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Moondog

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8. I am a cynic.

Reply to alarimer (Original post)

Fri Mar 15, 2013, 08:24 PM

Mar 2013

And I have never been on a dating site. Which means, of course, that my opinion is probably meaningless.

But I do know other guys.

"Very moral" and "good moral" will generally translate to "I couldn't get a date if we were trapped on a desert island, and I was the last man on it."

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Interpreting online dating profiles [View all] alarimer Mar 2013 OP

Yeah - "very moral" sounds creepy. cyberswede Mar 2013 #1

Yes. alarimer Mar 2013 #2

Oh my god - I'm an idiot! cyberswede Mar 2013 #3

Interpreting online dating profiles is a crapshot at best. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #4

The only way to know what you're getting is to use MadTV's dating site pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #5

I have standards alarimer Mar 2013 #6

How could anyone doubt that they have high standards... pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #7

I am a cynic. Moondog Mar 2013 #8

Man has twisted the concept morality so out of shape, it has little meaning Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #9

Someone who puts "very moral" in his dating profile likely is anything but pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #10

I think you're completely correct...judgmental and not moral at all! Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #11

When a man says he's into honesty and loyalty it means undeterred Mar 2013 #12

See that a lot too. alarimer Mar 2013 #14

virgin Kali Mar 2013 #13

Well it ain't my first rodeo alarimer Mar 2013 #15

The biggest turn-offs for me are (and these are actual lines I've seen) Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #16

I've seen all of those, or variations. alarimer Mar 2013 #18

A married male friend in Oregon read through the personals one day Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #20

I forget where I saw it, long ago, but there was a printed ad in the "men seeking women" section... solemnspace Mar 2013 #17

my profile includes nothing likes those phrases, because those would 'givens' in my view.. KG Mar 2013 #19

Yes, what's to stop them lying about their status? alarimer Mar 2013 #21