Hey I might be a freak, but I am NOT a very weird dude

This is not the case on my computer (as in, when I click 'show' the gif in the spoiler will start in synch with the avatar gif).

Suspicion of people who post only one pic, particularly if it's a head shot only, on a dating site is pretty standard.

Meh I had two and they're both full-body

There's a girl from POF who i'd texted back and forth with a bit, then flaked out Friday for our Saturday plans. Texts me today and asks if I'm on FB, scammer alert?

hey guys, my friend here just set up his profile. any critiques/thoughts?

http://www.okcupid.com/profile/carpediem8080

This is the best post in this thread as long as people can imagine and assume the mindset that encompasses the information and not look at it as a list of do's and dont's.

The abstinence thing didn't work out so well. I found out what's killing my sex drive, too much estrogen.
This is what I did in POF so I could send fat pics to the guys that creeped me out.
Needs better pics. Sorry, didn't read the words

Ya profile is decently well written, just get rid of the self taken photo

Anyone want to critique my profile? http://www.okcupid.com/profile/cmsbos

Also, I'd highly recommend turning off anonymous browsing. I had it on forever but you just get a lot more visitors it seems when you don't have it on. I'd usually try to manually click visit on people's profiles that I found interesting, but this just seems better.

You get 42 dates a day with 9+ girls and are asking us where to improve?

Also, do we feel it's too quick to go: 1) I message girl, 2) girl responds with moderately lengthy response, 3) I respond, fill in some details about what I do, etc and ask her out?

I'm mainly getting lazy about responding to messages, even conversations I instigate. I think one more response then my 3rd message asking her out is really the sweet spot for most girls.

Really agree with the statement someone made about being suspicious of girls with one photo/only headshot. I went on so many dates with girls that were way heavier than they had let on in pictures. If you're dating someone older (say 26 +) be very careful if they only have pictures that look like they're from a few years ago, they'll often have gained 20-30 pounds. If pictures look more recent, and they're only shoulders up, check the size of their arms. You can tell a lot about a girl's physique if you can see how wide her arms are. I'm quite vane about girls being fit or not.

shrug, I'm happy to look at other profiles as well, peer review is pretty much always useful, nobody is perfect.

It never does. So wyglmtt? I'm free this Saturday.

North Face? You're nearly 30.

SBS in the house!

Dodgeball 4 lyfe

SBS is fun, lots of good people.

I also go by the arms pretty much always to figure out weight

I don't really see what's wrong with his pics...he only has one self-shot pic, and it is the last on in his profile. Unless you are suggesting he should get some pics where he appears to be taller and have more hair.

i don't think i'll be fully recovered by then
I think he could take better pics that make him look more attractive. The first one is ok.

I don't really have any critique of this, but it seems to be a useful post as an example of the type of profile that will have a lot of success.

I don't think there's anything remarkably creative about this profile. But he's a good-looking guy with a lot of good pics, and his profile make it sound like he is very sociable and has an interesting job.

:thumbdown:

I wouldn't have any self taken photos on a profile. If anything put the camera down on a timer. Never hold a camera in a photo.

So there is an age requirement? I know plenty of people who wear a northface and are older. Sure, it shouldn't be a primary jacket for someone over 30, but it's definitely not "weird" and he's in his late 20s at that.I'd say it's pretty normal. Maybe if he was pushing 40....

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This is what I do too, it's the best gauge and I actually really like thin arms on a girl so it's nice to see if she's got it.

Ideally when I get a girl's number I'd make her send me a picture of her holding today's newspaper with her arm out stretched. They never go for it though


Guys, this is tl;dr and I'm just attention whoring but I have a second date tonight with a girl and this is the first time I've been genuinely excited about a girl in uh.. a while. She's super sweet and has a ridic voice and is supercute.
To give you an idea I got my teeth whitened and got a haircut. Look who just went up half a point!