Online Dating Douchebaggery
I don’t care if douchebaggery isn’t a word. I needed a good descriptor for what is to follow.
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I got a disturbing round of texts yesterday about the use of a friend’s photos in their ex’s new online dating profile. Really? Specifically about a picture taken with their pet. Seriously, pictures with your ex’s animal(s) do not score you points in the sensitivity arena. How do you handle the questions about said animal in chats or on the first date? Do you make up a story about how fluffy was hit by a car and it has been a hard few years, but now you can finally deal with the loss? Inquiring minds want to know.
A long time ago, the staff put together a few lists of profile do’s and don’ts (here, and here). As always, I say skip using your past to advertize your present self. How hard is it to get a friend to take a few pictures? If you don’t have friends, try a fucking camera with a tripod and timer. My cheap ass netbook does a good job of taking profile pictures.
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July 4th, 2010 at 11:15 am
I think douchebaggery is a perfectly fine descriptor. What a jerk. Here’s the questions though, if it were not our friend, then would we even care? If we were the girls on the other side of the db profile, wouldn’t we like the fact that the dude has pictures with living things? I think we would, but I think it’s misleading, lying if you will. Maybe it upsets us this way and this much because it’s our friend. People are db’s all the time, and it doesn’t bother us, we just ignore them. Let’s just ignore this one too.
Readers: It’s false advertising, don’t do it, don’t go there. It’s poor form.