Deciphering Online Profiles

In online dating sites people are naturally going to put their best foot forward to woo their potential mate. It's much like someone writing an add for a house and using a nice way of saying it's a piece of crap. Like when someone says "The house has a lived in feel", this of course means that it is run down and will need a lot of help. When the add says "In a very friendly neighborhood", this means, you have no lawn and your neighbor's house is VERY close to you, practically on top of you. So it only makes sense for people to do the same advertising for themselves online. But THANKFULLY you have me here to help you weed out and decipher what the profiles are REALLY saying.

Before you start looking you must first think about the kind of person you are wanting to find. You are either going on this site to find  a quick hook up, just friends, or a relationship. Once you know what you are after you can begin reading the profiles.

Let's start with the obvious ones first, if you are looking for someone to just hook up with, no real strings attached, you are going to want to look for people who have a line similar to this on their page, "Not looking for anything serious". That is always a big give away. They are not looking for anything serious, and believe this. If you see this page and you think "that is a good looking person, I would love to get into a relationship with that one", if they say "nothing serious"... they mean it. They are not at the point to jump into a relationship. So it is best to go into this one not expecting anything. As long as the boundaries are set.. this will work out for both of you! That is until one of you finds someone you want to date, then you must split ways, because honestly, no real relationships can blossom from a booty call.

"Not looking for any drama, no mind games" This phrase means that they just got out of a relationship where someone did JUST this to them. Tread lightly with this one, if at all. There is a chance that you will be walking on egg shells until there is a trust. They may just not be ready for a relationship at this time and are jumping into the dating scene too early. Either way.. keep your wits about you.
At the same time, be careful when someone is too wistful. For example, if they talk about "loving to cuddle, wanting to find that one magical person to complete their lives"... they may also not be ready to get into a relationship. It is not ok for someone to go into a relationship thinking that they need that other person to 'complete' them. This usually comes from someone who is insecure and will try to move really fast and will eventually smother you so that one day when they want to take you to Enchanted Rock you break down and tell them that you can't do this anymore, that you got too freaked out when they tried to tell you that they loved you after you bought them a burger.. as an example

Now if you are looking for someone to start a relationship with, and you are venturing into the online world to find that someone there are phrases that you should look for. Look for someone who says, "let's see where things go, just get to know each other". These are the stable people who are ready for a relationship. Not saying that it will work out. But you have the best chance with these people. But just a fair warning... This group is few and far between.
The majority of people on the online sites are going to fall into the first 2 categories. You are going to have to weed through a lot... and I mean A LOT of bad seeds before you find a decent candidate.. if that is in fact what you are looking for.

Happy dating!