If you want to meet local, vegan-friendly, creative types who don't punch a clock, say so, and you probably won't hear from that accountant in Toledo.
Are you a well-educated, family-oriented professional who wants a similar mate? Put that in your profile and cash-strapped, Peter Pan types are less likely to distract you. Why not confess that you also DVR Celebrity Rehab? It will make you seem less like a cardboard cutout.Īre you looking for your "partner in crime"? Yawn. Do you "listen to NPR and read the NY Times"? Great, but so do a zillion other profiles. Now, if you were only comfortable at the opera, or in flip flops, that would be an odd quirk worth mentioning in your profile. DON'T rely on clichés Before you write, "I love to laugh", ask yourself, does anybody really detest laughing? Perhaps the most unnecessary and overused trope in dating profiles is any version of the "I'm just as comfortable in flip flops/jeans/ a dive bar as I am in a ball gown/tuxedo/at the opera.