Why is it so hard?

People don't believe I'm literally here just to make friends and think I'm wanting more. Its kinda hard not to be a basic B**** when my 1st, 2nd 3rd-10th answers are not believed.

help me how can I tweak my profile to make it even more obvious please!

Wrote you a nice letter, seems you only want friends between 33 and 38.
Not sure what kinda friendship that is, a bit discriminatory. Maybe that has something to do with it.
Now if you were dating that could help us understand why you are sorting people by age.
Just My Thoughts.....

Looks like a very good profile. I see nothing that csn ne done imo. Just some people think they can change your mind.

I used to have a similar problem..whenever I would be dating someone on a somewhat serious level, and didn't want to mislead anyone, I would mention it on my profile. However it seemed that others took it as an invitation that I would be willing to be friends with just about anyone. Some people don't understand that just like we have preferences in love, so we can have preferences in friendship according to age, interests etc..Just my opinion.

Your profile is quite straight forward. It clearly states everything.

well if you're looking for a girlfriend I am here sister

Nice profile SoulSpirit, welcome to Mingle!

Hang out in the forums, it tends to be more of a social network where friendships are formed. The people here are more genuine and will for the most part respect why you are here.

Have fun and best wishes to you

Thank you everybody, I'm sorry I do have my mail settings set to age limit. There really is nothing sinister or discriminatory in it, and I am truly sorry that my settings and choices made you feel that way Jerry W. That really was not my intention at all.

The Idea I had was chatting to people, learn about different cultures, histories etc and eventually maybe I would like to go travelling, I don't honestly know. (At the moment I'm too busy getting my business off of the ground if I am honest).

However, I figured if I did get to travel someday then this would make the whole experience super enjoyable and have friends to visit along the way to share that experience with them. Its a long term goal to be fair, and it may never happen.. maybe I'm just too idealistic for my own good.

The reason I set age limitations is because I have a track record of attracting older gentlemen. I have never known the proper social etiquette on how to deal with these scenarios, so I just hide or run away. I don't like making people feel uncomfortable, and I hate feeling awkward. In the past, a 'no' was never taken as a no and I've lost real life friendships over it.

Yesterday I was just getting too many of the "are you sure messages" and the "other kind" of messages which equally made me feel like a liar, a scammer and a cheat whist the other types just made me feel cheap and dirty. In the end I got angry and irritable at the lack of respect and thought I would ask for some advice on how I could make my intentions clearer.

Now I have explained my reasons in detail, I do hope you can understand and I would sincerely like to thank you all. It has been greatly appreciated.

Welcome on board and greetings from the island next door

You can set your mail settings to ANYTHING YOU WANT. and even then when you get a message, read their profile. If you don't want to correspond, just delete the person. It's their own problem if their "feelings" are hurt. You are not here to please anyone except YOURSELF.
No one has a right to say your profile or choices are wrong. Do NOT let yourself feel belittled. Set your choices and stick with it. That's what everyone has the right to do. :)