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Online profile cliches - share!

144 replies

Goldilocks3Bears · 02/09/2018 13:41

Other than the many many many pictures of men in cycling gear and holding fish, some of the profile cliches are just insane ๐Ÿ˜‚

โ€œDonโ€™t take life too seriouslyโ€ - ok, this is a rehearsal then?!

โ€œLooking for a partner in crimeโ€ - what does that even mean?

โ€œSchool of lifeโ€ - unless youโ€™re Oprah, nope.

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BunsOfAnarchy · 02/09/2018 21:29

Im not even gonna pretend to be ashamed that the only time i did OLD was about 13 years ago (been with DH 11 years) when it was all the rage to meet ppl in chatrooms/naff dating sites and add them to msn messenger ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ (ahh the golden years!)

The only thing i remember (though not a cliche) was some dude putting on his profile that the most amazing part of a womans body to kiss would be her hand?! Turns out he was from Saudi Arabia!

TwentySmackeroos · 03/09/2018 21:18

Grin itโ€™s like bloody Tinder bingo here!

All the below, depressingly frequent and unoriginal:
Here for a good time, not a long time ๐Ÿ˜œ
I donโ€™t bite, well not unless you ask me to ๐Ÿ˜œ
My friends think Iโ€™m a catch ๐Ÿ 
School of hard knocks /school of rock /school of love /university of life
My kids are my best friends
Drama queens swipe left

meowimacat · 03/09/2018 21:39

I hate when guys put up pics with them posing next to some woman. I don't know if it's a "see I get female attention" or "girls love me" type of thing. Either in hooters or some seedy club, or some work colleague that they fancy who has no clue they're using their photo.

Quite like the 'no mums' or 'not looking for yummy mummys' as it easily sifts them out for me. Even the 'not looking for a pen pal' line which is so frequent makes me laugh, not everyone wants to meet after one 'hey' and it also just shows they're a bit of a knob who's a bit bitter.

Snapchat pics are ridiculous, can't believe so many people (girls/guys) use them- it's not even your face!!

crappyday2018 · 03/09/2018 21:57

Photos of:
Football tops
Putting the middle finger up
Photos with women (exes, strippers etc)
Photos with loads of mates
Photos of cars
snapchat filters

Profiles:
School of hard knocks/university of life
Boss of....
Any normal women out there?
Anything about 'drama'
Clearly lying about age

I mean, the list is endless.......

TwentySmackeroos · 03/09/2018 22:13

I know this question gets asked often but ... what do you do if you see a married man you know? As in, school dad, married to someone I know, lives locally? He popped up on Tinder over the summer, then again today with updated photos. So not a once-off.

Goldilocks3Bears · 03/09/2018 22:27

@twentysmackeroos I saw a few divorced dads so assume they saw mine and I find it awkward but thankfully none of them swiped or messaged me.
Iโ€™ve been in a relationship for over a year now but on nights out I sometimes see guys I saw online - you know when you recognise someone and then realise where from ๐Ÿ˜‚

If I saw the husband of a married woman I know, I would confront him and tell him Iโ€™d seen him. Thatโ€™s all. Men who are shitty enough to be OLD are probably the ones who also message random women. Theyโ€™re unlikely to care if I think itโ€™s wrong if they donโ€™t hive a shit about their wives.

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MyRelationshipIsWeird · 03/09/2018 22:51

Oh god, all of these.

The ones I avoided like the plague though, were the ones who banged on about "my kids are my world" and "if there's only 3 life jackets, you'd better be a good swimmer LOL" Yeah, just what every woman wants to hear, you'll leave her to die in an emergency situation!

Also avoided the "here I am, back on here again" ones - for new people on the site who may not have seen you before, don't advertise that nobody else wants you!

I had one guy who decided to critique my profile, tell me which photos I should put first etc, completely unsolicited. Errr thanks!

And another who had obviously been told once that he looked like Daniel Craig, so he had the obligatory Tux photo and referenced his look-i-likey status several times throughout our brief chat. Alright mate, you're blond and not very good looking, that's about all you have in common with DC!

I was chatting to one guy whose age came up as 44 but it turned out he was 34. He insisted it was a mistake, but he'd left it as he liked older women. Having friended me on FB I see now that he has hundreds of friends, many of whom are older women who all fawn over his holiday pics! Glad I didn't take that one any further, but he was super cute!

DP used the line about his friend telling him to give OLD a go because he wasn't going to have women beating down his door. He basically hooked my in with his pretty eyes and saying he used to be a chef didn't mention that he never bloody washed up after cooking though, the bastard

Djnoun · 03/09/2018 22:51

Agreed with men who expect you to meet up with them after you've exchanged two sentences.

Benjaminbuttonschild · 03/09/2018 22:55

Also avoided the "here I am, back on here again" ones - for new people on the site who may not have seen you before, don't advertise that nobody else wants you!

