This free dating advice should really be obvious to DomestiGals. Unfortunately, to many non-DomestiGals, it is not.
1. Try not to come across as overly desperate.
You know who you are. Just calm down a bit and maybe they won’t smell it. If you’re single and in your 30s and 40s, it’s okay! I’m going to say it again, really, it’s okay. Most importantly, don’t put up a picture of when you were in your 20s. Big mistake.
2. Do not — I repeat — do not say any of the following:
“I never thought I’d try internet dating.” “I love to travel.” We all love to travel. So what? Be specific and different. “My friends would say I’m “nice,” “sweet,” and, above all, “funny.” You’re not any of those things so stop pretending.
3. Recovering frat boys and sorority girls.
If you’re in your 30s and you’re still talking about how much fun you had in college in your internet profile at these ball busting beer keggers, I want you to take a long hiatus from reading this, and go get a life. In fact, if you need help getting a life, I can help you.
4. Watch for grammatical errors.
I used to delete emails immediately upon seeing the following mistakes: alot, your instead of you’re, etc. Prove that you’re smarter than a fifth grader and those kids on Gossip Girls.
5. Beware of cliches.
First of all, I *seriously* hate the beach, so don’t try to lure me in with sickening tales about how we’re going to have a long walk on it.
6. Your salary. Oy.
My friend, Tom, is in sales; however, when someone works in sales, they could be making $20K or $200K. Tom was part of this latter group and said so in his profile. Tom started dating Ann, a doctor whom he met online, who confided in him months after they started dating that she only wrote him back because he made decent money. Ann wasn’t money hungry (or so she said); in fact, she was sick of dating guys who were insecure that she made more than them. Several of my girlfriends make more than their partners, and this has been an issue for about 75% of them. We’ll come back to this issue in another posting, as there’s a lot to debate.
7. Your Books and Music.
The goal is not to be as pretentious and ironic as possible. Just because you know about obscure music and read highly erudite books does not make you high more date-worthy. Stick to the facts.
8. Your Ethnicity.
If you’re white, you’re white. No need to go on and on about your English and Irish ancestry and how there’s a bit of Romanian in there somewhere. No one cares.
