Tips and tricks: For guys: Five words you must mention in your profile

eHarmony revealed recently What Women Want from the men in eHarmony. Therefore, the smart thing to do is to EXPLICITLY tell your matches you have what they want. Don’t you think that would increase your chances of a response?

So what are eHarmony women looking for in a man?

The ‘things your friends say about you’ selections are not enough. Merely saying “I’m honest,” is only slightly better, because it sounds like a sales pitch. The best: state your case with a story or an example.

“Affectionate” / “Warm”

Make sure your profile says, in a few words, that you are able to demonstrate or say your thoughts and feelings to your loved ones.

Hold on, is that to your loved ones, or to your future partner? If you ask me, I don’t like referring to hypothetical people in my profile. It makes me seem that all my life focus is cocked and ready to fire upon a woman who isn’t even there yet. Do you see the tension? Instead, I already have loved ones, and I love them — if a special someone comes along, great, but no big deal.

“Honesty”

“Almost every single woman in eHarmony (and in the world at large) has been lied to by a man they loved.” If you say you’re looking for honesty, or you can’t stand lying, or integrity is important to you, then you instantly top the charts, man.

Consistent among women’s top can’t stands are: Lying, Infidelity and Cheating. Men are slimy bastards. Your task is clear: you have to say you’re honest.

“Funny”

Make your profile FUNNY and you will find more women initiating contact with you. Emoticons are hardly enough. Women want a good time when they are with their partner. Be sure to demonstrate that they will have one.

“Open Communication” / “Easy to talk to”

This is a follow-up to “affectionate.” If you say that open communication is crucial, or show signs of loyalty, or you prefer a peaceful compromise, boy, you’re above many other profiles she has seen.

Women want to be with someone they can be intimate with their feelings and who would listen. Yeah, nothing new here. State it in your profile, anyway.

“Confident”

The magic word, “confident,” is another generic crowd-pleaser. Be sure to put it in!

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Comments 3

  1. SingleGuyInNC wrote:

    I agree about not just saying these words as it makes a profile feel “flat” but I’m not so sure how you can get all of these attributes in there given the constraints of the “About Me” questions.

    Trying to include some of these in the “soundbite” you get in the “About Me” would make your efforts seem contrived and not genuine. Honesty is something that takes time to show and prove. It seems like humor depends on the person and using the wrong type on the wrong person could backfire. The same goes for affectionate.

    It seems to make more sense to me to feel these out in OC where you can tailor your communication better for your audience where your profile should be the biggest net that you can cast and OC is the specific hook/bait for the fish you can see…

    Posted 05 Jan 2008 at 11:09 pm
  2. eHarmony Blog wrote:

    Thanks for your postings, SingleGuyInNC, I’ve made you an “author”, so you can publish posts without moderation.

    Well, while many people would say “Avoid cliches like the plague,” Pyke’s advice says the opposite! Perhaps his advice means, give people what they want to hear. For example, honesty is a given, and takes time to show, but why do we still strive to look for it in the beginning?

    On all our heads is the thought, “I’m looking for honesty,” so reading it directly on a profile WOULD trigger interest. Somehow it’s also because some of us try to be blameless of our actions.

    Posted 18 Jan 2008 at 5:39 pm
  3. Online Muslim Dating wrote:

    “Warm” is the one out of that list that I think is the most essential.

    You can be ‘sexy’, ‘fun’ and ‘attractive’ but if you’re not warm, you’re not going to go far! :P

    Posted 14 Feb 2012 at 11:31 pm

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