Internet Dating.....Who Has Done it?!

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MisChief said:
"between friends whilst shooting each other in the face.".... :eek:

Clean shaven face :(

"My other free times is taken up by the hobbies I enjoy" - sounds like you don't have time for a lady in your life?
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lol whats wrong with the "shooting each other in the face"? I could add "virtually I mean" to it i suppose :p

I don't think I'd suit the stuble look!

How should I word the hobbies bit then? as that certainly isn't the case :)

paradisiac said:
it seems well written, but other than that I have nothing useful to add. you cover everything and prove you are articulate. your pics seem fine (well they show you, but advice from me on photos is not, I repeat not, a good idea).
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Cheers chap, I need to get more natural posed pictures I think as I have 2 posed ones, well one posed and one sort of "rabbit caught in the headlights" look for the white shirt pic!
 
ljt said:
lol whats wrong with the "shooting each other in the face"? I could add "virtually I mean" to it i suppose :p

I don't think I'd suit the stuble look!

How should I word the hobbies bit then? as that certainly isn't the case :)



Cheers chap, I need to get more natural posed pictures I think as I have 2 posed ones, well one posed and one sort of "rabbit caught in the headlights" look for the white shirt pic!
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that eliminates the fact they seem to take up all your free time
 
Well another one bites the dust at about the 6th ish date... although this one wants to try again in a few weeks when she is not so tired and her life isn't so hectic...
 
lol true, thats the hardest part I found when composing the profile, is that you have to read it as if it was a woman reading it and attempting to take on their mindset. It's a wonder I wrote anything at all!

Maybe its because I was tired towards the end and my concentration slipped with the "shooting in the face" remark :p

Anyway tiredness has set in for tonight so I'll edit that last bit tomorrow.

Cheers for the help
 
ljt said:
lol true, thats the hardest part I found when composing the profile, is that you have to read it as if it was a woman reading it and attempting to take on their mindset. It's a wonder I wrote anything at all!

Maybe its because I was tired towards the end and my concentration slipped with the shooting in the face remark :p

Anyway tiredness has set in for tonight so I'll edit that last bit tomorrow.

Cheers for the help
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this is where I went bad. face to face was fine because the tone lets them no its a joke, in text form it doesn't work the same. there are loads of people that will give you suggestions to tweak it.
 
ljt said:
lol true, thats the hardest part I found when composing the profile, is that you have to read it as if it was a woman reading it and attempting to take on their mindset. It's a wonder I wrote anything at all!

Maybe its because I was tired towards the end and my concentration slipped with the "shooting in the face" remark :p

Anyway tiredness has set in for tonight so I'll edit that last bit tomorrow.

Cheers for the help
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woman reading a profile... :D:D:D pictures man.. pictures.. :D
 
I was just about to delete my profile and start over; new and such and I get a nibble from on who read my original profile.

So to to be going on with things I just edited out the offending information.

Still any advice, http://www.pof.com/viewprofile.aspx?profile_id=10030585, im no damn good at this. When I first thought about it I was like oh its going to be easy, then writing a profile its not.

Been using POF on and off since 2009, total fail for me so far.

have to get dating or daughter says she will put me on ebay.
 
ljt said:
Right then, as promised, a little later than I expected as I've just got back from seeing the new Batman movie

Here's my POF debut profile; http://www.pof.com/viewprofile.aspx?profile_id=42546866

So any advice? shall I give up now? :D
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My advice is get some cooler looking photos... you look like your name should be Cuthbert or Tarquin, especially the one with the bow tie. Not very cool photos to be honest, they look very geeky (imagining I was the opposite sex)... just my opinion though!

Writing style will alienate 90% of the POF readership, eg: "Onwards to my tastes in the world of entertainment!". I mean seriously, that kinda backs up your photos perfectly. It is a very formal, very correct, and very articulate writing style that unfortunately lacks much warmth, and ultimately, wouldn't endear many women to write unless they were of that same character; which may be your aim, I dunno, in which case wrong dating site. :)
 
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Richdog said:
My advice is get some cooler looking photos... you look like your name should be Cuthbert or Tarquin, especially the one with the bow tie. Not very cool photos to be honest, they look very geeky (imagining I was the opposite sex)... just my opinion though!

Writing style will alienate 90% of the POF readership, eg: "Onwards to my tastes in the world of entertainment!". I mean seriously, that kinda backs up your photos perfectly. It is a very formal, very correct, and very articulate writing style that unfortunately lacks much warmth, and ultimately, wouldn't endear many women to write unless they were of that same character; which may be your aim, I dunno, in which case wrong dating site. :)
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whilst I agree with you on the alienating people part, the rest is kinda him. his hobbies are photography, drawing, looking at the stars.....so he is sophisticated. this means in my opinion he isn't looking for the average POF user that just wants to be out clubbing, getting hammered and then getting pregnant to get a council house :p so changing his profile to appeal to these people would be a wasted effort.
I do think that somewhere like eharmony or match would be better sites to find this kind of person, but POF is free so no harm in testing the waters first and seeing whats potentially out there and getting used to the whole online interaction stuff before shelling out money.



oh, and for the pics bit, get some shades, seriously, chicks dig shades. oh and some stubble, right mischief ;)
 
Richdog said:
My advice is get some cooler looking photos... you look like your name should be Cuthbert or Tarquin, especially the one with the bow tie. Not very cool photos to be honest, they look very geeky (imagining I was the opposite sex)... just my opinion though!

Writing style will alienate 90% of the POF readership, eg: "Onwards to my tastes in the world of entertainment!". I mean seriously, that kinda backs up your photos perfectly. It is a very formal, very correct, and very articulate writing style that unfortunately lacks much warmth, and ultimately, wouldn't endear many women to write unless they were of that same character; which may be your aim, I dunno, in which case wrong dating site. :)
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Thanks for the feedback I appreciate all opinions. Could you please define “cooler looking photos” though please?

With regards to the bow tie photo, that was a tux evening onboard a cruise ship, it isn’t my normal evening out attire :p I don’t have that many recent pictures of myself other than those, as I spend most of the time the other side of the camera. I know they look geeky, but that is part of who I am, so this will show in any photo of me.

The writing style was not meant to alienate women who may read it, I’m quite surprised that is how you interpreted it. Ultimately though, I would like to find a woman of similar character, who can construct sentences and hold a proper conversation and ideally likes at least one of the same hobbies as me such as photography.
 
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