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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/8/2006 11:05:52 PM | If I send you an email I have read your profile ... If not, I either skimmed over it and found it uninteresting...OR I just have not gotten around to you yet.
if you have not posted a picture, I definately have not read it... | |
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/9/2006 11:16:17 AM | I agree completely.
I have found this very ridiculous. Guys messaging me, asking me questions that are already answered in my profile. guys save yourself the trouble and take a couple minutes to read. and not only is that obviously RETARDED. but the very FIRST line of my profile is : if you dont read my profile, dont even bother talking to me, what-so-ever. I mean right..? does everygirl have to post a huge sign on their foreheads to tell guys to read their profiles?!  | |
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Smjle
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Joined: 9/19/2006
Msg: 853 | |
| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/9/2006 3:14:56 PM | | I cannot speak for all men. Maybe some men have a reading problem. However, if I initiate contact, I've read you profile. Now if receive an email and the profile is gibberish and not readable, I may just send a polite reply. | |
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| Stop the guy bashing!
Posted: 10/15/2006 6:28:45 PM | Ladies, you have to agree that women are just as shallow as men.I would love to do an experiment and see how many emails I get back with the types of pics I have posted. I don't want to take a cheesy pic with my shirt off, but I bet if I took a few pics with my guy friends or more pics of myself I would get a lot of responses!
What I don't get, is the women that have these profiles that are looking for a caring, honest, fun loving guy. I msg them and they always read what I have written, but rarely do I get msg back. I'm not looking for a one night stand or anything like that. I just like to chat and maybe hang out as friends.If we click then I might date the girl. If I wanted to get laid I would just go to the club and pick up.Why on earth would I waste my time on a site like this.
I can honestly say that I read profiles.I like the forums. Please keep in mind ladies that their is a lot of great guys outthere still looking for friendship.Cheers and all the best!
-Fernandes | |
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/15/2006 6:40:59 PM | | i get those alot. my profile states 'talk/email' - but i am open to the right guy, so i still read the emails and answer them all because you just never know. but they rarely seem to actually read my profile. they just look at the pics and ignore 'me'. tells me plenty about them. usually they see that a woman is on line, (and any woman will do) then they try to 'i.m.' me, and i KNOW they have'nt read my profile then, because i get alot of really young guys with pics of themselves in no shirts that think they're hot!!lol | |
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/15/2006 6:59:13 PM | It's hard to write to women on this site.I can honestly say I do read the whole profiles.I can see that there are most guys out there just trying to get laid.After all, their is a lot of creeps out there.The women with great pics I think get msg a lot. I mean, most of the time their profile sucks.I currently have one pic posted, but I have a feeling that when I post more I will get msg back more often.Both men and women look at pics at first.
Attraction is key.What I don't get is the women that read my msg but don't reply back.Their profile claims they want a nice guy that is honest, caring and etc.They go on how they can't meet a great guy.Meanwhile their dating 4 or 5 guys at the same time.When they get played by a guy then the nice guys suffer.
I have learned to stand up for myself.Both men and women let's be honest play games.I love the chase but hate the games.I like honesty but lets face it ladies, it doesn't always work. Remember that, feelings play an important part in the relationship!
Maybe my profile needs work.But I'am willing to bet that women are just as shallow as men.I often wonder how many times my profile gets read.In closing, this cyber thing is madness, but I love it in a strangs way!
-Fernandes | |
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Rador
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Joined: 9/26/2006
Msg: 857 | |
| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/16/2006 5:36:31 PM | | i read the profiles and if I like what I read I may send an email. I have qualitys that I am looking for just like them. I would not waste my time on someone if we did not have something in common. Not all men are after 1 thing. If that was the case I would go out and find it. Not like it is hard to do. I got on here to meet some people and make some friends and if we clicked then see where it goes from there. I relize there are alot of boys just looking for a hook up but as a MAN that is not what I am here for. Women should really not stereotype all MEN because of the actions of the BOYS. There is a big difference between a real man and a boy. | |
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/16/2006 8:16:03 PM | | Women write profiles for women, men write profiles for men. It would be better for men to write the profiles of women for blokes to read, then us blokes could understand them.Don't forget we are two diffrent species. | |
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/17/2006 2:07:48 AM | If there are a lot of complaints on a woman's profile I'll stop reading it quickly. Other than that I'll read the whole thing.
love for all,
onyx blue
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/17/2006 7:02:05 AM | Excellent idea - something like this, for example ?
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For a woman her age with two kids she's holding up well; though like all of'em she can be a bit frightening before that first cup of coffee.
She gets pissed when you leave the lid up but she's usually a sport about it - unless it's that time o' the month, in which case things alot less significant than this could easily get a guy killed.
She takes forever to get ready to go anywhere, but when she finally finishes whatever the hell it is she's doing in there, the results are impressive; no doubt about it, if we didn't work together I'd hit.
Holds her liquor well - so if you're hopin' for a little action simply gettin' her bombed ain't gonna be enough. I hear flowers with a note sayin' something like "I really think you're special" usually do the trick, and everyone I've spoken to who'd know firsthand say droppin' a few bucks at the florist on this one is money well spent.
