I caved and made an OKCupid account

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That doesn't really make ANY sense to me. XP

It was one of the questions about having someone being obligated to sleep with me. Originally I didn't give an explanation on why I said yes, so I went back and made that scenario.

A) Need a "body shot" showing more than a head.
B) Your income of less than 20K is going to scare off a lot of folks... better to leave it blank than be so low.


heh.... hope you have better luck than me!!

Body shot? That's an easy fix. And I took care of the income slot.

LOVE the puppy avatar! Yours?

Looks nice. Needs more images.

It's our family dog. Cute isn't he?

I'll be adding more pictures periodically. Thanks for the feedback guys and gals!

As someone that has had successful dates and sexual experiences from OkCupid, I can tell you the key to success is that it is a numbers game but it's also about making yourself appear the best you can and highlighting your stronger qualities.

I'm actually picking up quite some luck. I already had a couple gals message me. Might have to do some messaging myself.

For me, numbers aren't my strongest hand, but I do have good qualities to woo with, not to stroke my own ego or anything. Besides, I just joined out of curiosity. If something happens out of it, then more power to me. Hence my username CavedNMadeNAcct. XD

Anyway, does this count as a body shot? Sorry for the giant pic. O.o

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Nope, body shot is a shirtless one but it's a cool photo, makes you look like a fun guy and that's one thing some women look for. If you are a fun guy having a fun time at a club, more women will be interested in you as opposed to the guy who sits in the corner creeping at the women.

The maker of that site must be a gay activist... some of those guys being attacked for being "nice guys" were chosen as targets ONLY because they're not gay supporters. Some deserved to have their creepy answers pointed and laughed at, others didn't. Not wanting to have sex with other men doesn't mean they're homophobes.

Gah - the more I read, the more vindictive the guy seems! He'll blast anyone with a question answer s/he doesn't like, even if it's not really a big deal.

I'd say only maybe 25% of his complaints are legit!

Sorry for the aside, but since it was brought up in here, I thought I'd comment here too.

I never been to a club, but I'd be the first to dance and have fun while doing it. XD

You should crop the other person out of the photo. They are not you. They are not relevant to your dating profile.

Seriously, it's unbelievable the amount of people who put group photos on their dating profiles.

Here are the problems with doing that:

1. The other people are not relevant. They shouldn't be there. Also, you shouldn't be posting photos of them on the Internet without their permission. They might not like it.
2. Often no explanation is provided for who is who, so we don't know which person in the photo is you.
3. If the other person in the photo is a male, he might be more attractive than you, which will make you look bad.
4. If the other person in the photo is a female, and you have her arm around her or whatever, even if she's your sister/cousin/aunt/ex, the first thing I will do when I see that photo is assume: "Oh, I can't have him. He's taken."

Seriously. Some guys even post group photos from weddings. Weddings where they are all dressed up and standing with a group of men, and you can't tell if they were attending that wedding as a groomsman, or as the bridegroom himself, because they provide no caption underneth. This leaves me thinking: "oh, wow, I definitely can't have him, because he used to be married and he's not over his ex. He still has photos of his wedding to her, and he's even put them on his dating profile! Quick, run! Run a mile!"

What people need to remember is that those viewing their photos are not mindreaders.

A simple caption saying "I'm the one on the right/left" or "this photo was taken at a wedding where I was acting as the best man" would go a long way towards clearing up any misunderstandings.

Either that, or learn how to crop.

Hi, i think that is a good profile. You come across as pretty approachable (& smiley) with a good set of interests. I think it is good to have a few pictures because people can look quite different and it can give a rounder idea of what someone actually looks like. A chest shot is not really necessary, in fact if I see a chest shot I would think that person is ONLY on the website for sex. Guess that's up to you.

I guess you didn't check my actual profile where I actually captioned who was who and what was going on. :I

Looks like a body shot to me, doesn't need to be shirtless. I could be wrong but I'm guessing BlueMax didn't mean shirtless.


P.S. Our match percentage has now dropped to 24%

I'd suggest making some of your answers private. It's good to answer them to see how well you "match" with others, but some info is best left to a later date, IMO.