When signing up on a dating site, you want your profile to represent who you are. Sometimes we give away to silly thoughts or actions and come off sounding like someone who is not truly us. Before you fill in the blanks, take a few minutes to think about the nature of the questions you are being ask to answer. Cute answers or a bad attempt at humor can lead to your profile being discarded to the delete file before ever being completely read.

If the form ask for you to say something about yourself, have a clear picture of what you are going to say before placing your fingers on the keyboard.

Do Not Say: My life is an open book, ask me anything you want. The reader is wanting to read your thoughts on you. If there is nothing to keep their interest, they will move on. Do not make them do all the work of getting to know you because most will not.

Do Say: My name is .......... I have been single for .... years. I have ... children and ... grandchildren. [fill in the .... ]

Do Not Say: I'm looking for a good woman/man, the last 4 I had were all losers.

Do Say: I'm searching for the perfect person for me.

Do Not Say: I'm just looking to see what's out there. If you like me, get back to me, I'm waiting.

Do Say: Here are a few things I like in a person. [give your opinions on these or other qualities you like]

[1] attitude [happy, upbeat]
[2] personality [open, giving, people person]
[3] values [good, family]
[4] hobbies [reading, gardening, painting]
If this sounds like you, please contact me. I'm open to answering all inquiries.

Keep your answers simple but to the point. You want to give information that is going to get you replies and open doors to finding the person right for you. There are no perfect people but there is someone perfect for you.

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