The bitter mancry of the rejected bloke GrinGrinGrin

Ooforfoxsakeridesagain · 03/09/2018 23:04

That โ€˜hold the door open and smack your arse on the way throughโ€™ or something tedious and stupid like that. Instant revulsion.

Mumofoneprem · 03/09/2018 23:04

Oh god yes to all of these.

Plus
'Not my kids in the pic'
Lift selfies.
Photos of the guy as a tiny spec on top of a mountain.
Ski selfies i.e face fully covered.
Pics with the ex barely cropped out.
All group photos in clubs from between 15-5 years ago. No clue who's profile it is.

A couple of corkers -
'No scummy mummys'
'Don't swipe if you're a stupid bitch'

Nettletheelf · 03/09/2018 23:15

Who has an owl IN THEIR LIVING ROOM? Wouldnโ€™t it poo everywhere? What about all the screeching when youโ€™re trying to watch the telly? Would you have to put voles on the carpet for it to catch? Iโ€™d have probably messaged him to ask him those questions.

Re the โ€˜only little peopleโ€™: I read that as โ€œonly goes out with leprechauns, pixies and goblinsโ€.

SupplychainNpton · 03/09/2018 23:16

I met DP on POF.
I wasn't looking for a man. I was looking to see if my 'devastated ex, who walked out' had a profile.
He sure did!

DPs Photo interested me. His profile made me laugh a lot. Very modest, and ridiculous.
I had no photos uploaded, and messages : fancy a game of hide-and-seek?
He replied a week later.

3 years on............

Nettletheelf · 03/09/2018 23:17

I havenโ€™t done OLD in a long time, have been married for ten years, but I too remember equating โ€œlikes curling up on the sofa with a bottle of wineโ€ with โ€˜boring bastard who wonโ€™t even take you out for dinner before attempting to get in your knickers after dosing you with Ernest and Julio sodding Galloโ€™.

MyRelationshipIsWeird · 03/09/2018 23:20

Oooh another brilliant one. Guy had a one year old. I said I wasn't interested in someone with young kids. He replied, "its ok, I don't see him much" Grin

Nettletheelf · 03/09/2018 23:21

Oh yeah, the other one I remember was โ€œyou look like trouble, miss!โ€ (I didnโ€™t. No jail tattoos or visible weapons etc). I got this from several blokes. Perhaps it was โ€˜crap chat up line of the weekโ€™ in Nuts magazine or something.

TwentySmackeroos · 03/09/2018 23:35

Oh, and the โ€˜age is just a numberโ€™ line. Iโ€™m 46, you are 26/76; no, I set my parameters around my comfort zone, thank you. I donโ€™t care if you like the older ladeez.

MyUsername200 · 04/09/2018 02:58

I like to go out and have a good time but also love staying in with a takeaway and a dvd.
That one is everywhere. Hmm So original!

Men posing with fish. I don't understand why.

Looking for my partner in crime yawn

I don't want any drama.

Back on here again after a failed attempt. I really dislike this one, it's as if they see OLD as a last resort and we should all be grateful they signed back up.

The group photos and there's no indication of who he is. The ones where the ex has been cropped out too, it's so so obvious when you can see half the body!

I will always remember one guy had a photo up on his profile and it was of him on his wedding day. He had actually cropped his (I'm assuming ex) wife out of the photo but you could see the edge of her dress. Shock

ALittleBitConfused1 · 04/09/2018 06:49

Ha ha im on an OLD site and wtf is it with the fish photos.
Or when they have a photo taken of just their crotch area (usually in white boxers) i mean really....most of the ones with this picture dont even have much to brag about so im not sure what they think theyll achieve....gross.
Or the ones who say that they want a relationship but their username says something else. Like WelllHung69 or Mr1NightOnly, both who tried (and failed) to convince me that they were in fact looking for lasting meaningful relationships.....seriously do they think we are stupid.
I was once talking to someone for a few days before i realised he wasnt the one i thought (his photos were all group pictures) didnt realise until we swapped numbers and i saw his WA photo, that was awkward.

Gotthetshirt23 · 04/09/2018 06:51

Books read - The Kite Runner

Onedayy · 04/09/2018 07:14

I love the photos of them with their elderly parents.

Goldilocks3Bears · 04/09/2018 07:51

Elderly parents being taken advantage of to show how casaaring he is ๐Ÿ˜‚

Also - you just told me you work in the city and do 100 hour weeks yet you also list 300 hobbies.... are you a time lord?

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dragonflyflew · 04/09/2018 07:58

I had a message from a guy called lovetorim .
He says on his profile he regrets the name but he can't change it now.
Errr....have you tried deleting your revolting profile? Not even a profile pic so it wouldn't take much effort to delete and start afresh.

Onedayy · 04/09/2018 08:19

Yes the offensive usernames blamed on a mate. Yeah right.

Aridane · 04/09/2018 08:25

There was a very funny guide somewhere about euphemisms/ cliches women use on OLD Iโ€™ll try and link. May be a bit offensive though...

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