So I do the online dating thing. I mean, I'm a woman who understands the connected-ness of the internet and the impenetrable box of routines my adult life has become. That is to say, I am not going to find date-able singles at work or daycare as I pick up my children. Therefore, the internet.
I am on a couple sites and have started to pick up some pretty basic patterns fairly quickly in regards to men and their profiles. Now I assume these men are attempting to find some kind of relationship with people online... I mean, that's why *I* am on there, right? Anyway, I thought I would offer up some advice for guys on these dating sites trolling for babes:
1 (a). Generally, if you wouldn't approach a woman in real life, don't wink/email/nudge her to death. The rules are the same online as they are in normal social situations.
1 (b). If you do wink/email/nudge someone that is more-than-likely out of your league, stop. No more winks/emails/nudges. She is not responding for a reason.
2. No baseball hats in your picture. They are terribly deceptive and make guys look cute and athletic when they are really bald IT nerds. (Not that I have anything against bald, IT, or nerds.) Let's just be honest at the get go and lay our cards on the table, ok? I mean, you're going to have to take it off when we go out to dinner anyway.
3. Put your shirt on. Nobody wants to see your four chest hairs.
4. Smile. With teeth. At the camera. It's not hard - but it seems like guys everywhere are lacking this basic photograph skill.
5. If you have to scan a picture, then it's too old to be on the internet.
Obey these few rules of thumb and I bet you'll get a lot better quality responses to your winks/emails/nudges. At least from me, anyway. =)
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