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"Recently, my friend M. and I were discussing the torture of online dating, and she complained about the lack of decent messages she gets. Now of course, we all deal with the unpleasant ones, but there&amp;#x27;s no reason M. shouldn&amp;#x27;t be hearing from at least a few good men. She&amp;#x27;s pretty and smart and adventurous, and I didn&amp;#x27;t understand why interesting guys weren&amp;#x27;t reaching out to her. Since I&amp;#x27;m a dating expertise professional (Ha! In a &amp;quot;Those who can&amp;#x27;t do, write&amp;quot; kind of way at least), and because, like Cher in Clueless, my main thrill in life is a makeover, I volunteered to take a look at her profile and see if it was doing her justice. And because we are very old friends who have survived many minor spats and tiffs during our nearly 23-year friendship, I assessed the situation frankly: Her profile is totally boring. Take a look at what it says, and see if you agree. Here she is, for reference: Isn&amp;#x27;t she the prettiest? And here&amp;#x27;s her profile as it is now: My self-summary Engineer turned teacher to get me more vacation and European living. Always looking for the next travel opportunity or new dessert recipe! What I&amp;amp;#8217;m doing with my life Searching the world for the best spot to open a B&amp;amp;B.. I&amp;amp;#8217;m really good at Experiencing new things, unless it involves extreme heights! I love visiting new places, meeting new people, and just adding to my list of life experiences. The six things I could never do without After spending 5 days in a ger in the Mongolian countryside I can answer this a little bit easier...my passport, a book, a map, camera, and of course family and friends I spend a lot of time thinking about Where I can plan a trip to next...and now, how can I afford the trip on a teacher&amp;#x27;s salary! On a typical Friday night I am Could be anywhere on a Friday, out, in, on a flight to somewhere else for the weekend...you never know!. Now, M. herself isn&amp;#x27;t boring, at all. But in my opinion, this profile doesn&amp;#x27;t really give much of a sense of who she is or what she actually likes. Plus, it doesn&amp;#x27;t follow what I consider to be a cardinal rule of online dating, which is to give people lots of easy conversation starters, the more specific, the better. So my goals for her are to use less general things people always say (&amp;quot;I like to travel!&amp;quot;) and add in a few of details about her hobbies, adventures, and life in general, while of course, keeping it true to her voice and personality. Here&amp;#x27;s how I&amp;#x27;d write it for her. My self-summary Engineer turned teacher enjoying the perks of European living. Always looking for the next travel opportunity or new dessert recipe! What I&amp;amp;#8217;m doing with my life Molding young minds and keeping a very close eye on my sweet new puppy, who has an unfortunate tendency to swallow foreign objects, like needles. I&amp;amp;#8217;m really good at Finding my way around new cities on public transportation, sewing and knitting handmade Christmas gifts, and packing all my belongings and moving overseas (Salzburg to Los Angeles to Vienna in the past three years!) The six things I could never do without After spending 5 days in a ger in the Mongolian countryside last year, I&amp;#x27;m confident there&amp;#x27;s not much I couldn&amp;#x27;t live without. But life would be a lot less fun without cheap airline tickets, Rick Steves&amp;#x27; self-guided walking tours, a camera, an occasional softball game to play in, and, of course, my family and friends. I spend a lot of time thinking about Where I should travel to next, and whether or not it will be the perfect spot to open my dream B&amp;amp;B some day in the future. On a typical Friday night I am Unwinding with a glass of gluhwein and getting excited for a few days of skiing. What do you think? Should she adopt some of my changes, or am I not helping at all? What changes do you think she should make, or what details do you think she needs to add? I mean, I know you don&amp;#x27;t know her, but what kind of things do you think guys would like to know about her that she isn&amp;#x27;t sharing in her profile? Add your suggestions; I might steal them for myself too! Have you ever had a friend review or help with your online dating profile?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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