| Would you reject someone because of something in their profile?
Posted: 11/10/2008 7:46:29 PM | To summarize I would have to agree with the poster afew pages back who said:
"If we all stopped rejecting each other for something on our profiles we might actually get a date!!!"
Oh how true.................good luck to all of us. | |
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TPNW
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Joined: 3/15/2008
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| Would you reject someone because of something in their profile?
Posted: 11/10/2008 8:35:59 PM | | The only thing that would make me skip a profile without reading all of it first would be the Does Not Want Children. That is something that is not likely to change. I am looking for something long term and hope another baby is in my future. I know that my family isn't complete and that feeling isn't going to go away. | |
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| Would you reject someone because of something in their profile?
Posted: 11/10/2008 8:50:52 PM | I gave up drinking a few months ago, because it was too easy to use it to escape
things; but I don't mind if someone else drinks. My answer then is "No", not for that reason. (I didn't look at your profile, and didn't read your age...I'm just in the forums is all.) Alcohol is fine if it's not a problem. | |
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jsmi1
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Joined: 4/13/2009
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| Would you reject someone because of something in their profile?
Posted: 5/19/2009 10:15:54 AM | I rejected a guy that messaged me because when I went to look at his profile there was a pic of him with swastika tattoos! I told him why I would never even talk to someone like him and then blocked him. Later I was telling my sister about it and she wanted to see it and I found his profile and he had deleted that picture! I'm glad I saw it when those pics were up.  | |
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alv2.0
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Joined: 4/18/2009
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| Would you reject someone because of something in their profile?
Posted: 5/19/2009 12:42:20 PM | It depends on how important the "issue" is to me.
For example, I would reject a smoker. Sorry to those I offend. I won't get into why, as I'm sure people can figure it out.
I would no reject somebody who does not appreciate classical music. I've been playing the piano since I was 4. I taught private lessons, sing classical music, and enjoy going to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. But this is an interest of mine, not a fundamental belief. If the guy has different hobbies, that is completely fine. This includes his taste in music. | |
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Sinnn
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Joined: 7/17/2009
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| Would you reject someone because of something in their profile?
Posted: 8/4/2009 1:03:37 PM | It might seem petty...but I pass on the profiles if they're cliche ridden.
"Loves to laugh" and I'm outta there. Sorry.
"Looking for my prince" ......gag, gone!
"Looking for my partner in crime"....hey, why don't you write Charles Manson and see if he's available? | |
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| Would you reject someone because of something in their profile?
Posted: 8/4/2009 2:25:12 PM | POF has a place to list your hobbies and interest. Do you want a lie or the truth?
Skydiving is in my profile. I don't force anyone to do it, I seldom ask anyone to do it?
As far as the idiotic statement of jumping out of a perfectly good airplane. To go boating,
its the law you have wear a lifejacket, even if you are a professional swimmer. To drive
your car, its the law you have to have to wear a seatbelt, even if you are a professional NASCAR driver. BUT, you can go up in a plane....with nothing. Everyday you read in the paper where a plane crashed and killed everyone on board. Its a fact that if you won't jump from a healthy plane, you wont jump period....you will crash with the plane. You might think you will if its going to crash.....but you wont! I flew Navy, and you must have a Chute. So, you old bitties, and old farts, sit on your rocker on the front porch.....but God, forbid, don't do anything FUN and post it in your profile, you might offend somebody. | |
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| Would you reject someone because of something in their profile?
Posted: 8/4/2009 3:13:18 PM |
It might seem petty...but I pass on the profiles if they're cliche ridden.
"Loves to laugh" and I'm outta there. Sorry.
"Looking for my prince" ......gag, gone!
"Looking for my partner in crime"....hey, why don't you write Charles Manson and see if he's available?
Ha! That last one doesn't bother me as much as the others, but to some extent I do this too.
"I love to laugh and have fun." Yeah, because everyone else hates that. Next!
"My friends and family are important to me." Right. The rest of us don't give a damn about ours. Gack!
"My children are my top priority." Did you think I would expect them to come second? Who the hell have you been dating?
