You’re thinking dissection. Vivisection is performed on live subjects.
re: Not to mention. Living in parents basement.
For men’s ads, your mother. For women’s ads, your daddy. Basically, present yourself as a stand-alone adult who doesn’t have parental issues.
I’ll second not mentioning exes, and especially not ripping on exes. I remember, back in my online dating days, one guy who I was talking with on the phone. He said something about how all women are bad and just hurt him; guess who never talked to THAT guy again? Talk about your self-fulfilling prophecies.
You mean, is it a reference to this:
Don’t mention your lengthy battle to gain custody of your kids. Or, even if you don’t put it in the ad, don’t then on the first date spend the entire evening expounding on the six figures you’ve spent thus far in that battle. Yes, that happened to a friend of mine. No, there wasn’t a second date.
Interesting.
Being a scientist and appreciating Douglas Adams are things more women should put in their ads.
I don’t know if there really is a valid “don’t ever mention these things” list. Virtually everything that’s a turnoff to me might be a turnon to the next guy, and mentioning the ones that are important to you pares down the selection process. For example, Amp said:
To someone without herpes, that would be bad, but to someone with herpes, that would be good (you wouldn’t have to worry about infecting each other).
I’m not shopping for women, but if I were, I wouldn’t want to see:
[ul]
[li]Anything having to do with astrology[/li][li]Any political ranting (unless, of course, you agree with me on all points)[/li][li]Mention of your weight (if you say how much you weigh in a personals ad, you’re obviously too hung up on it)[/li][li]Plastic surgery[/li][li]The kind of car you drive[/li][li]The kind of car you want me to drive[/li][/ul]
Eh. Bipolar Girl speaking here. (With restless leg syndrome) Actually, I prefer full disclosure because I’d rather them just pass me by initially than have to worry about when to drop this ‘bomb’ on them.
Not if they want to meet fun guys.
Who cares about meeting fun guys, I want them to meet me.
You know what I mean.
My sister dated a bipolar girl for two years (still friends). She told her on teh second date. She said it was because the first date gave my sister a chance to see that she’s actually a rational and normal human being.
I don’t drink nearly as much now that I’ve discovered black tar heroin.
I used to be afraid of commitment until my visit to the alien spaceship.
I can’t wait to introduce you to my buddies in the asylum.
I have a theory that someone who says, “I like to have fun” really means, “I like to get wasted at the club and wake up the next morning on a strange couch with someone else’s underwear on my head.”
If I was single and I was putting out an ad, I’d make it clear I am a big nerd. I mean, if you don’t like nerds you wouldn’t want to find out your date is one the hard way, right?