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Originally Posted by kamikazebaby Aww, I hear despair and defeat. Please try not to give up! I think that there are relatively few matches out there for quality people like yourself. So you end up having to wait for another person of your sort to come along before anything really happens.

I dunno. I don't think I'm all that great. Just average really, maybe a bit above average in a few respects. I mean, are there that few single ladies out there on my level? Or that few not on my level but wouldn't mind giving me a shot anyway?

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Oh, and the comment about dating to find out about your personal qualities - throwing some of those out there would be what would more likely get you the dates, act as that hook to get someone to take a step towards you. Unfortunately, a lot of people are time-crunched and want to have an idea ahead of time about what personal qualities you might have that would make them want to invest. It's tough to go on a bunch of dates just to figure out if people are honest, sensitive, creative, heart-on-sleeve -- whatever. It's also telling what you would choose to say about yourself, what adjectives you would use. You know?

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try to express those things a bit better in a profile if I decide to put myself in the line of fire that is online dating again anytime soon. In the past, I've tried to project that a bit, but also avoid going overboard with it because anyone can pretty much say anything in a profile, true or not.