I haven't found the yellow brick road.

Two observations: Few people on this board understand Swedish and Maya's career here was brief -- she was deactivated the same day she joined.

Quite a few people on here are real ... scammers.

I have gone beyond "Hi" with three people claiming to be women. (That a profile shows a picture of a woman and states that it represents a woman is no guarantee that the profile owner actually is a woman. For simplicity, I will refer to the three people mentioned below as she.)

The first wanted money. She stated that she loved me after we had exchanged a few text messages.

The second one wanted indecent pictures, possibly with blackmail in mind. She also stated that she loved me after we had exchanged a few text messages.

The third broke off communication when I insisted on a background check. I don't know whether she intended a scam or resented the background check. I suspect the former, since she professed deep love for me after we had exchanged a couple of text messages.

Bottom line: if it's a real person, the odds that she or he is a scammer are fairly good. Too early declarations of love seem to improve the odds of a scammer.

I believe that my experience is reasonably representative.

Having a lot of time to waste, I read this entire thread.

It is very interesting that all the entries missed the main point: the woman's personality is her most important aspect. The size of her boobs comes a distant tenth (or lower).

That said, the size of her boobs is her decision and nobody else has the right to object to her decision.

Incidentally, I have been told that very big boobs can be uncomfortable for the woman, particularly in hot weather.

IMHO, there's absolutely nothing wrong with wanting sex, or even only sex, between consenting adults.

Whether you are male or female is irrelevant; the desire for sex is a biological urge. Denying that basic fact is nothing but hypocrisy.

That said, there are some people who, for various reasons, put sundry restrictions on legal forms of sex. More power to them. Personally, I think they are off their rocker. (As an example, the catholic church forbids their priests marrying. See how many sex scandals that has led to.)

Note, however, that I strongly disapprove of committing crimes, including sex crimes.

I am thinking that thinking is too much work. I only think when I absolutely have to.

The actual text says "Doctor/Nurse/Healthcare". Thus, anything in or related to health care fits the description.

For example, a nurse's aide or a medical receptionist fits the description. And for both my examples, 22 years of age is not unreasonable.

Thanks a million!

However, I can't figure out how to do it. Help!

All true. However, other people may want to discuss the subject.

Deactivated or not, she raised a valid question.

Agree

My blush just lit up the room

I don't think the number of posts in forums are correlated with any kind of success (except, of course, success in posting).

Great comment! Thank you!

It is not unheard of to have MD and RN degrees. It is, however, quite uncommon.

You may be right. Trying to help others is often doomed to failure.

Since you post, on average, 105 times a month since November 2008, you have seen a lot more of the forums than I have.

No need for sarcasm. I merely wrote the post to encourage people to put details in their profiles.

(I make the, perhaps unjustified, assumption that people enter their profile in the hopes of getting contact with other people. I believe that I'm fairly representative, so I hope that what I wrote may be helpful to others -- except, obviously, to soufiehere.)

What causes me to immediately swipe left?

1) Empty profile or profile with only a photo
If you're not sufficiently interested to tell
others anything about yourself, why should we
bother with you? Would you buy a car where
your only information is a photo? Or
if you have no information at all? A companion
is a lot more important than a car and,
thus, one needs more information to make even a
preliminary decision.

2) Your profile contains a condition that
eliminates me (e.g., you live in Podunk, MO,
and want only local dates).

3) Departing from the truth. Example: a person
claiming to be 60 years old but shows a
picture of a person in their twenties.

4) Your profile contains something that goes
against my personal prejudices (e.g., your
age is less than a third of my age).

The first thing I would suggest is to add a photo of yourself. The second thing I would suggest is to add as much information as possible to your profile. After all, the job of the profile is to sell you to the members of this site.