What puts you off an online dating profile

[singlemum81]

Top of the list for me is selfies with tops off or drinking cans of beer

a few of my most hated dating profile phrases..

"work hard, play hard"

"i want someone who will treat me like a princess.."

Those who fill every spoken sentence with "like".

Anyone who does drugs is off my list as are drunks ,widely tattooed and/or pierced ladies and i'm not keen on smokers.

As an occasional viewer of naked attraction, i'm amazed at how many women under 30 are heavily tattooed, pierce or obese.

"Come on ladies don't be shy, I wont bite, well not unless you want me to wink wink"

" no mind games please "

And what everyone else has said.

When I’ve browsed online dating sites I’ve realised one thing. If you don’t fancy them in their first pic then you definitely won’t fancy them in the rest! Sometimes you have to wonder if the second pic is a different person. Blokes use the one random picture that they look ok in (even if it’s about a decade old) as their profile pic. Then you flick through the rest and they tend to go in order of ugliness.

Picture number 1 you think “well he’s not exactly my type but he’s not gross, I’ll click on him, things are getting desperate here, I’ll be single forever” By picture number 5 your thinking “Fuck, it’s Mr Burns from the Simpsons”.

I find it very depressing.

In terms of blurb I think I’ve read about 3 decent ones in my life. However the worst are the broken hearted woman haters. They’ve created a profile in the hope their ex will see it and want them back. Just disgusted. So weak 🤢

@hfrdgftcsdg - that made me laugh! I hope men don't look at my fifth photo and think I look like Marge Simpson

Profiles with photos where you can't see what someone looks likes because they are taken from a distance or are blurred are annoying.

Just saw one that says 'INTP/INTJ personality mix' what the actual fuck is that meant to be?? 😂

Looked them up. What a load of nonsense 😂

Completely agree with all of these. There's some very ugly men out there. And the older I get the worse it gets.

2 shockers were: the guy who messaged me, perfectly rational, he could spell and do grammar, and by message 5 accused me of being married, cheating on my husband, being on the app all day and deleting it when husband got home, I was disgusting and a cheat - and before I could respond he'd blocked me. Then I received a message from Marcus at PoF telling me I'd gone against the rules and I'd be kicked off the site if I was reported again 😂😂

And then there was the guy I eventually agreed to meet on a Saturday lunchtime and he didn't turn up. 12 months later he messaged me and it was obvious he had no clue he'd messaged me before. When I challenged him about not turning up he blocked me !!

I swear I've done nothing to offend these people and I've been divorced for 30 years. They're just complete nut jobs and wonder why they're single.

INTJ, etc is Myers-Briggs - I had to do that when I was in business school. As a personality analysis, it's less bullshit than astrology, I guess, but I still wouldn't put it on a dating profile.

@ginislife I had the exact same messages from a guy on POF!
It must be the same one. I screenshotted them and posted them
On MN at the time on the dating thread.

Do they not realise???

@IndieTara
This is actually quite scary

@littlewings80 honestly I'm so used to it by now it doesn't even shock
Me

Jesus. Those husband messages. Wtaf.

I have many screenshots of awful profiles (my friends and I often share them). Here is one particularly awful one that kept popping up for a while. WTF??

This thread has made me laugh so much when I was really down in the dumps .
I love mumsnet and love you lot.

I did old dating 10 years ago after divorce , then again a year ago when I met very recent ex ( he finished with me after a very happy 9 month then tough 2 months relationship just 3 weeks ago .. background is I lost a child and fell apart for a few weeks . I then sought help and grief counselling .

This ex “loved me very much “ and assured me “we were a team”. until he changed his mind in 24 hours and broke up over the phone .

A Freind told me he was on tinder over the weekend . Of course I looked . He hasn’t even returned my keys yet and the stuff at his as we initially did lockdown together .
He is busy looking for somebody “ uncomplicated “
2 of his photos I took.
2 I am cropped from as are his teenage daughters

Clearly I am the physco ex
He stated “ please be uncomplicated “
He described himself as “ pretty straightforward “
His profile looks like a really great catch ... lots of action hero stuff and he has acquired so much hair in 3 weeks he must have had a transplant .
He has miraculously become 10 years younger ( I am mid 40s he is mid 50s) and suddenly enjoys “ thoughtful talks “ ( I would have liked a thoughtful talk when I was wearing a black suit after I said goodbye to my child )

The fish photos , the drugged up exotic animals , the cosy nights in .
Love it
Along with the photos covered in mud
Love it

Have a male Freind back on old
His profile says he is looking for a serious relationship
He has confided in me he hopes his ex sees it and gets jealous and goes back to him

@Tara200 I'm so sorry for your loss and that your partner at that time was so crass and useless 💐. OLD is a whacky world indeed, especially Tinder. I encountered all sorts on there. One of the most priceless managed to quickly get the conversation round to him doing my gardening while wearing a chastity belt. He would do it badly so I would tell him off, then he would go home with the belt still in place. What on Earth was in it for me? I can do a bad job of my garden all on my own thanks!

these men —- holding a huge phallic fish and describing themself as “baggage free “ a “proud parent “ and looking for a” partner in crime “

I assume their kids” are my world “
And don’t resent a mere 20 -25% of their income going to their kids driven back and forth in a sports car every other Saturday . And they bought a few rulers and excercise books whilst their mum struggles with utility bills etc

And then the Disney post a level trip mum can’t possibly afford ( Disney dad )
( yes indeed why it is it always Japan — been there for work many times .. couldn’t wait to leave sorry , very boring place )

Depressing

That's so awful @Tara200. What kind of a man leaves a grief stricken partner then immediately goes looking for someone 'uncomplicated'? Life is not uncomplicated and he will be touched by grief one day.

I hate it when they can't be bothered to rotate their photos.

Anything like “why haven’t you messaged me back”

@indietara That's about the same time as he did it to me so stands a chance it's the same nutter. I was gutted he blocked me -not (apart from it didn't give me chance to tell him he was a nutter 😀)

Came across one the other day that said “I would like to start a family as soon as possible please. I also like whiskey, vodka, beer”