Many canned questions ask you to sell yourself to your match — this question is almost the worst of them all. If you give a straight answer, you shoot yourself in the foot in twice:
- You’re offering your “services” to a total stranger.
- You’re seeking approval.
instead of presenting yourself as someone of value and worthy of pursuit. It’s a turn-off. Ask yourself: Are you desparate?
Don’t explain why you are a prize, instead, be a prize.
There are two ways to tackle this terrible question. Try them both and see what fits your and your matches’ personalities.
Answer #1. Reiterate (or start) with either “the four things your friends say about you” or the “three of your BEST life skills” answers from your profile. State them as such, and not as the three best traits you offer to a partner. For example,
If you ask them, my friends say I am generous, loyal and thoughtful.
Keep the reader out of your answer. If you refer to a partner — you don’t have to! — use the words “the man I decide to share my life with”.
Answer #2. Do a role-reversal. Say,
“My God, we haven’t even met and you’re asking what I can be for you already? I’m not that easy!
Put a wink emoticon at the end.
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