Let's face it, when online dating, if you are not particular in what you are looking for on your profile, then you are literally opening up the floodgates to all sorts.
However, on the complete other end of the spectrum, setting your expectations too high is only going to attract the fake profiles.
One Plenty of Fish user jotted down a very detailed list, full of the features that his future bae would have to have if she has so much as a chance of being 'dating material'.
Those who are eligible to even message Dan Fleming, 29, will not be over size 12 or have any tattoos. As if that didn't filter down the searches enough, he is also said to be happy to date a girl with a child, as long as the father of the child is dead.
Fleming, the old charmer, lay out his particular demands when he joined the dating site in July.
If you're thinking at this point that he is just saving the leg work of sifting through non-potentials, I'd like to stop you there.
That's because he is actually a bit of a dick. He said that women should talk about more than TV or clothes, according to the Mirror.
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Fleming is the first to admit that he is not ashamed to be 100 percent honest (there's honest, and then there is rude).
In today's society, your dating profile is literally the first impression. Here's what Fleming's profile says about him.
I don't use POF very often, I very rarely send the first message and I'm content being single.
I read many profiles, with women describing in detail their previous bad judgement when it comes to selecting a partner.
Detailing how they quite simply want a man whom [sic] is honest, that they can get along with and will remain faithful. I don't think that's much to ask.
I urge you all to choose more wisely next time, if you don't pick well, ask your family to judge them for you, a brother, dad for example.
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You probably have bad taste in men, because deep down, you enjoy complaining to your friends how badly your partner treats you, it probably gives you a sense of enormous well-being.
I could take on a woman like that, but you'd probably get bored of me. So instead, I'll keep clear and enjoy the spectacle of entertaining female psyche!
I won't take a partner for the sake of not being single, I'm looking for a keeper, I'm in no rush, if I don't relply [sic] to you, I probably don't envisage you being the mother of my future children, sorry!
The following qualities are what I'm looking for: slim (no excuse ladies, at our age, we should be in our prime).
I may budge if you're really pretty and willing to let me whip you into shape by sharing my athletic lifestyle.
Size 12+ is not for me, you may be average in the UK, but just because lots of women are overweight, doesn't make it right. Too much greed & indulgence in this country.
- without child, unless your partner has died, or at least well and truly out of the picture (I know many a good man that's been a gap filler, only for daddy to back on the scene)
- be Roman Catholic (I may budge on that, but our kids would be going to the Catholic school, end of discussion!) or at least hold similar values, such as kindness and family values
- have some kind of interest in sports
- have more interests than just shopping and watching TV
- be able to hold a conversation about topics other than reality TV, soaps, clothes, make-up or other female apparel
- not have any tattoos, or if you do, they must not be visible (on your face, arms or legs). In fact, all tattood [sic] women can do one, disgusting! I guess I'm going to be single for a long time ha! If you have read my profile all the way through, you probably need to find a hobby, anyone for tennis?
Any takers?
In case you are worried that you, too, are turning into a dick while online dating, this will save you - you're welcome.
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