Profile Honesty
How honest should we be on our profiles?Would it put people off, or would it simply attract the type we are really looking for, and who are looking for us?
Should physical disabilities/abnormalities be put out there?
What about mental issues, from mild depression to dipshit loco?
Some people have no problem with either mental or physical issues, some even are attracted to them.
Same with body size. Should we put our BMI (Body Mass Index) on our profile. Although not a perfect method of measurement, is it not better than 'average ' or 'curvy' which means different things to different people.
Again, lots of people like fat or skinny people, and it would save them time in guessing/searching.
If we are selfish; unfaithful; possessive; short-tempered; undependable; argumentative; lazy; only want casual sex, etc., is it not better to say it?
If you want a partner to support you financially, why not say it? Some people want others to be dependent on them. Match made in heaven.
How honest should we be? And how able would people be to accept that honesty?
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Never!
To me, pics are pretty irrelevant. I'd be just as happy if nobody had one on. People constantly photoshop them or take them at an angle which only shows the good parts and hide the bad.
I prefer to meet people in real life, and they can see the real me then.
It's a beautiful mild, sunny, day today, I'll have you know
any references to Irish weather are purely coincidental or made up, batteries not included not suitable for people under 12.
Molly, your profile actually tells us all about the guy you want to meet. Accurate in the stats, though.
Meet 15 men? I should be so lucky.
I go back to the advertising thing, though. Went to see one house, 6 bedrooms! tons of scope! top room and terrace has own entrance! cave off kitchen!
Reality: 6 rooms perhaps in all. That own entrance needed you to scramble on all fours up a hillside, no path, no steps. The cave was more like an alcove. He completely failed to mention he'd knocked down an inside wall and not put in a lintel, or that the only ceiling I saw was minutes off crashing down. Tons of scope? Aye, for a bulldozer.
So profile honesty should be 5% wishful thinking, 5% self-delusion, 30% salesmanship and 60% honest. That would work for me. However for me the bio is all, if that's stilted or sounds remotely fake, nope.
So profile honesty should be 5% wishful thinking, 5% self-delusion, 30% salesmanship and 60% honest
the truth is getting me nowhere so i will lie a little of a lot.
The vlogs we did were fun because we got to see the person and their body language and such. Makes the faceless typing into something more tangible and interesting!
If I find a witty, well-written profile, it always interests me.
Unfortunately, pics actually put me off. I am too visual. I start looking for what is wrong with their pic rather than concentrating on what is right.
I am more interested in the written word and the wit than a nice pic and rubbishy profile.
Just a glimpse of their personality is all I expect
The lying, though, is so boring. Tall tales and exaggerations are pretty easy to see through once you get to talking with the person
The most recent one which did that to me turned out to be a fabulous man.
Unfortunately, he has young kids and is looking for somebody in similar circumstances
I guess I could borrow or steal a couple of rugrats
Not exactly coz they still behave like kids on a lot of occasions!
I'm also standing in front of a full length mirror.
I must say, that none of the men I have dated from here have had either profiles or pics up
However, they did capture my attention with their first email
But, and this is a big but, there is no way I'd have contacted Them with their lack of profile.
Good luck!
Oh and I just changed my profile pic, Molly. Totally me...
I think I might even fancy you myself
I dress to suit myself, and the occasion, but basically to suit myself.
I am comfortable enough in my own skin and don't feel the need to look like a so-called celebrity.
If people learn self-confidence and resilience, then marketing won't affect them as much.
Or are you still boinging?