Major pitfalls to avoid when preparing your profile

Now that you have joined one or two online dating sites, it's time to write your profile. How do you impress others with your profile? First, let's steer clear of certain pit falls into which most people fall.

The Braggart Pitfall

Bragging is a major turnoff. So it is best to steer completely clear of it. This is especially true in the case of physical attributes. You might be attractive looking, but let the other person decide, remember that what wine is for Peter can turn of to be venom for Paul.

You can make implied statements like, "I am certainly not a bad looker," or "Opinion is divided, some people think I am good looking while others think I am not." But perhaps the best way of describing yourself would be to add a touch of humor to it.

If you are chubby, you could say something like, " I am round in all the right places...I hope." If you are tall, you could say something like, "Some say I should play basketball." If you are on the short side, you could say something like, "I might seem to be lacking in size but I assure you, it is all there."

The best part about making such witty remarks about oneself is that humor always works. All of us have been blessed with a sense of humor to some degree at least and if a person is able to make funny comments about himself or herself, that always acts as a turn-on. Humor sells like a billion dollars.

The Hackneyed Pitfall

We have seen and heard other people describe themselves and these kind of descriptions sort of sink in our heads. The moment someone asks us to describe ourselves, we start off by using such hackneyed phrases.

It is better to completely steer clear of hackneyed phrases as it makes us look like just another face in the crowd. Instead, try to sound as original as you can and make yourself sound interesting.

Try to use as many smiles and comparisons as possible. If you are blonde, don't just say that you are blonde. You could use descriptions like, "My hair is the color of freshly harvested hay." If you are a brunette, you could say something like: "My hair color would make a raven blush." If you have red hair, you could try something like, "My hair is like the setting sun."

Another point to add is that you do not have to belittle yourself. Every coin has two sides and it all depends on the way you look at it.

For example, if you have dark skin, there is absolutely no reason to feel bad about it. It all depends on how you put it across. You could try expressions like, "I f you like chocolate then yuo are going to love the color of my skin."

Remember that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, and it is left to you to convince the beholder. Most people are willing to believe what you tell them, provided you tell them convincingly enough.

The Boredom Pitfall

Try to make yourself sound as interesting as possible. Before we leave our homes, we all spend at least five minutes to make ourselves look as presentable and as impressive as possible.

The same thing also applies to our profile. Remove all drab details about yourself that might be of no interest to the reader. But bear in mind that anything can be put down in two ways. You can either make it boring or interesting; so work on it until you are sure that it will not bore a reader to death and the best test for this would be to hand it over to a close friend and ask that friend's opinion. Nobody likes a bore, so take all efforts not to sound like one.