| You need help, don't you?
Posted: 2/14/2008 4:23:51 PM | So I've been reading a lot of the profiles out there and believe that some of you need guidance. I've no credentials to speak of...just a woman with a lot of common sense and the willingness to help. Is YOUR profile working for you?
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| You need help, don't you?
Posted: 2/14/2008 5:20:07 PM | lumatech,
Your opening paragraph speaks volumes about you. You're obviously a well read man - Huck. EXCELLENT way to let us peek into your world.
Your photos, while conveying much about your love of water and fishing (not phishing) unfortunately don't demonstrate the many dimensions of you that your profile does. Any chance you could take a few more that show some diversity?
Only criticism I have (and it is a minor one) would be to make more of an effort to capitalize your personal pronouns. 
Kudos on a well written and interesting profile. I've added you to my favorites because I want to see how this evolves.
Good Luck!
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| You need help, don't you?
Posted: 2/14/2008 6:17:47 PM | Merci beaucoup for the positive feedback. You'll have to pardon my ignorance but am I supposed to capitalise i'm? Unfortunatly for the pics I am usually the one taking the pics and rarely the one in front of the lense. My friends are horrible photographers. But I will take your suggestion to heart and try my damndest to get more variety in pics.
Thank you very much for taking the time to help and may Buddha bless your heart. | |
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wazo
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| You need help, don't you?
Posted: 2/14/2008 6:58:51 PM | | I happen to agree with the lacklustre profiles out there. I feel my profile is lacking as well, but I can't quite figure what I'm missing. Would you please help me out? | |
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| Please can you offer some advice
Posted: 2/14/2008 7:12:13 PM | Wazo...
i would put more info about yourself on the content. You didn't say very much! And, btw, saying that u will treat a woman the way she should be treated is good, but how will u do it? Dudes always say that and I'm here to tell you that I don't believe it anymore. You must prove it! Descibe how u would make a woman feel like a queen!
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| You need help, don't you?
Posted: 2/15/2008 5:56:49 AM | lumatech,
Merci beaucoup for the positive feedback. You'll have to pardon my ignorance but am I supposed to capitalise i'm?
Darien...and yes, you should always capitalize I. Even I'm. 
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| You need help, don't you?
Posted: 2/15/2008 6:08:43 AM | 2utty,
WOW...I'm completely charged up after reading your profile. Feel like I need to meditate to calm down.  What energy!
You did a wonderful job explaining who you are and what a man will get once onboard. FUN, FUN, FUN!
Only advice I would offer would be to add just one more photo of you with a big smile. Someone THIS fun should be smiling.
Good Luck!
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| You need help, don't you?
Posted: 2/15/2008 6:23:26 AM | snarkysmachine,
Ok...you are OBVIOUSLY quite intelligent. And you are definitely funky/quirky/WAY cool and beautiful.
However, you are coming across (perhaps intentionally) as rather demanding an harsh. I understand (more than you know) that you don't want to waste your time and kind enough to not want to waste theirs either.
As a writer, you know that there are softer, gentler ways to get the same message across. I encourage you to explore that avenue - a minor change to what you've got posted.
Good Luck!
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| You need help, don't you?
Posted: 2/15/2008 12:26:42 PM | | I need help with getting some replies. Do you think it's my profile, pictures or maybe even my messages? | |
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| Please can you offer some advice
Posted: 2/15/2008 12:45:20 PM | wazo,
You have a nice display of photos - well done.
There is one line in your 'interest' section that I don't quite understand.
like racing of most forms including Probably need to re-word that or clarify it better.
You said something a bit odd in your 'About me' section and probably don't even realize that it reads that way.
when I am involved with the right person you will be treated with respect and treated with dignity and as an equal. That implies that you don't treat people with respect and dignity unless you consider them to be 'the one'. Might want to fix that bit.
Is there a chance you could talk a little more about you - the man? Not so much about what you can give the girl but more of an insight into who YOU are.
Good Luck,
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| You need help, don't you?
Posted: 2/15/2008 7:55:54 PM | | Thank you so much! I am so not trying to harsh mellows, but I don't want to waste my time or anyone else's. I appreciate your feedback! | |
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| You need help, don't you?
Posted: 2/16/2008 4:26:29 PM | jason21,
Are you just adorable or what? Man, if only I were 25 years younger, I'd want you for myself. Translation - WONDERFUL profile. Absolutely wonderful. Great job.
You write well, express yourself beautifully and sound (from your description) like a GREAT catch.
Only advice I would offer would be to add more photos. Get a couple of action shots with you doing some of the things you love.
If you aren't getting much action, I can only suggest that you keep contacting ladies in your area. Send out 10 e-mails per day. For every 10, one is bound to be a prospect. When you get 10 read/delete or no response at all...chock it up to 'probably not my type anyway' and do 10 more (different) ladies.
You WILL find someone wonderful because again - you have a WONDERFUL profile.
Good Luck,
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Joined: 2/10/2008
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| You need help, don't you?
Posted: 2/16/2008 4:56:32 PM | | I'm actually curious to hear a females perspective. Would you respond to a profile like mine? | |
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| Help please
Posted: 2/16/2008 10:39:25 PM | Hello Happy Nature,
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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| Yes i would like some help!
Posted: 2/17/2008 12:04:54 AM | Happynature
I would most definitely appreciate your input on my profile.
Thank-You
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| You need help, don't you?
Posted: 2/17/2008 1:18:14 AM | Happynature,
I think I just blushed a little.
Thank you very much for the review, it made me feel very good about myself. I'm also a lot more inspired to hold my head high and walk proudly no matter what.
I greatly appreciate the input regarding the photos. I'll be sure to have my camera in tow from now on. Again, thank you very much!
Cheers,
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| You need help, don't you?
Posted: 2/17/2008 3:50:12 AM | eric780,
Well, I was sooo gonna bust you on not smiling in your ONLY photo, then I read your last sentence
I also don't smile a lot in my photos because I have a same problem as Chandler(???) from Friends. Laughed my butt off. VERY funny comparison and EVERYONE knows Friends and should be able to relate.
HOWEVER, I still want to go back to the photo. Why only one? This singular photo, while showing a good looking guy, also shows a very stern guy with what we assume is a very stern outlook on life. How about a full body shot to show that you a) have one and b) that it's not 300 lbs. Seriously... you need more photos and at least try to grin in one of them, Chandler syndrome or not.
I truly believe that this is why you are having difficulty getting e-mail. Well that and the fact that you are not being honest about your occupation. Humor is one thing but making a girl ask you simple questions that she could have learned about you from your profile will make you appear lazy, not cool. Trust me on this.
Perhaps the key to the 'not smiling' bit is to put that one line at the top of your profile instead of the end. I'll bet that many never bother to read the whole thing. Something to think about.
Good Luck!
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