Tuesday, May 17, 2016

An Open Letter to Men on Dating Sites

Whatever you do please don't pucker in your pictures, you all know who you are. 
Men please never, ever post images of yourselves with females. Although it's better than not posting any images of yourself at all!! 
Seeing pictures of you with a hot female makes women wonder if everything is a game for you, not how much more appealing you are because you're with another woman.
In reality, who are we to judge here? We are both guilty of being on dating sites to begin with.
At least there are those of us who are honest from the start and say things like, "Only here to have fun" or "I would like a serious relationship." Honesty is the best policy and this way expectations are set right from the start. It doesn't mean you'll be married tomorrow but it just starts you off on a level playing field. 
I don't know how to feel about guys posting pics of themselves with their children or worse with other people's kids. I just don't get it. I mean one image might be okay if it's your niece or nephew and it happens to be a good, clear image of you. In reality you should avoid this and especially do not post several images with kids and on top of that blot out their faces. This implies you are going through a nasty divorce and don't want any issues with your ex. It's really unnecessary. Also with all the cyber creeps trolling these sites night and day, do you really want to subject children to this environment? If family values are important to you, it is something you can say in your profile or share about yourself once you meet the other person. Posting images with children is in poor taste and is a little over kill don't you think? If the kids are yours, it's kind of hard to imagine being someone's step mom when we haven't even exchanged two words with each other.  
And stop posting pics of you with your moms you guys. It's hungry.
Dudes if you really must post a pic with a female because that's the only image you have where your biceps look perfect, please do not blot out or blacken her face!!  That's just plain rude and weird. What do you not want us to see? An ex-girlfriend? Even worse! Just crop her out completely or don't post the image at all. I'm sure you can find at least one or two clear images of you alone and of what you look like currently, not ten years ago. We don't want to see you with another woman and no that does not make us fantasize about how much of an amazing lover you are or does it confirm that you are capable of getting laid. What it does is turn us off and make us swipe left. 
And speaking of swiping, please don't ask us to swipe right. It's been done to death and is "used car sales-y." It's like saying swipe now before the sale ends. Just don't do it...
Don't post pictures that don't look like you. Also don't let the only pic you post be one of you with 20 other people. I'm too busy to pull out a magnifying glass and try to decipher which one is you. Do yourself a favor post a clear, recent photo of yourself and if you don't have one or think you are not hot enough to have someone take one of you then maybe you are probably not ready for a dating site. That, or you lack confidence in yourself and confidence is sexy. Darling, you'll need a thicker skin for these dating sites, it's a jungle out there. 
Don't post a pic of you and your twin, what do you want to do, have a threesome? 
Pictures with you not in them aren't cute, or funny or clever. 
Don't frown in your only photo.
Don't pose with anything over-sized that makes you look smaller in the pic. You don't want "you imagined as small" to be our first impression of you. What were you thinking?
And why does everyone insist on posting a selfie of themselves in their car? More than two selfies is too much. Please don't! 
And for goodness sake if you must post a pic of you with someone because you don't have any other images of yourself, for the love of everything good, please don't let the person you are posing next to be extremely much hotter than you! Hello?? What were you thinking? Would you like to hook us up with your friend?  
And for clarification, I must ask, did a guy actually post a picture of a rug as his only profile image?!!
The dating scene is hard enough guys so why make it harder on yourselves. Have a clear, recent, authentic photo taken of you to use as a profile pic, smile in it, have your intentions clearly stated and please think before you post! 

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