Problem I have is, I'll read someone's profile and say "Hey, that's interesting". Then I'll see em post in the forums and wondering why I thought they were interesting. And vice versa. And it annoys me when people change photos, cause for the life of me I can remember photos, but you can tell me your name and I'll forget before you say nice to meet ya. Thus leading to stalking like pervs sometimes.

In the forums it's different for me. If I see them say something in the forums that interests me, I might email them no matter what their profile says.

Okay then, you might want to add that you have a touch of bad memory to your profile! HA

Why would you say that?

Well, I do use them. They add some personality. And since we're only going on the written word, I think adding a laugh or a flower can sometimes be the difference in how words are taken.

Because you said you can't remember names or faces.

I said I could remember faces, but not names. And I have the memory problem. And I was just joshing rapunzel with that comment.

Long profiles can be cumbersome to read BUT it tells you about the person and gives you an idea if you click or not... If someone doesn't take the time to read a long profile then they probably don't care about more than looks...

If a person says "ask me anything you want to know" in their profile then they're too lazy to write one and that's a turn off as much as someone not reading a profile and writing "wow we have a lot in common"...

I think back and most if not all of the people on my friends list, got there through interaction on the boards. I don't recall it ever happening another way. Always seems, for me, to be the banter on the boards that led to getting to know people.

As it should be. A good friend of mine once said that if you watch someone long enough they will show you exactly who they are....or something like that, I can't remember.Stupid ADD!

That is very true. Dr Maya Angelou says that same thing.

You're friends with her too? How is Maya these days, we always seem to be playing phone tag these days!

I truly believe that Pats... I put it "give them enough rope and they'll eventually hang themselves"... Yours is a bit nicer... lol


Connie it's weird but I don't get emails from people that post in the forums unless it's about a topic or a friend I've made... Most of my emails come from random people I've never seen or spoken to.. On my friends list, yes most come from having made them in the forums...

She's still busy figuring out why the Caged Bird Sings.

The banter on the posts has deffinately lead to many friendships for me. A few- from just writting too, some just don't care for the boards. But they read the boards though-lol.
I truely agree if you watch people long enough, you get a good sense
of whom they are.

Merry Christmas in June auburngirl.


My profile says it all about me. If you read it , you have a good idea of who I am.

My postings in the threads, you know me a lot better, you can see the way I am in my life.

Hiya Ed! Merry Christmas in June to you too!

It's less about length than quality. A long profile filled with stupid cliches is just as bad if not worse than a short one. The point of a profile is to get to know a little about someone, to me this means taking some time and interjecting your personality into it.

I find it funny that so many write..."I have a great sense of humor" Everyone thinks they have a great sense of humor, I have yet to meet someone who thinks their sense of humor is lame. Generally this is accompanied by a profile completely devoid of any humor whatsoever.

Other things people write that I find weird.

I like movies...wow that's a big ambiguous. Maybe you like action movies, or maybe you like tranny snuff films, in lieu of any description, I simply assume the later.

I like to laugh...I on the other hand like to cry so I'm looking for someone with a belligerent abusive personality with a penchant for violence.

Oh, I remember a profile once that was so full of cliches I wondered if the person ever formed a thought of their own.

Or...there is always "I hate liars!"

Just once I want to read a profile that says "lie to me baby, please!"