Online Dating Advice
I regularly review excerpts from random dating profiles (for anonymity). Pointing out dos and don’ts from real profiles can help you improve on your own personal branding.
Live love laugh, and other online dating profiles that make me wish I was illiterate.
I see live, love and laugh on enough dating profiles that I should have written a blog about it sooner. Today I actually saw it in a headline. Instead of giving in to the urge of hunting down whoever coined that preachy bit of inanity, I’ve decided to address it in my blog. Before you write “live, love and laugh”, ask yourself if you’re really prepared to make your dating profile sound like one of those cheesy inspirational greeting cards… read more →
Does your online dating profile sound like an instruction manual?
Spare me the online dating profiles that have a list of “musts”. I’m sure you’ve seen them, they’re on every single dating site from PerfectMatch to Match.com. They go like this: You: Must be able to carry on an intelligent conversation. Must be as comfortable dressed up as you are dressed down. Must have a career but not be married to it. Must be financially secure and independent. Funny how none of these profiles have “You must tolerate my controlling,… read more →
Does this dating profile sound familiar?
I’m an independant person lol. I luv life, good food, sunsets and fun lol. Most of all, I luv to laugh lol. I’m looking for someone honest and good-hearted who’s just as comfortable dressed up as dressed down lol. No drama, no games, no players lol. If this intrests you, send me a massage lol. Does that profile, spelling mistakes and all, seem familiar? It should. It can be found on countless online dating sites. It seems to be the… read more →
“My, what a long arm you have!” and other drawbacks of taking your own dating profile picture.
You know those motivational books that tell you to smile at yourself in the mirror every day? Few people ever take the advice. Know why? Because it feels really silly. Unless you’re Anthony Robbins flashing yourself a smile can feel forced and awkward – and it shows. This is precisely why you shouldn’t take your own online dating profile picture. I scan hundreds of dating profiles on all the major sites from Match.com to POF to Jdate. No one takes… read more →
Biggest complaint by men dating online? Endless emails. Dumbest complaint? Endless emails.
Dumb things men do: They try to fix a woman’s problems rather than nod their heads and listen. They start renovation projects when there’s nothing to renovate. They learn to play guitar because they think it’ll make them look cool, thus never considering how it will make them sound. Or worse, they play air guitar. A lot of them also sign up for online dating only to assert on their dating profiles that they don’t like endless emails. That’s like… read more →
Have you played the popular online dating game, “Guess whose profile this is”?
Strangers look at your online dating profile. As such, they have no idea what you look like. So if you fill your dating profile with pictures of you and your friends, how is anyone able to distinguish you from them? Worse still, what if someone thinks one of your friends is the hot one? A friend of mine said “I know Volvo’s a better pick for the long haul but if it’s sitting next to a Ferrari, I’m taking that… read more →
Anger management and online dating.
I’ve heard stories of men and women dating online who send raging emails to others online. The anger is inspired by a variety of reasons, anything from not getting a reply to disliking the content of a profile. That’s kookier than Naomi Campbell and Christian Bale put together. People online are strangers. They don’t know you so why take what they do or say personally? Instead breathe, take up a cause, count garbanzo beans or watch Celebrity Rehab to feel… read more →
Spell check. The best online dating device since the block button.
Have you ever tried talking with someone whose soul patch is just slightly off center? The person can be as witty as David Sedaris and as profound as Maya Angelou but it’s the patch, not the conversation, that has your full attention. Spelling mistakes and typos on your online dating profile are just as distracting. Worse still are grammatical errors. When I see “looking for a guy who’s totally out their” or “looking for an independant girl”, I think the… read more →
Online dating and seriously looking for humor?
Some online daters take humor way too seriously. Here are some quotes I took from dating profiles I found on just one online dating site: I love a sense of humor because humor helps us see things in a pro-active light. I love people with a sense of humor because humor gives us perspective. To find humor and an intense connection, that is my mantra. Wow, talk about somber. I’d probably find more levity in a scientology pamphlet. If you… read more →
Online dating because you’re tired of being alone?
When I see an online dating profile that says “tired of being alone”, do I think “don’t let this tiger get away”?. No. Not ever. “Tired of being alone” makes me think you’re desperately lonely. By that I mean “bring bread to a park and even pigeons wouldn’t keep you company” kind of lonely. Saying “tired of being alone” sounds as though no one wants to be around you. If you’re on match.com, Lavalife, Plenty of Fish, or any of… read more →
