Another Online Dating Thread

oOoMicheleoOo

What puts you off of people's profiles on online dating ?

Do you read the whole profile or just decide on the photo ?

Well I have to admit that I am put off by profile pics where people have their washing hanging in the background. I certainly do not want to see someones drawers before I even know them !!

Also football (soccer) strips. Males who live in football tops really don't do it for me

What's your turn offs ?

kit_katty

Personally my first stop is the photo, but more how much care have they put into it, I've seen some really bad photos and wonder is that the best you can do or do you just not care.

As for putting me off someone's profile, spelling, capitalization and grammar, I'm not the best, but I do try and use spell check! Again, how much care have they put into this?

Oh and if they LOVE something that I absolutely HATE, whether it's a tv show, movie, hobbie. I doubt we could get along then.

La_Amazona

Pics first definately...

I hate pics of abs, mirror pics, self taken car pics, etc..

I want to see pics of your "life". I love pics when the guy is with friends or on top of a mountain or in the middle of the woods.. something different!!!

If pics pass test then I go to read profile. If it's cocky, I pass. If it's too short, I pass. If they have no interest in revealing themselves thoroughly, then I don't have an interest in trying to figure them out.

christine24t

If you have more than one pic that you took yourself (like holding your hand out and taking a picture that way), I skip it. Don't care if you're cute. NO SELF-TAKEN PHOTOS! Like the above posters - I want to see photos of your life, not photos of just your face.

Carl01

My first pet peeve is profiles that have a bunch of pics of cars,scenery,pets,children and only one of the actual person.
Fine to let people in your profile know you have kids and pets and maybe even a picture but not all of them.

Second is one with no profile pic yet tries to be active.
I get signing up to look around and see what may be there and not actually becoming public but if you are going to wink/message/poke/whatever at least respect the other party enough to let him or her see what you look like.
I don`t think that is shallow,just courtesy.

scapez

- No profile pic. MAYBE I'll consider you if you're a little more private and have pics to immediately send.
- Poor spelling, capitalization, and grammar. There's no excuse with spell check.
- I need to like the way you look OR what you wrote OR a combo of both. If I see nothing that I like I need to pass. It probably wouldn't be like this in the real world, but it's that way when all I have to work with is what I see.
- Yeah, shirtless pics don't do it for me either. Let's save that for our first beach trip or roll in the hay, whatever comes first.

Because I don't have as much patience as I used to:
- I don't IM or wink. I want someone to write me... needn't be long, but write me something. I want to choose who I talk to, which is why I always have IM turned OFF.
- If you write or wink and I see nothing in your profile that doesn't compel me to write back, you get nothing. I used to write "thanks but I don't feel we'll be compatible" emails back to those I wasn't interested in, but like I said, no patience anymore.

mmgomez28

Obviously the first stop is the photo. But I try to go more in depth. I once saw one guy who had a picture of him when he was overweight. I kept reading his profile and he said that he had lost a lot of weight, but that he wasn't going to change his picture. He said that if someone won't contact him at his worst, then they didn't deserve him at his best.

If the person can't spell, use punctuation correctly, or write a coherent sentence then he's not the guy for me. A big plus for me is education and willingness to learn more. If you are not like that, that was a turn off. If your only idea of fun was beer and football, NEXT!

I ended up deleting my profile.

PedmomJill

Pics first definately...

I hate pics of abs, mirror pics, self taken car pics, etc..

I want to see pics of your "life". I love pics when the guy is with friends or on top of a mountain or in the middle of the woods.. something different!!!

If pics pass test then I go to read profile. If it's cocky, I pass. If it's too short, I pass. If they have no interest in revealing themselves thoroughly, then I don't have an interest in trying to figure them out.

ITA with this. also if there are any pictures of the guy's Harley (I live close to Milwaukee so that's pretty common) or their car or of them in their hunting clothes. Past experience with men that like those things have taught me that that is not the right type of guy for me.

On another note, a guy that emails me and just says "Hi, how are you" or asks me a question that is answered in my profile so I know he didn't read it.........I don't even bother replying.

oOoMicheleoOo

If you have more than one pic that you took yourself (like holding your hand out and taking a picture that way), I skip it. Don't care if you're cute. NO SELF-TAKEN PHOTOS! Like the above posters - I want to see photos of your life, not photos of just your face.

Uh oh ... thats really only the pics I have as i detest getting my pic taken. So I have 'just for profile pics' only :noway: