What does this question really mean: "Describe some personal habits that are important to you..."?


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loislane77 is offline loislane77 Post #1  May 30,2010, 6:36am
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This question confuses me. Some personal habits -- of mine, of his...? Like what? Such as... being polite, being clean... I just don't even know how to quite answer this, and I don't know why someone would ask this question in the "getting to know you" stage. Can you help please clarify this for me? Thanks!
 
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loislane77 wrote :
This question confuses me. Some personal habits -- of mine, of his...? Like what? Such as... being polite, being clean... I just don't even know how to quite answer this, and I don't know why someone would ask this question in the "getting to know you" stage. Can you help please clarify this for me? Thanks!
He wants to know if you have BO or not...
who knows...

why not just ask him to clarify?
 
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I've never understood this one myself. My stock answer is that I like to read before going to bed, but I don't know if this is the kind of thing they're looking for whenever I get asked this.
 
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It isn't very clear, is it? I've never been asked it. I guess I would pick a personal habit that's more in the line of an icebreaker -- letting him know some little thing about me, like "I do yoga right when I get up in the a.m." (that's just an example, actually I drag around for awhile, lol).

I don't think it's asking for stuff like "I always use deodorant".

It's an opportunity to be a little funny ... or tell something interesting about yourself ...
 
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TheThinker wrote :
He wants to know if you have BO or not...
who knows...

why not just ask him to clarify?
When you're in the Open Ended Question stage you can't ask for clarity, you just answer the question.


loislane77, This particular question does seem vague. You could say something about bathing regularly, but is that really what he means? Just answer the question and maybe put a note in that you hope you understood the question correctly. I once put a note in that I absolutely hated the question my match sent to me.
 
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Hi Loislane77,

Many of the Open-ended questions, like this one, are open to interpretation. Although you may not be sure what your match is trying to get at, it does provide you an opportunity to share either some positive aspects of your life style, or even some routines that you have which are integral to how you choose to spend your time.

Most likely if it’s not what your match is going for, as some mentioned, there’s always room to ask your match once you reach eHarmony Mail or even to acknowledge in the body of your response that you’re not quite sure what the question means. The important thing is to keep the lines of communication open! (At least on your side).

Good luck and keep us posted on how it goes!

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I'm not sure what it means, either. I don't know if it refers to my habits or the person asking me.
 
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Besides BO, someone may want to screen you for OCD...
 
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He wants to know if you have a nun costume.
 
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They want to make sure you change your underwear at least weekly.
 
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