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Dating / 10:54 PM - Wednesday May 28, 2008

Online dating

What do you think of women who put in their profile income preference in "about my date" and women who put pictures of themselves and some other guy (probably their ex-boyfriend or boyfriend)?. It's no joke on match.com. At least I would say 75 percent of women that I browse daily (all ethnicities) probably have those things that I mentioned and they actually want guys to contact them. Do these women get advice on online dating like men do?.

- Asked by manny1012, A Mr. Nice Guy, Male, 26-28, Student

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Because my friend we live in a materialistic world. And golddiggers are running rampid. Women have income preferences yet they get all mad when a man says he would get mad if his girl put on a little weight! Would she get mad if I lost my 6 figure job? and potentially leave me? if so F. her shes just a materialistic bit$h anyway. Then they wonder why all these rich eligible bachelors are assholes, when society made them that way..lol

- Response by jaygfla, A Creative, Male, 29-35, Managerial

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well there is a reason.. for me I am not looking for a man to support me.. I support myself quite well however I am not dating someone who makes a third of what I do. Sorry I am not supporting someone.. I see this alot in my age range..

Many of my friends and myself are business owners and are very successful.. Some amazingly so.. however many are now single, either divorced or widowed.. when you are making in the mid six figures they are not about to date a guy who is making 30K and can't get by along with being deep in debt.. etc.. so if he is NOT together financially sadly it is a deal breaker. Finances are the number one reasons couple split up.

As far as some other guy.. be fair I see men do it all the time.. I dont think twice about it..in fact my best male friend asked me if he could use a photo of us at the marina in his profile since he looked great.. He got so much hassle about me from other women I thought it was silly.. ANYONE insecure over a photo has issues.. I had a great one of me and another guy.. he was my Brother.. so you dont have a clue who the guy is... you need to keep that in mind.

- Response by smartblond, A Sweet Sarah, Female, Who Cares?, Charlotte, Self-Employed

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Okay, I think putting an income preference can seem pretty cheap, so to say ;-) if it's set high, but I think it's quite reasonable to want to date someone with an income comparable to your own or at least over 30-40,000. I've found that when men have a lower incomes than that are looking for someone to move in with- they don't generally own a home and they want someone to supplement or to be their income. (see? goes both ways)
The picture of self with a man is really in poor taste. They obviously aren't reading the pointers on the site and aren't going to get many dates, if any.

- Response by pookiedoo, A Creative, Female, 36-45, Who Cares?

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The websites should be policing submissions, but they usually only take on action on really blatant stuff, like nudity and see-through clothing.
I was having trouble getting Ya-hoo to run one of my pics, even though it didn't violate any of their "guidelines".
They wouldn't even respond to my question, asking what was wrong!
When I finally got it straight, I went on a rampage, sifting through all their profiles that actually did violate the guidelines, and telling them about it. I found a lot of them.

- Response by chesterdad, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 56-65, San Francisco

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