Online Dating Profiles and Photos: The Truth They Hide

Into online dating? Know the difference between an online dating-site profile and what will be sitting in front of you when you meet for coffee. Profiles use certain phrases over and over. They are a code. Read between the lines of a profile -- and know in advance, a little better, what you'll likely to get. (And smile. It's the Dating Game!)

• "Studying to be a personal trainer" = unemployed
• "Real estate investor" = house flipper
• "Ready to settle down" = sick
• "Not a player" = a player
• "Seeking soulmate" = a player with 2 years of college
• "My kids come first" = "Warm body wanted"
• "shoulder surgery" = obese
• Photo with pet = emotionally warped or unavailable
• Photo taken years ago = low self-esteem
• No photograph posted = obese or married
• Photo of torso, no head = has STD
• Photo with cleavage = stupid
• Photograph with parents/siblings = immature
• "Likes to laugh" = evil
• "Free spirit" = unkempt, promiscuous
• "Christian" = boring
• Holiday or formal-occasion photograph = male: grubby; female: "Marry me"
• "handsome" = incarcerated
• "spiritual" = broke
• Photo with opposite sex person who is cropped out of the picture = co-dependent
• "Likes quiet times" = couch potato
• "relaxed lifestyle" = disabled or obese
• "to hang out with" = "to provide me with casual sex"
• "lonely" = mental patient
• Photo in mirror = desperate
• Webcam photo = nothing to offer
• "sensitive" = alcoholic or dry drunk
• "shy" = asocial
• "seeks special lady" = sordid marital history
• "seeks fun gal" = old or impotent
• "age 54" = age 64
• "No games" = games
• "open-minded" = perverted
• "Romantic" = one dinner before expecting sex
• "Very romantic" = two dinners before expecting sex

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