Not before you post the profile and the picture!
Well played, sir! Thanks for the update.
My website pretty much sucks. But if any of you want to publish her pictures, I could send them to you via e-mail or Yahoo IM.
“I just got out of a 7-year relationship”
I would leave that part out. To me, it says you aren’t quite over her or that you just want someone for a transition back into the dating world, like a “practice” relationship. IIRC, you are over her, but that is not how your ad comes across.
I would change that to “I’m putting my energy towards getting into better shape, honing my artistic skills, and finding someone who loves the beach as much as I do”
It makes you sound like less of a loner.
“Seafood, seafood, dessert, and seafood”
“Seafood, seafood, dessert, and more seafood” is how I would word it. It sounds … I dunno, kind of cuter in some way.
I would leave out “sex partners” in the “Looking for” section. It’s a bit off-putting. As a woman who has used the personals quite a bit to meet and date men, I always get kind of skeeved out when I see that and go on to the next ad. It’s not exactly a secret that men want to get laid, but to see it out there like that when your ad isn’t in the “casual encounters” section of craigslist strikes me as a bit crude.
Thanks, LurkerInNJ. I took all of your changes to heart, and made them.
I know what you mean about listing looking for sex partners. Even though that’s what I want, I’d be a bit hesitant to message a woman who listed that. Sluts are fantastic, but a slut who lists herself as such can be a bit offputting.
On the other hand, I’m on a few other dating sites. My goal yesterday was to wallpaper the ‘Net with 60 responses, 20 each at 3 different sites. I decided to be aggressive and complimentary with what I liked about each personal. I only got out about 25, and that was like a freakin’ marathon. It took me all day. 20 of those were on a pure sex site. I got 3 responses, all of them great. One “May I sit on your penis?”, one “I’m interested in sex with you”, and one “Thanks for messaging me! Let’s do lunch!” That last is from a girl 21 years my junior. Her picture was hot hot hot. I won’t post her photo here, but browsing through a Victoria’s Secret catalog will give you some idea.
We haven’t actually nailed down the lunch details yet.
And I had my first phone call from OkCupid yesterday. Very nice conversation. She’d never date a Republican, and while she’d date a guy who’d put ketchup on a hot dog, she’d never take part in defiling food like that. I think I’m in luuuuuv!