We all hope that we'll end up meeting our one true love in situations one would normally find in a Jane Austen novel or Nora Ephron film.
Of course, that is seldom, if ever, the case, and most people rely on meeting their partners through dating websites and apps.
And in order to get prospective mates to swipe right or message them, people go to great lengths to make sure their profile pops.
However, some people might work a little too hard on their profiles, resulting in exactly the opposite reaction from possible future spouses they were hoping to get.
Often because of one, fatal mistake.
Redditor Reasonable-Disk-976 was curious to hear what people considered the biggest errors all too frequently made on dating profiles, leading them to ask:
"What is the worst thing that a person can put on their bio on a dating app?"
Save the lists for shopping
"A list of requirements."
"Any time I saw 'I am not into drama' that person usually had the most drama in their life."- Dogmom2013
What's Wrong With This Picture?
"Text me on IG."- WonderfulPen6179
"I'm never on here, message me on -insert their IG-"- mskabocha
"'Don't use this app often, find me on IG'."
"Immediately tells me they're not serious about dating and either want to accrue social media followers or just have a bigger hook-up pool."- BroadwayBich
Too Many Questions, Not Enough Answers
"When their answer for a prompt is 'idk just ask'."- toadstoolberry
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Play Nice, Everyone...
"Insulting the gender that they’re trying to attract."-Jorgen_Pakieto
If At First You Don't Succeed...
"Let's try this again" in their bio after they just got dumped by a tinder date they met last week."- Sublimejunkie4
Read The Fine Print
"Women on Bumble with 'Message me first' or some variation of 'I don't message first'...
"Two issues there:"
"A. It looks like you copy/pasted your bio from another profile, which can seem lazy to some."
"B. It's Bumble, and women have to message first, otherwise the conversation doesn't happen."
"If you're not copy/pasting a bio from another app, the implication is you 1) don't know how the app works or 2) you don't have any intention of messaging people and are on the app for?"- MRandall25
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It's Time To Move On...
"Complaints, etc. about their ex."
"Yeah, maybe they really sucked or maybe you’re the problem — but clearly you’re still hanging onto them."- Altrano
Honest Isn't Always The Best Policy...
“'I’m controlling'.”
"Just came across this one; appreciate the transparency, but that’ll be a no from me!"- kinehvin
Work Is Work... Or Is It?
"I make a lot of knee-jerk assumptions whenever someone has 'entrepreneur' in their bio."
"90% of the time it's just a pyramid scheme they bought into."
"Very rarely have I seen that term used legitimately in social media bios."- codycantdie
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You Look A Lot Younger In Your Picture...
"Might not be the worst thing possible, but the most confusing thing I see a lot with women's profiles is their main picture being just an image of their kid."
"Not them with their kid, just their kid."
"It doesn't make sense."
"Is this profile for your kid?"
"Why else would you make the main picture of them by themselves?"
"I get it, you love your kid."
"But you're trying to date someone."
"Not advertise your kid."- Powerful_Artist
It's OK To Have Standards
"Blank profile that just says 'I'm up for anything'." - pixibutt
Can't Expect To Be Taken Seriously...
"'Fluent in sarcasm'."
"Wow, so edgy and unique."- MiniPantherMa
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How Long Have You Got?
"Just their snapchat."
"Nothing at all."
"List of things they don’t like in women."
"A quote from 'The Office'."
"So many examples."- Turbulent-Adagio-171
Everyone should make their dating profile stand out.
Of course, one should try to make sure it stands out for the right reasons.