When preparing your profile, do bear in mind that it is something that should be viewed in all seriousness. This is because you are planning to embark on a relationship which could last for the rest of your life.
If you have the means, get a professional to do the job for you since it saves you the effort. This costs some money, but it could be worth it. There are many people who have no qualms about including a picture in the profile. It certainly looks better to have a picture in your profile, but due to privacy issues you can refrain from including a picture.
The best thing you could do is that once you are comfortable chatting with a person and are convinced that this person does not have any devious intentions, you could send your picture over as an attachment or a file.
But this is best done on a mutual exchange basis. It would be unfair if you know what the other person looks like but the other person is kept in the dark and vice versa.
If you are sending over a picture of yourself, make sure it's a recent one. Before the photograph is taken, do work on your expression by standing in front of a mirror and trying out various expressions till you get something that you think is the best for you. Do remember that it has to be a picture of you smiling.
When writing your profile, accent the things that make you unique. If you play the piano well, you want the other person to appreciate it. If you love art, you would not want someone who thinks Picasso is an ice cream flavor!
Describe the things that are vital in your life. If volunteering makes you feel useful and worthwhile, you want someone who would at the very least, support you if not join you in your volunteer projects. When you get beyond superficial things, you would attract people who share your values.
Another crucial thing is to keep it as brief as possible. Nobody wants to read through lines and lines of another person's profile. If you make it so long-winded, the person reading it would get the idea that you are someone who loves to keep on talking about yourself and might not want to go on a date with you.
But that does not mean that you have to limit your profile to just a few words. A profile that is too brief would sound as if you do not have the time for all this, but are just doing it for the heck of it.
The best style would be to be 100% natural. Write your profile as you would describe yourself to a person directly. The conversational style has the widest appeal. Make it simple and stay away from big words and hackneyed expressions.
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