Chuckanut
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I haven't done much online dating, but my rule of thumb is to use filters very sparingly and to set my preferences much more liberally than I might otherwise be comfortable with. In essence, I want to expand my pool of potential matches beyond just my "ideal", and I want to make it past most of the screening filters of all those women who are looking for just their "ideal".
+1 on the filtering. I try not to have a huge list of 'must haves' and 'deal killers'. The few I have are things like 'non smoker' and being 'fully' single - not separated, not living with previous bf, etc.
The height requirement that many women choose has always perplexed me. Don't they realize that in our age group, when they want a man who is at least 6 feet tall they immediately rule out 90% of the men Not to smart, IMHO.
Filters are another reason I would not recommend depending only on online services to find a potential partner. In real life we are exposed to many people who would never pass our filter tests but are actually very interesting. At some point, they become 'attractive'.
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