- Speaking of which, for those of ya' on a budget, I hear one fella got all the way to "the holy city" with just the note; he's now sort of an idol among the rest of us.
For those interested, if ya' email me I can send ya' a pretty thorough list of her "specialties"; they say she's as good as they get at "escaped convict and the warden's wife".
Oh, yeah - almost forgot to mention - if ya' find yourself involved with her, be sure to work it into the conversation on your first date that yer birthday is due in just over a month; she's known to do damned near anything for ya on yer birthday (hehe). If you're wonderin' what to do if your b-day ain't due in a few weeks - WHAT ARE YA' DAFT MAN ? LIE ! If she finds out, so what ? After all -
There's PLENTY OF FISH out there.
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Is that what you had in mind ?
It would take alot of the guesswork out of itl, but it would probably take most of the fun out of well; nah, I think I'd rather it stay the way it is now.
They misrepresent, we embellish, they nag, we ignore and eventually we all settle for far less than we want, and everyone lives happily ever after.
Now if you'll excuse me I have to get to church.
I need to pray that the female members here are able to see all that in the humorous manner in which it was intended.
- And to check with the Father on that opening at the monastery in case they don't.
Happy fishing everyone.
Sincerely,
Your newest member | |
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/17/2006 7:10:46 AM | | Do all women have a "boob shirt" that they wear for these pictures? It seems so! Not that I'm complaining...but if you didn't want us to look, then you could dress more modestly. | |
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/17/2006 9:40:26 AM | | First thing I look for is a pic , than I look for a smile .If I see a nice warm smile I go on and proceed to read the whole profile . I do not like negative things in profile . I might still read on but I just can not understand when people put negative things in their profile . This goes for both genders . | |
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/17/2006 10:02:43 AM | | I still say that the men who this thread was intended for (don't read profiles) don't read forums either, so that this thread will continue to have men in it who do read profiles and don't get the question. | |
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/17/2006 10:55:24 AM | | I'm certain some do read the profile. If they choose to actually understand what it says is an entirely different thing. Before I put restrictions on mine, it was more than obvious that reading and understanding do not always go hand in hand. | |
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/19/2006 10:53:22 AM | I read every profile of anyone I contact or reply to. But I have contacted some women I know I have nothing in common with for two main reasons.
1: I get a feeling, that's the only way I can describe it, that there is something more, reading between the lines.
2: I have twice walked into a business that wasn't hiring and got a job because I asked. What does it cost to say hello.
BTW: It's very hard, sometimes, to read all the way through the profiles with the bad spelling and syntactical errors. Are most of the women in the world semi-illiterate? | |
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/19/2006 12:52:32 PM | I do not believe that men read our profiles. I believe they look to see if our face doesn't need a paper bag over it and then they reply or write. They look to see if we are fat, old and/or sexy.
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/19/2006 1:11:49 PM | Yes, I definitely read the profiles. I've even written women that had no picture posted, strictly on the strength of their wit, intelligence, or whatever. Looks are important to me, you know, the attraction principle, but looks with no brains aren't for me. One of the ladies I wrote that had no picture, sent me a picture with her reply. She was beautiful, she was, obviously, trying to meet someone attracted to more than her good looks. I'll let you know how that turns out. | |
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/19/2006 2:15:25 PM | | Lots of tossing this question about. Here's what's been my experience ... not my point of view or opinion, my experience. First ... we all check the photo first, right? After all, we all do want someone pleasing to the eye and a photo can tell a lot about someone. Now, if your photo is really dark, or you have a goofy look, think your motorcycle makes you appealing, think brushing your hair is too much trouble, can't find a decent shirt to wear, make yourself a tiny part of the background of the picture, or think a dead pan expression is appealing, well, your photo won't help. But you don't need to take your shirt off to get responses. I haven't taken mine off and I have no trouble getting responses, and I don't consider myself a beauty queen. It's simply a well-taken photo in which I wear a nice smile. Okay? Simple. Again, a photo says a lot about you. If you do the sexy pose, guess what they're going to think. If you haven't brushed your teeth this year, guess what they're going to think. Take the time and effort to get a good photo taken. Web cams and hold the camera to the mirror don't say good things. Get out there and find a friend to come help you take some pics and spend some time preparing yourself so you look as good as you can. And simle ... look the camera in the eye and give it a nice hello smile. That's all you need to do. As for whether the guys read our profiles ... again ... my experience has shown that the guys who are simply looking for a temporary physical partner don't read them ... why should they? When these guys approach me, I go check their profile ... and lo and behold, their profile is all about hugging and touching and rubbing. On the other hand, the guys who are sincere about a relationship DO seem to read my profile ... AND ... remember what was said in it. And when I go read their profile, I find they have actually told me a little about themselves as well. So I would answer this question by telling you to clarify WHO is reading your profile, and for what reason. And if you aren't being contacted by guys who seem to have read your profile ... maybe you need to take a new picture or revise your profile. Yes, it's a marketing tool ... you ARE selling yourself. So think about what you want to say. Think about whether it will interest anyone ... and is it the truth? I've had long profiles and short profiles and I honestly don't think it matters. I look at it this way. If I put a long profile up, then I'm simply letting you know as much about me as I'm comfortable with BEFORE you meet me. (Helps eliminate some of the unwanteds.) As for those who don't like to read long profiles, well ... maybe there's a reason. Maybe they are educated enough for that many concepts. Maybe they only want a temporary physical partner. Either way, if I write a long profile and they don't like reading a long profile ... I don't care. REMEMBER ... if they're too flipping lazy to read your profile, they aren't going to be interested in getting to know much about you either. Long profile or short profile ... it doesn't matter. What matters is that you are honest about yourself in however many words you want to use. If they don't want to or can't read your profile, then maybe you need to move on. | |
