Have you ever wanted to give advise

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Registered: 06-27-2005
Have you ever wanted to give advise
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Mon, 10-17-2005 - 12:08pm
Have you all ever been reading through profiles and wanted to email these guys (haven't looked at women profiles) and help them out with their profiles? Even if they are not your "type"? Does this sound strange, or am I the only one? I feel like email some of these characters and letting them know that there pics or mispelled words need some assistance.... Sorry, probably the wrong thing to do, but I just feel sorry for some of these guys who think their profiles are attractable......
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Registered: 06-02-2005
Mon, 10-17-2005 - 12:12pm

>mispelled words need some assistance

Yes, you should always correct people's spelling. They really appreciate it.

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Registered: 09-14-2005
Mon, 10-17-2005 - 12:14pm
OMG!
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Registered: 07-21-2004
Mon, 10-17-2005 - 12:18pm

LMAO

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Registered: 07-20-2001
Mon, 10-17-2005 - 12:19pm
I feel more inclined to want to call attention to the LIES that many men put in their profiles since another unsuspecting woman will probably respond to their profile thinking they are "sincere" in what they want, how they'd treat a woman, their perseption of what "manners" are, etc., etc. Once I've gotten over someone who puts out a false ad, all I can think of is the poor gal who meets up with him later and gets hurt in the process.
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Registered: 03-20-2003
Mon, 10-17-2005 - 12:59pm
I've done it a couple times... things like, "You seem like a mostly good guy... but you
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Registered: 08-27-2004
Mon, 10-17-2005 - 1:42pm
LOL, good one, Hal!
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Registered: 05-09-2005
Mon, 10-17-2005 - 2:20pm
Hal, you are funny, but great adviCe. (smile)
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Registered: 07-24-2004
Tue, 10-18-2005 - 9:08pm

My favorite illiterate profile was the guy who liked "spontinuity" in a woman.

I wondered if that was contagious.... or if you could get any on you.

Tracy

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Registered: 04-21-2003
Tue, 10-18-2005 - 9:24pm

Yes, indeed, I don't mind pointing out errors of spelling or grammar or word usage. In fact, Kae, you have three in your message! ;)

Of course, I realize that we are just writing quick and casual messages here. When it comes to our precious PROFILE, we (this group of dedicated online daters and romance-seekers)proofread obsessively. At least, I hope we all do. I rarely respond to men who spell badly or who leave in typing errors. I just think they should take more care. And I prefer people who can spell and use English correctly. However, the guy I am seeing now had a short profile with a couple of errors in it. And now he sends me emails with the same sloppy errors! I have offered to help him "clean up his act" online, but he refuses. (I know it sounds strange, but we have not made any exclusivity pact; he still wants to think himself a swinging bachelor, I guess, even though he is not seeing anyone else. Therefore, I go along with the game, and offer to help him put forth a more appealing profile.)

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Registered: 01-09-2004
Tue, 10-18-2005 - 10:53pm
The profile of a match I got on eharmony once was messed up with "computer lingo." I Fast Tracked him to let him know and we ended up "dating." We actually only saw each other twice since he lived about 6 hours away, but we talked all the itme, ect. Go ahead and give polite help. You never know where it might lead.