Comments on: tell all thursday: dot com lovin’ https://thisfish.com/tell-all-thursday-dot-com-lovin/ Found the bike. Not changing the title. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Erin https://thisfish.com/tell-all-thursday-dot-com-lovin/#comment-24664 Erin Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:09:11 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1399#comment-24664 <p>Oh. my. gosh. This is the funniest article I've read in a Long Time. You hit the nail on the head, absolutely.</p> Oh. my. gosh. This is the funniest article I’ve read in a Long Time. You hit the nail on the head, absolutely.

]]> By: annette https://thisfish.com/tell-all-thursday-dot-com-lovin/#comment-24663 annette Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:53:51 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1399#comment-24663 <p>I did the online dating thing a couple years back and provided my friends with a constant supply of laughs for a good year and a half. They were so sad when they no longer got the forwarded profiles of the goofy, scary guys I encountered or the post-date phone calls in which I was either laughing or crying and vowing to become a nun! I do believe it's possible to find quality individuals online but it's extremely time consuming and frustrating and I had no energy left for it after a year of it.<br /><br />In addition to the standards like "please use spell-check" I have a couple profile no-no's to offer to guys as well:<br /><br /> <br /><br />No dead animals or fish in your pictures.<br /><br />No dorky hats. <br /><br />No Halloween costumes in your photos!<br /><br />Please say nothing about "I'm looking for a woman who wears blue jeans with her pearls". <br /><br />No "Great Date Ken" photos: posed by the fireplace in a tux, in a tight black t-shirt and jeans and then the requisite shirtless photo...<br /><br />Also, no photos of you with your legs spread open to the camera!!!</p> I did the online dating thing a couple years back and provided my friends with a constant supply of laughs for a good year and a half. They were so sad when they no longer got the forwarded profiles of the goofy, scary guys I encountered or the post-date phone calls in which I was either laughing or crying and vowing to become a nun! I do believe it’s possible to find quality individuals online but it’s extremely time consuming and frustrating and I had no energy left for it after a year of it.

In addition to the standards like “please use spell-check” I have a couple profile no-no’s to offer to guys as well:

No dead animals or fish in your pictures.

No dorky hats.

No Halloween costumes in your photos!

Please say nothing about “I’m looking for a woman who wears blue jeans with her pearls”.

No “Great Date Ken” photos: posed by the fireplace in a tux, in a tight black t-shirt and jeans and then the requisite shirtless photo…

Also, no photos of you with your legs spread open to the camera!!!

]]> By: Sarah https://thisfish.com/tell-all-thursday-dot-com-lovin/#comment-24662 Sarah Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:24:07 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1399#comment-24662 <p>It got to the point that if I saw someone interesting/cute in a bookstore or coffee shop, I wouldn't approach them, because I didn't have anything to go on, just...nothing. I'm a fan of online dating (but I could be prejudiced because it seems to have worked for me).</p><br /><br /><p>I'm also in a particulary interesting situation because my boyfriend's father met his wife on Match, his mother has dated guys off match and so has his sister. He's also got other friends trying Eharmony...so, he's a decent, wonderful man who actually had peer group support for the whole thing.</p> It got to the point that if I saw someone interesting/cute in a bookstore or coffee shop, I wouldn’t approach them, because I didn’t have anything to go on, just…nothing. I’m a fan of online dating (but I could be prejudiced because it seems to have worked for me).

I’m also in a particulary interesting situation because my boyfriend’s father met his wife on Match, his mother has dated guys off match and so has his sister. He’s also got other friends trying Eharmony…so, he’s a decent, wonderful man who actually had peer group support for the whole thing.

]]> By: giuseppina https://thisfish.com/tell-all-thursday-dot-com-lovin/#comment-24661 giuseppina Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:44:03 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1399#comment-24661 <p>seriously, you might be my idol. everyone has suggested online dating but it creeps me out. i went out with one guy and the spark was totally not there. and really with the pictures and spelling. are these guys looking for idiots? or are they just plain idiots?<br /><br />i'm so glad you talked about this!</p> seriously, you might be my idol. everyone has suggested online dating but it creeps me out. i went out with one guy and the spark was totally not there. and really with the pictures and spelling. are these guys looking for idiots? or are they just plain idiots?

i’m so glad you talked about this!

]]> By: MK https://thisfish.com/tell-all-thursday-dot-com-lovin/#comment-24660 MK Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:38:50 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=1399#comment-24660 <p>I absolutely agree with you, spelling is important, put some personality in your ad and don't give up before you are even putting yourself out there. I just recently tried online dating and I lasted a week. ugh.</p> I absolutely agree with you, spelling is important, put some personality in your ad and don’t give up before you are even putting yourself out there. I just recently tried online dating and I lasted a week. ugh.

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