oaks Posted September 3, 2011 Posted September 3, 2011 Women now have pre-fabricated answers like thi s in their profile, I don't even email them. And they sometimes end the profile with "Good luck!" As if she was a prize in a lottery. I've also seen "message me to apply" as if it's a position flipping burgers or something. I pass on those. It's not all bad, though, because I have a date tomorrow, a date on Monday and a date on Tuesday. I wonder when I'm going to find time to do laundry and iron shirts!
Abhuman Posted September 3, 2011 Posted September 3, 2011 Well yea. I've met some cool people through it too. Actually met a concert/road trip buddy on pof last year. Those profiles just make it easier to find people worth talking to in a funny way.
Imajerk17 Posted September 3, 2011 Posted September 3, 2011 Things women should keep out of their profile... --"I always end up with losers..." (or anything to that effect). I assume that the woman is a drama queen with terrible judgment. Next. --Pictures of them getting "too" friendly with another dude. I don't know why women do this in their profiles. My best guess is that they like guys whom other women like, so they assume that men online will like them more if they see her with a guy who has his arm around her. Newsflash ladies: We don't work like that. --"I'm laid-back and easygoing". Man everyone online is laid-back and easygoing. I wonder if Match.com has a factory where they churn out women who are all "laid-back and easygoing" (and sarcastic too... for a while I was seeing that in about every profile). There's a rule in improv--show don't tell. Give me an example of how you are so cool and laid-back instead. --"60% of the time it works everytime". So many other women came up with the same bright idea to use that quote. I've seen it 5 times.
ThsAmericanLife Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Yep....I see it all the time, and I bet they are NOT aware of what the other women are doing "I love to laugh" or "Don't sweat the small stuff" or "Dance like no one is watching!!" or some lame Marilyn Monroe quote I keep seeing: "If you don't like me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best" or something like that. LOL Everyone claims to be "easy going" and "laid back" (funny, I am easy going, its the truth I suppose) LOL OH, and women LOVE a guy with a sense of humor, I'm just NOW finding that out, because they "like to laugh" and "try new things". And a particular favorite, "Chemistry is a MUST!" I usually send them a generic sounding email, with generic questions as well, no it's not copied paste, it's ALL typed out and someone custom to a certain extent. lol Lately though, I'im starting to see Disclaimers that state: "If I don't respond, please take no offense, but I probably wasn't attracted" Women now have pre-fabricated answers like thi s in their profile, I don't even email them. And they sometimes end the profile with "Good luck!" As if she was a prize in a lottery. Yes, yes... men have the same kind of stuff in their profiles. Not everyone is comfortable talking about themselves. I never had the above, but I understand people who do. I don't necessarily view it as a huge negative. They just aren't good writers perhaps. Some of my best friends send me corny emails with little pick me ups like this. I think it is kind of sweet. When I was doing OLD, I tinkered with my profile a fair amount. It was kind of fun... and maybe a bit more like 'real life'... in a sense that it captured my mood at the time. Of course, the basics never changed. I'd just put up latest info... On the other hand, my approach overall was pretty radical. I didn't post pictures and I stated a desire to only correspond with men I'd contacted first, so that I could focus better. I'd end up getting men routinely visiting my profile... I think they might have been like you a little... like what is UP with this chick?? Some of them I got around to emailing (I only contact one man at a time) and we did meet. They were nice enough.
ThsAmericanLife Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 It's not all bad, though, because I have a date tomorrow, a date on Monday and a date on Tuesday. I wonder when I'm going to find time to do laundry and iron shirts! .... and this is another reason I don't do OLD anymore. I never saw multiple men simultaneously. What's wrong with going on a few dates, seeing where it goes, THEN agreeing to meet a different one if it doesn't work out??? It was so obvious when the guys were lining up tons of dates. It was such a huge turnoff. Maybe they thought it made them look like more in demand or something... and therefore, a better 'catch' ?? To me it just seemed rude and a waste of my time. Then again, I never did use the cast net approach to dating.
Casablanca Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 I get plenty of incomprehensible messages from the women too. Normally I am not a grammar nazi and can figure out bad writing. But once I got a message that I looked at for a good 5 minutes and couldn't figure it out. But uh, I just laugh at it. Not **** up my profile with warnings and stuff. Yea the 'good luck' line is hilariously narcissistic. Yeah, but if you dont respond do they send you a two or three more messages? It was so obvious when the guys were lining up tons of dates. It was such a huge turnoff. How was it obvious?
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