your opinion

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Registered: 01-31-2004
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Sat, 01-29-2005 - 1:40pm

Please, give your HONEST opinion on my profile. What can I change there? Why does it look so appealing to either young kids or men after 40?
I would like to date in my own age group. Is there something in my profile that appeals to younger crowd or much older men?
My profile is “***” on match.
Thanks for your help

Edited 1/29/2005 2:16 pm ET ET by ivos2004




Edited 1/29/2005 8:52 pm ET ET by ivos2004
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Registered: 01-12-2005
In reply to: ivos2004
Sat, 01-29-2005 - 2:10pm

ivos2004...


Pianoguy checked out your match.com profile.

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Registered: 01-31-2004
In reply to: ivos2004
Sat, 01-29-2005 - 2:14pm

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I see your point. Sorry if it's sounds offending. I just wonder sometimes if people read the profile or just wink/e-mail because they are bored.

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Registered: 05-16-2004
In reply to: ivos2004
Sat, 01-29-2005 - 3:30pm
Two words. High Maintenance.
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Registered: 11-18-2003
In reply to: ivos2004
Sat, 01-29-2005 - 6:41pm

I love your photos. Very cute.


Your intro essay focuses heavily on what you want and you don't really tell readers anything about yourself. It

 

 

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-31-2004
In reply to: ivos2004
Sat, 01-29-2005 - 8:13pm
Thank you so much for your kind and detailed feedback. I didn't realize until you told me that my profile doesn't tell much about me but mostly what I am looking for. I've got to fix that.
Thanks again.
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Registered: 12-10-2004
In reply to: ivos2004
Sat, 01-29-2005 - 10:14pm
Well, now, you only got a couple of opinions. Re-edit your message so the rest of us can see your profile, not just the folks that live on iVillage! :)
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Registered: 01-31-2004
In reply to: ivos2004
Sun, 01-30-2005 - 9:51am
Just for you niceguy - my profile is on match under "sparkle_always".
I edited the original post since it appears that my profile is in need of some work. I even heard "high maintenance" and I am definitely not that. If that is what my profile conveyed I must make some changes..
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Registered: 12-10-2004
In reply to: ivos2004
Sun, 01-30-2005 - 10:53pm

Hmmm... well, I don't know if your changes have been made already, but here's my impressions. :)

First impression: You're cute. ;) Seriously, a very good selection of pictures. (And isn't that just like a guy- the first thing he looks at is a picture? The other guys here did the same thing, they just didn't admit it. LOL)

Second impression: I like the text. It *is* a bit generic, though. (Don't get upset- mine is too, I'm always refining my ad.) And your listing of things you like goes on a bit longish.

When you talk about what you last read, maybe instead of giving the plot you could tell us whether you enjoy the book or not? And whether you like to read? Some do, some don't, of course, and if a guy is really not into a gal who loves to read, that's a spot to let him know you're not that gal (assuming you're a reader).

I think that the profile text works best if you split it up the way Match used to allow people to do- first, talk about yourself; second, talk about your match.

One suggestion (for everyone, actually- this came to me recently when I was thinking about the "wish list" thread) is that instead of putting qualities out like a grocery list- "tolerance, patience, adventurous nature"... it might work better if you say "In the past, I've liked guys who were tolerant of BLANK" where blank is, I dunno, whatever it is you want them to be tolerant of. Does that make sense?

I don't know if you've changed it yet or not but it doesn't sound "high maintenance" to me. It does sound like you've got a very definite idea of what kind of guy you're looking for; maybe lighten it up a bit and remove some of the things you want a guy to have so that a guy doesn't feel like he has to meet *every* single one of them to write you.

I'm sure you get some emails with this ad; punch it up a bit more and I bet you get a LOT.

FWIW, I'd write you if you were in my city. Of course, that might be bad news to you- "great, guys like NGOL are attracted to me! I might as well quit dating!" LOL

(Oops, forgot you don't like "LOL" and smileys. Well, different strokes.) ;)

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Registered: 01-31-2004
In reply to: ivos2004
Mon, 01-31-2005 - 7:57pm
Niceguy, I did fix my intro a little bit. I know that some information there is repetitive but I feel pretty strongly about the qualities I am looking for in a match.
By the way I wasn't able to separate my intro into two paragraphs.
Well indeed niceguy if we were in the same city - I would strongly consider you based on what I have read from your posts so far (sylvia and george post is my favorite).
I don't mind smiley faces and LOLs as long as there is some text in between.