Dating Profile Fix: Get a Little Help From Your Friends!
OkCupid is infamous for their super-long profiles. There’s a category for everything you could possibly want to know about someone. So what happens when you don’t know an answer?
Welcome to the Daily Fix, where we take snippets from real dating profiles and changes the names to protect the not-so-innocent.
Today’s subject is a 30-something male we’ll call Lamar.
Before:
Here’s what Lamar wrote for “The First Thing People Notice About Me“:
i have no clue
What This Says:
“I have no friends.”
“There’s nothing unique about me.”
What Should He Do?
Lamar, here is where you need to talk to some of your friends. It’s pretty easy.
Say: “Hey (insert friend name here), what did you first notice about me when we met?”
Hopefully they say something nice like “your bright red hair” or “your big smile” or “your laugh.” If they say, “The girl you were dating was hot!” or “That you can really hold your liquor!” maybe you should move on to a different friend.
Either way, do some market research! Find out how other people perceive you and use it to your advantage.
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