Ned Easterwood

Bea has Pooh's "Cottleston Pie" in her profile. That always keeps 'em confused. Got an IM from a sub once because she loved seeing a domme with whimsy. She had that in there long before she became a domme, though.

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Sooz Pascale

I did redo my profile and I attempted to be more humorous and light hearted, which is difficult for me. We'll see how it goes.

Thanks to all of you!!

Sooz

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Lum Lumley

So, I find this thread somewhat ironic since I spend entirely too much time at Frank's and places similar poking at the profiles of wallflowers. So from the viewpoint of "who do we attract those guys?", here's what causes me to either chat someone up or run quickly away. NOTE: I am a mean, evil person.

* Nothing in profile: Pass. I mean, if you can't think of *anything* to describe yourself, well, that is somewhat descriptive.

* ~~---***===~~~-----<@``` ASCII art. It makes me think I fell into a Myspace page and now some R&B diva is shouting something in an MP3 loop and HOW DO I TURN IT OFF OH GOD NOW IT IS FLASHING HELP

* "my heart is easily broken and handle with care but I am looking for my one true love named Prince Charming". I know drama is part and parcel of second life but just because I may have a drug problem does not mean I am going to dive headfirst into a pile of heroin and swim around. If you *advertise* that you are a drama magnet, possibly you are a drama magnet.

* "NO SEX GOD I HATE YOU ICKY PEOPLE" This isn't ALWAYS a turnoff, depending on how it's phrased - I'm not a big fan of pixelporn myself, but if that's all that you define yourself as, it seems a bit offputting. Bear in mind that if it's phrased to be funny, this can be turned into a plus.

* "I am collared in loving service to Master Jehosaphat since July 12" Well, that's nice for you. I am probably not going to negotiate a service-level agreement with Master Jehosaphat before asking for a dance, just so you know.

* "I'm not a very interesting person" You know, I'm probably going to take your word for this.

* "life is dark and empty and i cut myself sometimes" That's nice.

* "1500L/hr please IM for current rate card" You're a guy.

* "I'm exploring my bisexuality in SL, do not UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ask about RL" You're SO a guy. (Note that it's the dishonesty that bugs me, not the sexual polymorphism.)

* "Dance like no one is watching, Love like you'll never be hurt. Sing like no one is listening, and Live like it's heaven on earth." Isn't that a great couplet? I thought so too. The first dozen times I saw it in a profile. I think it's actually a virus of some sort. Maybe the Chinese army started it.

* Note that nowhere am I mentioning what the avatar is wearing or what it looks like. I mean, at this point we can take it as read that *every* avatar looks like a stunning incarnation of Hercules or Aphrodite by now.

So what DOES pique my interest? Wit, originality, personality, hell, a random rhyme in Welsh works. Here's mine, just so you can tell me exactly why you'd never talk to *me* ever.

(For some reason I rarely get hit on in SL either. Can't imagine why! *cackles evilly*)

Lewis Luminos

I'm one of the guys who actually doesn't really read profiles much, at least until after I'm talking to someone. On the other hand I'm not on the market for a romantic relationship, so chatting up a wallflower and asking her to dance wouldn't be something I'd do often anyway, because I wouldn't want to get a girl's hopes up and then dash them with an "Oh, sorry I'm married".

(plus the fact that I'm really, really bad at cybering and I wouldn't want to embarrass myself, or disappoint a partner, by doing it all wrong.)

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Brenda Connolly

Hey Guys. not all girls are looking for a partner or mate when we go to these places, or even looking to bang the booleans. Sometimes a dance or two and a little chatting is all we're looking for.

Ned Easterwood

That's what I go for when I go - Mereille's not around, and I just want to dance and chat. Haven't been to Frank's in a while though.