On the other hand, just to include something positive - I saw a deliberately cracked cliché earlier today that charmed my socks off, and if I were looking for a woman, I'd have asked her out: "Looking for My Knight in Shining Whatever." It just tickled my fancy! | |
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| Would you reject someone because of something in their profile?
Posted: 8/4/2009 5:06:33 PM | | Of course I would. I am not sure though if I see it as a rejection. But there are things that I would avoid, smoking for example. Frequent drinking as well. Also, when I see in a profile that a guy basically spends winters watching hockey and summers camping - why bother? those are just examples. Everybody has personal preferences. Some men prefer slim women, some men prefer overweight women. IMHO, it's the same like hockey and smoking for me - I prefer something else so I move on. | |
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| Would you reject someone because of something in their profile?
Posted: 8/4/2009 5:17:32 PM | | I agree if there was something that I am totally against I would....however.....most profiles I have read are remarkably similar, I'm a nice person, I like to...etc etc.....my feeling is you can only get a smidge off someones profile, I've dated people off of other sites and their profile and their actual personality weren't quite the same...I suppose sometimes how we see ourselves and how others see us might not totally jive, but I believe you can get a vibe (bad or good) from someones profile if they elaborate about themselves.....bottom line is you never really know someone until you sit down and have a conversation, and even then you still may not....just have to follow your instincts I would say......and its my belief that people look at the pics and read the profile, for me if its 1 outta 2 I won't contact that person...and if everyone was honest I'm sure the picture factor is a major element in this online dating thing.................. | |
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| Would you reject someone because of something in their profile?
Posted: 8/4/2009 5:31:53 PM | Reject someone based on something in their profile? Absolutely! For example...
-Criminally insane: rejected!
-Too many cliche phrases: rejected!
-Nazi: rejected!
-Doesn't like chocolate: rejected!
-Stuck-up: rejected!
-Messy hair: rejected!
-Clothes that aren't perfectly ironed/wrinkle-free: rejected!
-Missing or extra body part: rejected!
-Likes unicorns: rejected!
-Member of the Charles Manson fan club: rejected!
-Lactose intolerant: rejected!
-Eyes are the wrong color: rejected!
That's just off the top of my head; I'm sure I can think of other reasons if I put some effort into it
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| Would you reject someone because of something in their profile?
Posted: 9/3/2009 1:04:34 PM | | I'm sure a lot of women would reject a hot, gorgeous, good-looking man who looks like Brad Pitt or David Beckham, but if his written profile description is not good or too short, they will be reluctant to reciprocate with him, overall, they would not be interested. Also if he does not have a good job, that will hurt him as well. | |
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| Would you reject someone because of something in their profile?
Posted: 9/4/2009 12:51:06 AM | I think the vast majority of us here reject other's based on items in their profiles, and for the large part I don't think it's done out of any sense of mean-spiritedness, just a sense of what we are and aren't compatible with - especially as we get older.
For me, the only three hard and fast instant deal breakers are:
1. married
2. drug users
3. very heavy drinkers
Other than that, I'm very open in who I'll date - age, background, ethnicity, distance aren't deal breakers to me - they just make the pond that much bigger  | |
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| Would you reject someone because of something in their profile?
Posted: 9/4/2009 1:05:12 AM | I think reject is a harsh word but I would nto pass over someone who said they drank wine or didnt..
but I do**** pass guys over who have pic of them selves and their buds all drunked up holding up their bottles to the camera..
****I pass over guys who say in their profile:
"I am attractive...good looking..handsome.."
it turns me off..their pic is there..I can see..
** I pass over guys who looks all unkept and messy....
old clothes can be washed..shampoo can be had for cheap
and yes I **pass over guys who bittch about women in their profiles..
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| Would you reject someone because of something in their profile?
Posted: 9/4/2009 6:23:03 AM |
Women are without a doubt, much more pickier than Men are.
Of course this was said by a man. I would say just the opposite.
But to answer the original question, whether I would reject somebody based on something in their profile - I did and I would do it again. Just yesterday, I was contacted by a guy whose interests are Fishing - Camping - Golfing (there was nothing else - just those three).
I hate all three. I cannot stand people who kill animals for fun; although I am not a high maintenance gal sleeping in a tent does not really interest me and golfing is the most boring thing on earth. So why would we have in common? | |
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