We ladies were helping a friend set up her profile on eharmony. Then we went over her picks as they came in. There were many times when we said “No way – delete! – delete!” Other times we said “Awww – write him that you are interested!”
What guys should and shouldn’t put in their profiles on a dating website:
1. Don’t list your ‘hates’ – you are deleted in seconds that way –you don’t come across very well trashing your ex’s and listing the kinds of chicks you DON’T want. We’ve seen some profiles compound this by ranting on in successive fields that have nothing to do with likes/dislikes. Sounding bitter is not the way to go!
Read the full article at White Noise, dated 3 November 2008

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