Cupids Dating Blog

I look at it this way: you need to present yourself as you are. You’re looking to date and the last thing that would do anyone any good is for them to get the wrong impression of you. So you can’t spell and don’t know that ‘a lot’ is actually two words. Who cares that you’ve filled your profile with information about what you’re NOT looking for in a date? Some people are drawn to negativity, right? Heck, all those positive people need opposites to attract to, don’t they? We all have ex’s we can’t stand or those that we can’t get over. Let it all hang out! This is the real you, after all, and you need to write something that’s fitting.

I recall a friend who asked me to help him write something that would get him more responses online. I thought, no problem! I can do this! I studied journalism in school while he studied something useful. He was making money but no love while I was making love and no money. It seemed I actually had something to offer, for once! Sure enough, I took a look at his profile and knew there was a lot of work to be done. That’s when it hit me: he was exactly the guy that he wrote on the page. He covered all of his strange interests and quirks, his pros and his cons. There was no way someone would read that and be mislead about what they were signing up for. It was a perfect profile. Isn’t that what we’re all looking for when we read about someone online—their true selves? If you ask me, that’s something I wish I saw a little more of…