Nah, I wouldn't just limit it to positive emotions that would be incredibly tedious. Someone going on about how wonderful his life is. It just means she wants someone who isn't closed off and distant. Of course, the best thing a man can do in my opinion is listen and at least sound genuinely interested.
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Without reading the whole thread (it is 35 pages and it is late) what do people think of these things. I'm very shy when it comes to women, women I've got to know in life I've always felt very shy about asking them out on a date, so I never tend to do so. I've been single for too many years now, so I've just joined a dating website. Love 2 Love, partners the Manchester Evening News. Firstly, is it sad and a last resort to join one of these things and secondly, what experiences have people had on them.
It's no sadder than taking part in any other arranged dating activity.
I just see all my friends are in 'serious' relationships now, I'm not, 'Are you coming out tonight?' 'No, having a night in with the misses' etc. A relationship with a woman is just what I need at the minute.
Go for it Jack. Good luck 
Quote: Jack Massey @ July 20 2010, 12:45 AM BSTI just see all my friends are in 'serious' relationships now, I'm not, 'Are you coming out tonight?' 'No, having a night in with the misses' etc. A relationship with a woman is just what I need at the minute.
We can be terribly evil. Are you sure that is what you want?
They do work. You have to be patient though. But I met a woman through one and we've been going out since April last year.
Quote: Charley @ July 20 2010, 1:02 AM BSTWe can be terribly evil.
You know, that's damn fine of you to admit that.
Mostly, women get all hoity-toity about confessing up to their inherent evil!
Quote: Frankie Rage @ July 20 2010, 2:11 AM BSTMostly, women get all hoity-toity about confessing up to their inherent evil!
P.G. Wodehouse summed it up neatly (just substitute 'aunts' with 'women'):
"It is no use telling me there are bad aunts and good aunts. At the core, they are all alike. Sooner or later, out pops the cloven hoof."
Quote: Jack Massey @ July 20 2010, 12:37 AM BSTFirstly, is it sad and a last resort to join one of these things
No, the 'sad' thing is totally erroneous, they're just another way to meet people; but there are still things to be wary of.
Quote: Jack Massey @ July 20 2010, 12:37 AM BSTsecondly, what experiences have people had on them.
I've found that a lot of women treat their 'about me' section like a CV, except that instead of fighting to get a job, they are fighting for a relationship. They write about how wonderful they are, what interesting pastimes they partake in and just how damned great they would be for the 'job'. And just like in a CV, the truth tends to fall far short of this. Especially with photos.
However, there are some other women who do the opposite, and present themselves as less interesting and attractive than they really are, so you never know what to expect. For example, my current gorgeous girlfriend, who I met on one of these sites, used a blurry photo, of her face only, and the colour balance was all wrong, making her look green.
The only thing you can do is just go for it and see what happens. Expect the people to be different IRL to how they seemed online.
Quote: Nogget @ July 20 2010, 5:46 AM BSTFor example, my current gorgeous girlfriend, who I met on one of these sites, used a blurry photo, of her face only, and the colour balance was all wrong, making her look green.
And you went for that? Were you taking the whole 'women are from Venus' thing a bit too literally?
They're going out in her spaceship tonight.
I put my sister on that Sarah Beeny site (with her permission not in some kind of bid to auction her off). That was about 3 years ago and she's now marrying the first guy she met on there this Saturday so it worked for her.
It was pretty cheap (about £20 3 yrs ago) and friends / relatives / people you barely know describe you so you don't have to say nice things about yourself if you're embarrassed.
As above I think you have to read between the lines a bit, for example 'doesn't suffer fools' or 'feisty' is I'm pretty sure another way of saying 'foul-tempered and argumentative'.