Novice DatePost 2: The Details
My Profile as seen by the ‘millions’ of members of the website!
Code Name: Being Home
Age: 38
Hair colour: Blonde
Eye colour: Blue
Height: 170cm
Body type: About average (read: within the healthy weight range but if you are looking for a skinny Minnie it is not me!)
Relationship status: Single
Have kids: Yes
Want kids: Maybe (read: probably not!)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Faith: No answer (read: faith is not something I want to describe in one word.)
Smoke: Non-smoker (read: hate it, cannot stand it, do not want to be near a smoker!)
Drink: Light/social drinker (read: I am a single mother, so I wish I could drink as often as a light/social drinker!)
Interests: Books/reading, cooking, dining out, arts/crafts, movies/cinema, museums/galleries, politics, travel/sightseeing, wine tasting, photography, literature/history (read: I am a pretty well-rounded person interested in lots of stuff!)
Education: Graduate/Masters, many times over (read: I am pretty smart!)
Occupation: Education/Science (this barely explains the truth but it will do!)
Income: No comment (read: as if I am going to list this on a website!)
Languages: English/another language from a country on the fringe of Europe
Politics: No answer (read: again, not something I want to list on this website!)
Pets: No answer (read: cannot really be bothered with pets, cat and dog fur drives me insane, especially on my clothes and on the furniture)
About you:
Hair: Any (read: I really am not bothered)
Eyes: Any (read: ditto)
Height: 175cm-195cm (read: I would prefer it if you were taller than me!)
Body type: About average (read: not too skinny, not too fat...as I am not a lean, mean toned machine I could hardly expect that you would be, although it seems that some men still think it is entirely reasonable to weigh significantly outside the healthy weight range and want their partners to be slight, light yet big-busted virtual women!)
Language: English
Ethnicity: Any (read: I really am not too bothered)
Faith: Any (read very carefully: if I am not fussed about your faith, then you can assume I am not too religious, so would find it challenging if you were!)
Education: Sorry, you have to have graduated beyond high school or had some pretty amazing life experiences
Job: Just about anything I suppose but within context, although if you are stocking shelves in the local supermarket, we might struggle a little!
Smoke: Non-smoker
Drink: Light/social drinker
Relationships: Single, widow, divorced (read: if you are still involved or just separated from a long relationship/marriage, I am not the woman for you!)
Have kids: Any
Want kids: Maybe/no (read: I am probably willing to consider having a another child…soon given my age, but would prefer not to!)
Turn-offs: Body piercings, long hair, skinny-dipping, tattoos, thrill seeker (read: I really am a bit conservative in some ways!)
So with my details posted, scantily brief in detail, I sat back and flicked through the files. Without joining the club properly I could view all on offer, read their details, and send a ‘smile’ to those I thought were okay. One click and they would receive a message telling them that I was interested. Without joining the club properly recipients of my smiles could either send one back or an ‘I’m not interested’ message. I could also receive messages from the server saying that someone had written an email to me but I could not read it. I suppose this was meant to tease me, to goad me into paying over a membership fee.
Full membership would let me send and read received emails, to view those who have viewed me, to view smiles and emails and a host of other match-finding aids. I opted not to take up full membership, instead I was happy to click through, to read what my potential dinner dates had to write. I just wanted to stick my big toe in at this point. I had some time, probably anywhere between 3-6 months to line up those dinner dates.
Places, names and profiles have been changed to protect the innocent…and the guilty.
Code Name: Being Home
Age: 38
Hair colour: Blonde
Eye colour: Blue
Height: 170cm
Body type: About average (read: within the healthy weight range but if you are looking for a skinny Minnie it is not me!)
Relationship status: Single
Have kids: Yes
Want kids: Maybe (read: probably not!)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Faith: No answer (read: faith is not something I want to describe in one word.)
Smoke: Non-smoker (read: hate it, cannot stand it, do not want to be near a smoker!)
Interests: Books/reading, cooking, dining out, arts/crafts, movies/cinema, museums/galleries, politics, travel/sightseeing, wine tasting, photography, literature/history (read: I am a pretty well-rounded person interested in lots of stuff!)
Education: Graduate/Masters, many times over (read: I am pretty smart!)
Occupation: Education/Science (this barely explains the truth but it will do!)
Income: No comment (read: as if I am going to list this on a website!)
Languages: English/another language from a country on the fringe of Europe
Politics: No answer (read: again, not something I want to list on this website!)
Pets: No answer (read: cannot really be bothered with pets, cat and dog fur drives me insane, especially on my clothes and on the furniture)
About you:
Hair: Any (read: I really am not bothered)
Eyes: Any (read: ditto)
Height: 175cm-195cm (read: I would prefer it if you were taller than me!)
Language: English
Ethnicity: Any (read: I really am not too bothered)
Faith: Any (read very carefully: if I am not fussed about your faith, then you can assume I am not too religious, so would find it challenging if you were!)
Education: Sorry, you have to have graduated beyond high school or had some pretty amazing life experiences
Job: Just about anything I suppose but within context, although if you are stocking shelves in the local supermarket, we might struggle a little!
Smoke: Non-smoker
Drink: Light/social drinker
Relationships: Single, widow, divorced (read: if you are still involved or just separated from a long relationship/marriage, I am not the woman for you!)
Have kids: Any
Want kids: Maybe/no (read: I am probably willing to consider having a another child…soon given my age, but would prefer not to!)
Turn-offs: Body piercings, long hair, skinny-dipping, tattoos, thrill seeker (read: I really am a bit conservative in some ways!)
So with my details posted, scantily brief in detail, I sat back and flicked through the files. Without joining the club properly I could view all on offer, read their details, and send a ‘smile’ to those I thought were okay. One click and they would receive a message telling them that I was interested. Without joining the club properly recipients of my smiles could either send one back or an ‘I’m not interested’ message. I could also receive messages from the server saying that someone had written an email to me but I could not read it. I suppose this was meant to tease me, to goad me into paying over a membership fee.
Full membership would let me send and read received emails, to view those who have viewed me, to view smiles and emails and a host of other match-finding aids. I opted not to take up full membership, instead I was happy to click through, to read what my potential dinner dates had to write. I just wanted to stick my big toe in at this point. I had some time, probably anywhere between 3-6 months to line up those dinner dates.
Places, names and profiles have been changed to protect the innocent…and the guilty.
