I hope that these examples are helpful in illustrating what not to do. It seems that either people put way too much effort into all the wrong things as Part 2 revealed so well or absolutely effort into their profiles as the below shows. Note that the following sections are missing entirely: 'About me', 'I'm good at', 'The most private thing I'm willing to admit', 'I spend a lot of time thinking about', '6 things I could not do without', which is probably just as well as you will see below. Without further ado...
Summary:My name is *** and I am a pretty easy going guy [again with the easy-going?]. I like being active wether [a typo - we'll let it slide] its [eek!] going roller blading, working out, doing little projects at home. Im [typo#3] pretty settled down and lookng [typo 4 - okay, this is getting eggregious! You cannot ask this man to write more than a sentence apparently...] towards meeting people for both friends and hopefully something more serious.
My life:I spend most of my time working and at home [Really? I really can't imagine that...] . I like to roller blade [I get it - he likes to roller blade.... did everyone notice?], go to the beach, hang out with friends, and find something crazy to do once in a while. I recently joined a camping group and hope to go out with thm [typo#5] once a month for the next year.
Favorite books, movies, shows, music, food:My favortes [typo#6 - who's counting anymore?] movies are the Harry Potter series [oy!], and old movies [this is vague - it could mean anything from Charlie Chaplin to Audrey Hepburn to Romy and Michele!]. My number one genre in music is country, followed by top 40. I like all kinds of food, no real favorites but am scared to eat sea food [I actually give kudos to this - at least he has a reason. Unlike the other examples we've seen].
On a Friday night, I am:I spend most fridays nights at home, but could be doing any number of things [as could we all?]. Could be have friends over for dinner [I'm starting to feel like a high school grammar teacher...], I could be working out, watching movies, or home/yard projects. If I am not at home the one place I like to go out on Friday nights is *** in ***, but only make it out there several times a year [I think he has already made a good case for pretty much never going out - this only serves to reinforce it and put the nail into the coffin! Perhaps the latter part could be dropped in an attempt to be less off-putting more mysterious].
You should message me if:You should message me if you want to meet me. We could go out for coffee, a walk in the park, or stay in and make dinner [somehow I think while other choices are presented, I know what the REAL preference is...].
And there it is.... Bland, trite, totally devoid of personality and bordering on the endorsement of an agoraphobic lifestyle. Ironically, this one might actually have been helped had less been said! As it stands, I would put this somewhere on a scale between anemic and comatose.
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