What You Write
If things haven't yet been shut down (and they usually have), I begin looking closer at the specific words you're choosing.
If I have a low tolerance for clichés, I really have a low tolerance for someone trying to pack sand in my ass and then tell me I'm at the damn beach.
I'm not a particularly smart Tramp, but I know a thang or two 'cause I've seen a thang or two.
Don't do it...
Tramp
How You Write
In the very rare case where decent pics are present, i will read to see what it is that you think is important for me to think about you.
I'm not extremely critical here, but i have a low tolerance for cliché lifestyle phraseology. This is largely what I see, so I rarely give more thought to the affair.
Honestly, we don't usually go after profile-driven meets now, so it doesn't matter that much with us. We don't have a prohibition against it though, so we will look if contacted.
Tramp
Photos
It's the first thing I check. It's not the most important, just the quickest. At a glance this will stop the need to look further 90% of the time. Nothing more than a glance.
No pics = it's done, not reading the first word or sending a reply.
No pics of the male = same thing.
If pics are there, we want to see half a dozen that are reasonable. Almost never get it, but it'd be nice once in a while.
Tramp
"...but they're probably drunk."
I think he's more a sexaholic, but that's just a guess. ;-)
BT's martini glasses.
I never trust anyone with a martini glass in their profile. They may have excellent taste in stemware and alcohol, but they're probably drunk.
I open profiles for only a few reasons: I'm responding to a Better Profiles post, I've gotten an email, I was scrolling the forum on a touch screen and accidentally open one (Tramp, I think yours was the most recent) or I was once again trying to get a closer look at BT's martini glasses.
Going with the profiles I open because of emails, I already have some limited information and I'm looking for reasons to say no. So, free members are automatically out (if they're men I assume they're cheating, btw). I also auto-nope for rules, racism, bi-phobia, fat-phobia and those who are looking for age ranges much younger than them but only up to their own ages. I really do judge harshly on sloppy profiles, with copious spelling and grammar errors, but I'm even more judgmental on poorly constructed thoughts. If you can't market yourself with some clarity, I'm not going to enjoy talking to you.
I don't actually care what the photos look like, because I am rarely attracted based on looks, but I like there to be some and none of them featuring dicks, asses or the gyno pose.
Other than that, I read a lot of novels that begin in media res so I'm pretty good at making decisions based on limited information. I send a lot of thanks, but no thanks emails.
@Crazy4us2
I would pass your profile by. #1. Your pictures are "boobs and butts" that give me no idea what you look like. #2, your profile is way too long, it's full of rules and this is a total dealbreaker:
To each their own, but you really should post in "better profiles" so we can help you out.
I'm a bit of an expert at this :-) ....
I normally check to see if they are a free member. If they are free or they don't have any pictures, I decline them.
Then I normally look at the pictures. If they don't have a picture of the male half in the public gallery, I usually decline them because I've noticed when men don't have pictures up in public it's usually because the guy is ugly, overweight or lacks confidence. If there isn't a picture of the two of them together as a couple, I get suspicious.
Honestly, I can deal with ugly or overweight, but lack of confidence is a total turn off.
If all of the pictures of the woman are boobs and butts, I normally move on. Ditto if the male half only has pictures in a polo and cargo shorts. I like to see a picture of the couple dressed nicely like they are going to church.
Then I look at the certs and the time they joined. If they have been on for a while and don't have any certs, I get suspicious. If their pictures have timestamps from 2008 because they were taken pre-iPhone, I get suspicious. If their last cert was from 2011 and they say "new to this" I get suspicious.
Then I look at their limits. I am here to get fucked by different and multiple men. If the profile shows watch only or "soft" with no sign of a full swap, the other woman better be prepared for me to trip the shit out of her, because I'm getting off regardless.
Then I read the profile. I'm an educator, so as soon as I see a grammar or spelling mistake, they lose points. Lots of misspellings or bad punctuation will cause me to reject.
I also like to see something about them Maybe they like basketball games or riding motorcycles. Whatever, as long as you have a passion that is something other than sex. If their profile is disrespectful shows racism or homophobia, I walk. My husband isn't bi, but seeing "NO bi MEN EVAR!!!!" is a pretty useful window into how much of an asshole the male half will be.
Some more things:
If the man has multiple different kinds of facial hair, I get suspicious. Ditto for women with different hair colors or styles.
A messy house is a huge turnoff. Ditto bathroom mirror selfies.
Thirty-one views and not a comment. That is a little sad to me.
It's not surprising, but it is a little sad. It's sad because I find this OP to be a really good topic. A good question.
I know that the answers wouldn't cause much change. I also know that the general idea is talked about over in Better Profiles.
But hey...
I just went through ten pages of thread topics in the Men Talk forum trying to find somwthing that I had the nerve to even open.
I couldn't so, after taking a shower (necessitated by reading the topic titles), here I am.
Let me think. What do I look at...
Tramp
