newbe needs profile advice

Bond salesmen put lipstick on pigs (trust me on this). You are just choosing an interesting angle. ;-)

Nice photo.

I like the first picture at the odd angle. The second picture is essentially the same as the first without the creative angle, so I would get rid of the second one.

Never take "the same" picture. You see this a lot with women. Butt. Butt. Butt. Butt. Boobs. Boobs. Boobs. Leggs. Leggs. Leggs. Boooooring!!!

Now once you start doing some races, I think it's okay to take "the same" picture as long as you are wearing different clothes and are at different races. Because now we're going for the narrative of "hot, fit older guy."

A very good start. There's a thread in the Fitness forum for your workout of the day if you want to keep track here. Good luck. ;-)

I'm pretty easy to catch and a big fan of puppets. Just sayin'.

Nice job, Pepper (which is a fine screen name, btw, but according to a post in Open Forum, you can change it by creating a new free profile and then working with SLS customer service to transfer billing to the new account).

Just fix your tagline to remove the reference to your gallery (nobody cares what you're going to do, just what you've done). And maybe rethink that last line. The implication that women will take care of men if...doesn't sit well with me. Plus, you don't really want to suggest you need caretaking.

Good luck!

That's why I have Batman. Wiggle the puppet and the wimmens melt all over me.

leers suggestively

"...because I have short legs and hate running..."

I'm now thinking that my chances of catching you are looking better.

OP means "original poster." I have no idea how to change a screen name and don't want to. My husband and I are a package deal.

OP - original poster, aka the person who started the thread.

My fastest 5k was 36.12, because I have short legs and hate running after 7am (and, really, just hate running), so you'd probably need to look around for a more challenging race partner even if we lived near one another. ;-)

I'll look at your changes tomorrow, when any advice will be more reliable.

Hi Pepper, I have travel related ADHD at the moment, so I'm not much help today. I'll do what I can, though. If you want explanations, let me know, but absent that my short attention span is only good for giving instructions. ;-)

In Looking For, just lose the words "life" and "near." In Description, lose "light," change getting to to to working, commas after box, yes and soft. It's lose not loose and pounds rather than lbs. Lose "couldn't we all" and you need a comma before working. Too not to. Comma between first and second and just lose that last phrase after the ellipses.

In Fantasies, fix that typo In the Haulover thing, get rid of your all caps shout, comma between men and am, and it's temporarily, not temporary.

In Additional comments, the only part that reflects you in a positive light is the one about your fabulous lady. Fix that.

And good luck on your 5k. ;-)

See? This is why I adore Velma. At first glance, it often sounds harsh, but her advice is virtually always on point. She really wants to help folks succeed. The "runner grandpa" idea is gold.

The other reason I adore Velma is that she's always talking about taking it up the pooper. :)

"So, picture wise, nothing makes me want to fuck a guy like a picture taking in the yard of a trucking company of a guy wearing a company sweatshirt."

...So, you got that going for you, which is nice.

BT

So, picture wise, nothing makes me want to fuck a guy like a picture taking in the yard of a trucking company of a guy wearing a company sweatshirt.

Yeah, you need new pictures. I don't think I can give you my standard advice of "wear a suit and a sportcoat" and look like you are showing up for a date. At 65, every picture is going to look like you are showing up for the baptism of your grandkids. So let's just leave that alone for now. I have another idea.

You were a smoker, an alcoholic and you live in Columbus, Georgia. I have no doubt in my mind that you are a retired Army sergeant major. So you must have some knowledge of physical fitness. So while you might not be able to be the guy I want to date, I bet you can be the guy I see at my husband's triathalons who is 65 and still running. So you can be the kind of guy I look at and go "damn!"

I'd like to position you as the "runner grandpa." The Middle Valley Toys for Tots 5k is on August 11th in Fort Valley, GA. I'd like you to start training for it. If you haven't run in a while, download the Couch to 5k program. You can get it as an app on your phone, or print it out.

When you go to the race, have a friend or family member take pictures. Then do it again at another race wearing different clothes. I think if you have 1 nicely dressed picture and a few pics of you at 5k's, you can position yourself as older but fit. I actually think this puts you in a better position than some of the younger guys on the site because if you are older and fit, you are probably in better shape than a lot of the husbands. So here is a case where your age is an advantage.

Couple of other things: Get a haircut. Get new glasses. Go to go Visionworks with your daughter - because every Sergeant Major has a Daughter - and have her pick out frames for you that look less like grandpa frames.

Profile wise, I would eliminate "fishing and hunting" from your profile. Yeah, I know you are in Georgia and probably own enough guns to fight off ISIS, but the climate is pretty charged politically right now and if someone is anti-gun and left-leaning, they won't even consider you.

I would also take out the part about being a smoker and an alcoholic. Don't even mention it. If you want to mention that you don't drink, just say that you don't drink. You don't need to give a reason.

So that's my advice. The whole running thing will take a while, but I think it will really pay off if you do it.