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/22/2006 4:37:00 PM | | I always read the whole profile, if not only to see just how many stereotypical women put the same old crap like "bubbly girl, up for a laugh, up for fun" and "looking for a guy who can talk all night" so I know not to bother with them! How many people put that "up for a laugh" bollox. Just what is meant to be attractive about that? Everyone's up for a laugh/fun!! "Oh, I got to go for that one, she's up for a laugh, that's a rare trait!!" Perlease! | |
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/23/2006 1:39:37 AM | | you are so correct . a nice face is an automatic add , even if the lady is on the other side of the continent . | |
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/23/2006 2:27:20 AM | | oh my god sheesh what a stupid rhetorical question. no, they dont. the ones that im me or send an email are sending it to a dmv picture of me on my profile. so when i start talking to these hapless idiots i first ask "didja read the profile?" and nine times out of ten its a reccuring theme. then they trip out when the proverbial cat comes out of the bag, for i let it all hang out on my profile, the drug abuse, the recovery, the methadone. the grassroots political action, my son, and the best thing that freaks them out is that im looking for more than body. almost this whole male side of this website are unredeemable, and i can only chalk up beer goggles if theyre getting any....gotta like the ike | |
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/24/2006 1:35:14 AM |
oh my god sheesh what a stupid rhetorical question. no, they dont. the ones that im me or send an email are sending it to a dmv picture of me on my profile. so when i start talking to these hapless idiots i first ask "didja read the profile?"
With an attitude like that only a hapless idiot would want to send you an email. Men do have some standards beyond pics. Some of you think that dating is or should be easy. Some men come on here with very high standards, check out the profiles and message a few. They get rejected.
Fair enough.
They go to the next tier. Continue to get rejected.
Rather than moving on to another site and a fresh batch of options, they go to the third tier and eventually they correspond with anyone who is of the appropriate gender.
On any site like this your going to get rejected 99% of the time. Some optimize their time by writing to everyone regardless. The ones that respond don't necessarily fit the profiles. But it is one method of working your way through a dating list, and in terms of results it is probably more efficient than the other options.
Others post profiles and then don't write to anyone but will date anyone who writes to them.
And most of us are somewhere in between those two options.
Both men and women I suspect have a tendency to write to people who fit what they want without regard to whether or not they fit what the person writing to wants. | |
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/25/2006 7:41:08 AM | Ok First thing I need to clear up, I CAN NOT speak on other mens' hehalf. I can speak for my own and maybe a general skew of what guys think (hence why they do what they do) but I can not explain it all. I wouldnt consider myself a shallow guy. Sure a picture is helpful for me to get an idea of who I am talking to. At no time to me are women on or off this site "MEAT" to ME what so ever! Sure some men do look for women that stand out, I think the same thing can be said about some woman. The innitial pic does lure me to read her profile and as I read more I make a decision rather I want to talk to her more or not. Some guys probably dont do this. Its a matter of value. If you get a message "How you doin'? Id like to get to know you better blah blah blah" then your probably talking to some guy that needs a cold shower. In contrast if your innitial email from a guy is asking questions about you or simply says "your profile caught my eye, Id like to get to know you better etc" he might be worth a shot. A phrase that all my friends use to describe me is Nice guys finish last. Have you ever wondered where this came from? Its because all the "scum bag JERKS" make it so much harder for the "nice guys" to get even foothold because of our gender. Think twice about deleting mail or not sending a reply. Sure we have two heads and sometimes we dont think with the right one but some of us try. Keep this in mind when you are talking to men because ultimatly I would like a nice Woman to talk to and be able to carry conversation with just as much if not more than any phyisical attribute to the relationship. Ok now you got me going on. Keep Smilin and remember I come in Peace \\//
Steven | |
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| Do You Men Read Our Whole Profiles?
Posted: 10/25/2006 7:50:09 AM | People should read your profile, but they absolutely should be interested in your picture first. I think that point's getting missed....if you aren't attracted to someone naturally the profile beyond that won't make any difference. The initial question is once you see the pic and like the person you're e-mailing to, do you read BEYOND the pic?
Those of you who think being into looks is shallow are not considering that they also gravitate towards who attracts THEM, and they are just upset that someone they are attracted to doesn't like them back. If they are good looking and have nothing else to offer, then you should move on and expect more the next time. But all the personality in the world has nothing to do with being attracted, nor will it make up for that.
Attraction is a MUST when browsing thru profiles. It's the whole reason the picture is there. | |
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