Tips to Posting Personals

Written by Jennifer Lester


Want to have more fun in your online dating experience? Post your own personal ad! Posting your own ad can be quite an ego booster. Just wait until you open your mailbox to find allrepparttar responses. It is a blast! So put on your creativity hat and read these ideas to get your words flowing.

Idea #1 - Be Honest

You knowrepparttar 101508 old adage “the truth always comes out”. Any relationship that is going to be worth starting should begin with honesty. Don’t ruin what could turn out to be an incredible relationship or friendship by starting it out with lies. If you try to hiderepparttar 101509 fact that your are not perfect, you may miss out on a person that can love you specifically for your imperfections.

Maybe you are a single parent, be up front about it. Your kids are a treasure, not something to hide. You don’t want to start dating someone who has no intention of having kids, so save yourselfrepparttar 101510 heartbreak and be honest about it fromrepparttar 101511 beginning. You will have a better chance at finding a person out there that will love you forrepparttar 101512 “package deal” you come with.

If you are a little overweight, or not inrepparttar 101513 best shape of your life… who cares! Just don’t try to say you are something you are not. When you finally go to meet this person, they are going to find out anyway. Why set yourself up with a person who might be disappointed when you could be spending your time talking to someone who will love you for every inch of who you are?

Do you know what type of person you are looking for? Tell them! Don’t waste your time with people who don’t even come close to fitting that mold. If you are looking for someone just to have a sexual relationship with, saverepparttar 101514 wrong person fromrepparttar 101515 possible heartache by being up front about that too.

Idea #2 - Create a Standout Headline

You need to be sure you shine aboverepparttar 101516 rest sorepparttar 101517 right person is more likely to check out your profile. With an eye-grabbing headline, you can bring more attention to yourself. Just writing “SWF, 33, lonely” won’t help you. There are plenty of those out there.

Start by browsing other ads. See what catches your eye. Does it make you laugh? Is it direct? Whatever seems to grab you, use that idea. Just don’t copy it word for word. You want yours to be original.

Be sure to knowrepparttar 101518 rules ofrepparttar 101519 service you are using. If you want to write a racy headline, be sure it is acceptable withrepparttar 101520 service you are subscribing to. Some like Altmatch or Intimate Adults might be fine with it. While others such as eHarmony and One and Only may not. Remember, if you write a racy headline,repparttar 101521 people who will come to you will be looking for that type of relationship. If you want something of more substance, keep it clean. However, above all else….make it funny! Nothing seems to keep someone’s attention like laughter.

Get Off My Back

Written by Jennifer Lester


Dear Jen,

There is a person that keeps writing to me who read my personal ad. When I looked back at theirs, I didn’t really like what I saw and don’t think there is any chance that we would be a good match. How can I get them to leave me alone without being a total jerk.

Signed, Sick of It

Dear Sick of It,

You could also do it directly. Just tell this person that you do not feel that there is a connection betweenrepparttar two of you and that you would just appreciate it if

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