i liked the word "sanity" there :d

Ha! I hate the cheesy sex names too.The long lists of qualifiers are possibly a sign that those women are quite picky and require people who are as picky as they are. But there is nothing wrong with people citing a preference for people who live closer if they can find it. It is more convenient after all And as for responding to a compliment... Many men take it as a sign of interest when a woman says thank you and they follow it up with other emails. You have to remember some of us get dozens of emails a day. It is helpful to some women to use their time responding to the people they are interested in as opposed to the majority of men that they dont click with.

Hi B. I was feeling lazy this weekend and wasnt feeling to type lol. So nice to hear you as always !

I never heard it before. I will look out for it from now on

Hi sunbeam 4u2! I relate, but some of the emails come from international respondents whose native tongue is not English so that would explain some of the poorly articulated profiles.

The bushy neckbeards arent my thing either but maybe it drives some women wild with desire lol. You never know !

it sometimes happens to me too. i dont feel like sitting by the keyboard and type. it's good taking a break :*

Another turn off is . . .

. . . the act of men whining about the fact that women don't conform to those men's personal rules
as to how women should respond to private messages sent by men whom the women do not know.

No, it is not ill-mannered for a woman to not respond to such a private message.

AMEN !

waowww

I love a blank profile or ill tell you later,Iam like really? thats some lazy chit,,,LoL

I understand why men would feel hurt by the silence but I agree. They need to understand how hard it is for women to respond to 20 messages when they only feel a connection with one or two of the emailers. thanks David for defending us ladies

Yep! It impresses NO ONE!

its like there not even really looking to date,
I think you need to know something about a person before you can take an interest in them, saying ill tell you later is such a turn off,,

I always worry that people like that when actually given the chance to tell me later , ACTUALLY have nothing substantive to say

1 / M2 Listing of Ethnicity , I find the options strange. * Mine is - White / Caucasian. * peggy122 is – Black / African descent. * butribu is White / Caucasian


**An ethnic group or ethnicity is a category of people who identify with each other based on common ancestral, social, cultural or national experience. Unlike most other social groups, ethnicity is primarily an inherited status.

So I guess “butribu” and I are closer on inherited status, as that is the only idem that is close. Even though I may have Jamaican parents. (maybe?)
** Culture is the more important factor and much more interesting fact.

2 / “ Looking for : Black / White “ ??? The other day I laid a sheet of typing paper on our large black stove. Placed my arm across them both, guess what ! I’m not black or white. Maybe I did not get the numbered colour chart ? I found this: http://www.empower-yourself-with-color-psychology.com/cultural-color.html
** Culture is the more important factor and much more interesting fact.

* Culture is inclusive
* Colour is exclusive

This might not work for everyone, but when I was about to create my profile, I wrote what people thought of me as a person and what I thought of me and what I'm looking for, and cobbled those together with my interests. Sometimes we're the worst judges of our own character, the best critics are those people who know you (close friends, family and relatives). I then dictated my thoughts on to my iPhone using the Notes app and I typed out my final draft into Notepad on my computer.

When I was satisfied enough to put it in the appropriate box on Mingle2, I copied the text and pasted it in to the text box on Mingle2 and posted it to the site.

That entire process took about 4 or 5 days, mostly during my free time.

I've since edited my Mingle2 profile here on Mingle2 about 5 or 6 times since I set up my profile. (including changing my location from Montana to South Dakota, since I moved).

I honestly didn't know what to put on mine at first, so I browsed around, asked others offline for suggestions and did a little bit of online research.

Again, being the self-critic, I don't think my profile is the world's greatest, but with some effort, I'm happy I put something substantive in my profile beyond "I'll Tell You Later".

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it's a pet peeve of mine that people think that the profiles are true in any way... first rule of sales is make it look like it's the best ever, profiles are no different...

You have spoken the truth mighty moe but for me , the focus of profiles is not so much on the truth of who someone is. Even if you are dating in the real world, i pray that few people are stupid enough to accept what people present on the first date as the gospel truth of who they are. For me a profile reflects a level of pride one takes in the way he presents himself to the world. As I explained to someone in this thread before., many of us in our most organic state , walk around at home with holes in our tank tops passing gas loudly ...But is there any need for us to showcase that side of ourselves when we are meeting strangers for the first time? Clever packaging/"profiling" is not necessarily a true reflection of the product inside, but it communicates on a subliminal level to the buyer if the product is worth a second glance.....

.....or not.