Things You'll Need:
- Patience, Commone Sense, and a sense of humor.
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Step 1
Find a qualified dating service that won't cost you more than $30 per month. I've been online dating off and on since the mid to late 90's and cost is not always a factor because there is good and bad on every dating site. Yahoo Personals is flexible, not too expensive, less than $30 per month, and does not allow spamming, advertising, or obscenity.
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Step 2
Put together your online profile. This is where you have to watch for typos and mistakes. You can tell when people arbitrarily put together a profile because it's short, filled with typos, and allot of "I'll tell you later." This clearly implies that this person is not serious, more than likely a player (male or female), and dating online for all the wrong reasons. You should immediately pass on this profile because 95% of the time, your attempt to get to know this person will be fruitless, with a capital FRUIT!
Be concise and factual when putting together your profile. It really makes no sense whatsoever to embellish, or flat out lie, as many people do. Why lie? You are planning on meeting at some point - ah'daaaaaahhh. If you have been untruthful on your profile, when you meet, immediately you're considered a person who cannot be trusted.
Many dating sites have carefully structured definitions of body type, i.e. "Slim, Athletic, Medium build," and my favorite, "A few extra pounds." Pay no attention to this because many people show "athletic" and really should select, "Poundage." Oops, that's not a selection; they should select "A few extra pounds."
Bottom line, tell the truth when you describe yourself and your interest. Don't type, "I like long walks in the park" if you haven't actually taken a "long walk in the park" since you were a kid, or never. -
Step 3
Add recent pictures to your profile, preferably more than one. Old pictures on a profile are the BIGGEST LIE. And if I had a quarter for every person that told me, "my picture is about 5 years old, but I look the same." That's a big LMAO and puts you in the category of "Liar, liar, pants of fire!"
Comments
tundranut said
on 3/5/2009 This is a very good article about on-line dating. Some people are very successful with this, I'm told. 5*
kurt07 said
on 11/20/2008 All good points. But the poeple who need to read this never do from the onlin world and everything you said happens from most women then men. Just like the 1st person who posted, when a woman give out another web site when she he mails the man back is a fake and a scamer. Those women just are not serious and are looking for a quick buck to make online or when she meets you she will get everything out of the man on the 1st date because she knows she wont see them again. Its to bad but it true most of the women online dating web sites are looking to make a fsat buck and ruin the online dating for the guys who are looking for a real normal decent woman. oh well.
Sarahlane said
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Sweetmusic said
on 8/15/2008 What a great article about online dating! I have never tried it and have never been interested in trying it. I concur with just about everything that you stated. My first and most major point is, "why lie" At some point in time you are going to have to prove the lie. I always say, "By their fruits, you shall know them"
soulmates said
on 7/17/2008 great article. Good tips