How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes Men Make with Online Dating

Remember that when creating your profile, less is more., Upload 2 to 5 flattering, but accurate pictures., Keep it real.

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Remember that when creating your profile

    You want to stand out and be memorable without revealing too much.

    Keep your essays short, punchy, playful, and positive.

    Reveal enough personal detail to create a quick connection but not so much that you remove the mystery.
  2. Step 2: less is more.

    Resist the temptation to include out-of-date photos when you had 30 percent more hair and 20 percent fewer pounds.

    You should be smiling in at least one of your photos; unless you never smile in real life, 2-5 unsmiling photos will make you look uncharacteristically moody and sinister.

    Even if you've got a great 6-pack, don't go shirtless in any of your photos.

    Another bad idea, don't have an open shirt, plus unbuttoned pants to demo your "attitude"

    six-pack or designer underpants.

    Even if you look great in that photo with your ex, don't post a cutout of yourself with a phantom manicured hand on your shoulder.

    It is very worthwhile to have a good photographer friend or a professional take some nice shots of you. , Some readers will check your profile for accuracy at an online dating review site.

    And every other member will just avoid a second date if you are not the man your profile presented you to be.
  3. Step 3: Upload 2 to 5 flattering

  4. Step 4: but accurate pictures.

  5. Step 5: Keep it real.

Detailed Guide

You want to stand out and be memorable without revealing too much.

Keep your essays short, punchy, playful, and positive.

Reveal enough personal detail to create a quick connection but not so much that you remove the mystery.

Resist the temptation to include out-of-date photos when you had 30 percent more hair and 20 percent fewer pounds.

You should be smiling in at least one of your photos; unless you never smile in real life, 2-5 unsmiling photos will make you look uncharacteristically moody and sinister.

Even if you've got a great 6-pack, don't go shirtless in any of your photos.

Another bad idea, don't have an open shirt, plus unbuttoned pants to demo your "attitude"

six-pack or designer underpants.

Even if you look great in that photo with your ex, don't post a cutout of yourself with a phantom manicured hand on your shoulder.

It is very worthwhile to have a good photographer friend or a professional take some nice shots of you. , Some readers will check your profile for accuracy at an online dating review site.

And every other member will just avoid a second date if you are not the man your profile presented you to be.

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