singme2sleep is offline singme2sleep Post #1  May 29,2011, 12:57pm
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I've been on eharmony for about 3 months now, but I was also on for two months last year. I don't really have any male friends, and I also don't have brothers. So I would really like a guy's opinion on my profile...Is there anything I should change or elaborate on?

The one thing I am most passionate about:


I have a great family that I love spending time with, and friends that keep me smiling. I love animals, especially dogs and I have a puppy named Bella. I'm going to college for teaching, but my dream is to be an author. In fact I'm thinking seriously about writing my own novel this year.

The most important thing I am looking for in a person:

I'm looking for a guy who is genuine and has a good heart. Someone that will hold my hand through good times and bad, be my best friend, the one I run to. A guy who is honest and has morals, who takes life seriously but also knows how to have fun.

The most important person in my life has been:

My Aunt, she has always been a second mother to me. I can tell her things I can't tell my parents. She understands me and we are very similar emotionally. Also my Grandfather because he believes in me even when I don't believe in myself, and he's done a lot for me since I was born. They are both very important people in my life.

The 3 things I am most thankful for:

-My family & friends
-My health
-My job

The one thing I wish more people would notice about me:

I'm like an onion, there's many layers to me.

The things I can't live without are:

-love
-music
-books
-laughter
-mayonnaise

The first thing people notice about me:

Hmmm well its either that I'm so pale...even though I am Italian lol, or that I have a few tattoos.

Some additional info I want you to know:

Never thought I would join an online dating site, but I just don't seem to meet many guys in the regular ways. I work with mostly all women and I don't really go to bars/clubs so its hard to meet someone nice. Though there are some awesome people in my life(family/friends), at times I still feel alone. Its hard when everyone comes to you for everything, and you have no one to go to...

I typically spend my leisure time:

Going to movies, eating out, rollerskating, cooking(especially baking), reading, writing poetry, laughing and having fun. I would love to meet someone that could broaden my horizons a bit, get me to try new things and visit new places.
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My reactions are in blue text. Red highlight I applied to your text is something which makes me especially likely to close; green highlight is something which makes me especially inclines to write.

Keep in mind that a large percentage of matches are abandoned profiles, and will not reply for that reason. Matches who view and don't write, or close you, are the ones to be concerned over.



singme2sleep wrote :
The one thing I am most passionate about:
I have a great family that I love spending time with, and friends that keep me smiling. I love animals, especially dogs and I have a puppy named Bella. I'm going to college for teaching, but my dream is to be an author. In fact I'm thinking seriously about writing my own novel this year.


I would pick one thing, and stick to that theme. This is just a rambling list.

For me, your current occupation and education would be the best choice - since it's actually happening.

I'd put the "author" part later on.

"Thinking seriously" about writing? Either start it or don't, but I wouldn't put this unless it's underway (since it can be started at any time), unlike, say, quitting one's job to become a full-time novelist.


The most important thing I am looking for in a person:
I'm looking for a guy who is genuine and has a good heart. Someone that will hold my hand through good times and bad, be my best friend, the one I run to. A guy who is honest and has morals, who takes life seriously but also knows how to have fun.


Too vague and a rambling list again.

I would not look for "honest" - or anything else that my be assumed in healthy people.

I have "morals" - since they may not be yours, I'd define such a request.


The most important person in my life has been:
My Aunt, she has always been a second mother to me. I can tell her things I can't tell my parents. She understands me and we are very similar emotionally. Also my Grandfather because he believes in me even when I don't believe in myself, and he's done a lot for me since I was born. They are both very important people in my life.


Why? How are you a better person due to her? (Her, like the question, is for one.) This is a question I rarely care about the answer, so not a big deal.


The 3 things I am most thankful for:

-My family & friends
-My health
-My job

The one thing I wish more people would notice about me:

I'm like an onion, there's many layers to me.


If you're going to start this way, you have to make us laugh or tell us something interesting - or at least write something well ... it doesn't work at all to say "author" and then answer like that.


The things I can't live without are:

-love
-music
-books
-laughter
-mayonnaise

The first thing people notice about me:

Hmmm well its either that I'm so pale...even though I am Italian lol, or that I have a few tattoos.

Some additional info I want you to know:

Never thought I would join an online dating site, but I just don't seem to meet many guys in the regular ways. I work with mostly all women and I don't really go to bars/clubs so its hard to meet someone nice. Though there are some awesome people in my life(family/friends), at times I still feel alone. Its hard when everyone comes to you for everything, and you have no one to go to...


You were never as perfect as people told you, either, or whatever - as is now becoming clear. Don't denigrate online dating in an online dating profile (duh)!


I typically spend my leisure time:
Going to movies, eating out, rollerskating, cooking(especially baking), reading, writing poetry, laughing and having fun. I would love to meet someone that could broaden my horizons a bit, get me to try new things and visit new places.

This profile creates an overall theme of looking for a partner to free you from your life as it is.

I think that is a major error, and one it is critical to correct.

My recommendation is to write in a manner which conveys a person with a clear, fully-formed identity of her own, and let the suitable matches be drawn toward you.

You seem also ... I don't want to say morose, but that is the word that comes most readily to mind. Need to fix that, too.
 
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As blunt as that may have been, thank you. I asked for constructive criticism and you delivered. I don't want my profile to come across as morose and I certainly am not looking for someone to rescue me from my life. I will take your thoughts and apply them a bit, so again thank you.
 
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singme2sleep wrote :
As blunt as that may have been, thank you. I asked for constructive criticism and you delivered. I don't want my profile to come across as morose and I certainly am not looking for someone to rescue me from my life. I will take your thoughts and apply them a bit, so again thank you.
My advice to you would be to take a look at 50 or so of the profiles at eHarmony and get a feel for what the matches in your age range are looking for. And while you are at it, notice something else. After a while, all these profiles sound so similar.

Everyone's loyal and kind. Everyone's living life to the fullest or some version thereof. blah blah blah.

Your goal then is two-fold. First, a profile that is different. And second a profile that illustrates your most attractive qualities to a member of the opposite sex.

Take a little time to think on what are the five most attractive traits you possess that make you a great catch. Then think of some one or two-sentence stories to illustrate this.

For example, kindness. I'm the type of person who checks the meter next to mine and if it's running low I stick another quarter in.

You can do a similar thing in the about him section. Think about past dates, past boyfriends or just cool things you saw in a movie that illustrate what you're looking for. Tell us one-sentence stories about them.

For example, generosity. You'd be the type of person who gives a $10 to a bonafide homeless person.

These specifics are really kind of important. We don't really trust what people tell us about themselves, and saying you are great or whatever just tends to make you seem either conceited or out of touch with reality.

We will believe what we ourselves conclude about a person though, so examples illustrating who you are let your match reach their own conclusions.

Last but not least, I'd advise you to have someone take some nice portraits of you. The picture you are using here really doesn't do you any kind of justice. I'm not trying to be mean, and maybe you have better pictures on your profile than here, but those pictures are important. They need to be recent and realistic, but reasonably flattering to the eyes of the opposite sex.

Good luck with your search.
 
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