like to post more photos of yourself? one that looks a little bit younger will do the trick.

Yeah, that is a hard 40s man. Totally white in his 40s. Ouch.

Kens touched on most of the cons.
Problem is it makes some of us paranoid and start to see stuff that aint there.