Nov. 1, 2003: Playing with the profile
I planned to start the day by editing my various profiles. I've decided to de-emphasize my interest in sports. Last Friday night over wine and dinner, my friend Roberta suggested I shake up my profile a bit to experiment and, ideally, generate more material for this project. Maybe change my height or something, I don't know. I don't like that idea much—it doesn't seem fair to the guys who are sincerely looking for a match online. It's bad enough that I'm already using so many people as unknowing pawns in documenting my experiences; misleading them would be wrong.
This isn't the same thing, though. I'm not denying my sports interest—I'm just not highlighting it. At the very least, I hope this will make it easier for me to avoid overly long auditions by limiting our most obvious topics of conversation. I'm also deleting the photo I posted of me at Glacier National Park, adorned in a backwards baseball hat, baggy long-sleeved tee, and elastic knee brace, with hands stuffed jauntily in my shorts pockets. Not feminine or figure-flattering, so out it goes. I thought it would make me look well-rounded and up for anything, but oh well. And I'm adding my kids disclaimer from EH to my MM profile.
But first, I received a new match from EH who sounds really great. Dave is a 35-year-old psychologist (could be trouble, I know) from Chicago. He writes that he's Type A at work but Type B outside of it, participates in sports but is also a voracious reader. He has a cynical sense of humor, and is looking for someone straightforward and direct with wit and honesty. I could do that. His friends describe him as funny, easy-going, hard-working, and intelligent, exactly what I'm looking for. Now, I do realize that profiles aren't necessarily true, and there's always the kid hurdle, but I'll definitely request communication with this one.
It's worth noting, BTW, that I've seen very few response to my requests of matches or requests of me from matches since I posted the kid caveat on my EH profile. Oh, well. It's better in the long run. I noticed an email in Yahoo, while I was over there changing my profile. He's 42, smokes often, lives in Naperville (sometimes with his daughter), and quotes the Bible in his profile. He mentions loving kids twice and describes himself as conservative.
This isn't the same thing, though. I'm not denying my sports interest—I'm just not highlighting it. At the very least, I hope this will make it easier for me to avoid overly long auditions by limiting our most obvious topics of conversation. I'm also deleting the photo I posted of me at Glacier National Park, adorned in a backwards baseball hat, baggy long-sleeved tee, and elastic knee brace, with hands stuffed jauntily in my shorts pockets. Not feminine or figure-flattering, so out it goes. I thought it would make me look well-rounded and up for anything, but oh well. And I'm adding my kids disclaimer from EH to my MM profile.
But first, I received a new match from EH who sounds really great. Dave is a 35-year-old psychologist (could be trouble, I know) from Chicago. He writes that he's Type A at work but Type B outside of it, participates in sports but is also a voracious reader. He has a cynical sense of humor, and is looking for someone straightforward and direct with wit and honesty. I could do that. His friends describe him as funny, easy-going, hard-working, and intelligent, exactly what I'm looking for. Now, I do realize that profiles aren't necessarily true, and there's always the kid hurdle, but I'll definitely request communication with this one.
It's worth noting, BTW, that I've seen very few response to my requests of matches or requests of me from matches since I posted the kid caveat on my EH profile. Oh, well. It's better in the long run. I noticed an email in Yahoo, while I was over there changing my profile. He's 42, smokes often, lives in Naperville (sometimes with his daughter), and quotes the Bible in his profile. He mentions loving kids twice and describes himself as conservative.
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