Whoa...someone said that I don't like the bare chested boy pics (I mention them below) because I am hiding a bulging belly?!?! Yikes!!! I work out an average of 5 days per week. I'm 6'1" and 195lbs with a 33" waist... so I don't "need" to post a pic like that.

OK...more fun stuff in the form of a question...why do women post pictures of their cat or Stanley Park??? Both are a waste and such a turn off. Please ladies...replace the pictures of your cat or the pond in your backyard with pictures of you...or remove them. The only thing it tells me about you is not good :-)

Here's one for you...I actually look at whether people smoke or not...if you pay attention, it is shocking how many people say "no" to the smoking question and then post pics of themselves with one in their hand. Should I not email them because:

A. they lied
B. they smoke
C. they were too dumb to know better than to post those pics

Don't get me wrong...you can do whatever you want to your body...smoke away...but if you can't make it through dinner without one, we aren't a match.

One more thing...the "Body Type" selection is not what you want to be, but what you are...just thought I'd leave that hint : :

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I've been writing my thoughts and reactions to my time here on POF below and I think it is sounding bitter. It isn't meant to be that way. I meet people in real life and if I meet people here or not, that's OK. If anything, I hope that what you read below gives you a good chuckle!

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Feel free to read the profile I wrote before below, but I should tell you that I think my days on POF are numbered.

I really think the site is a joke...very few people are seriously on here looking for an actual date. I conducted an experiment about this and you might find it interesting.

I sent out a few emails a couple of weeks ago and got 1 and half replies. Percentage wise that wasn't bad. Not that I'm looking for quantity here, but the whole idea of dating online I think is to meet a wider group of people and have a wider selection of people that may potentially be the perfect one for you.

The "half" sent me a reply and then never replied again. The other "1" and I have been trading emails and we may actually meet. During our emails I told the "1" about my low response rate. Her reply was that she couldn't understand that. She thought I would be getting emails all the time and she though I was "dreamy"...OK...nice for my ego, but I began to think about it.

Assuming that my email isn't terrible and that I'm not repulsive (see "dreamy" above), ***The pic above is one of the worst I have and you can read down below for why I use it***, then something is funny here.

So what I did was send 30 emails out... all to women in my age range that I believed may be attracted to me... I didn't dig deeply into their profiles, but remember this was a social experiment.

I got zero replies.

A good percentage of those 30 deleted my email, with pics attached, without even reading it.

So, I may remain on the site for entertainment purposes, but I don't think I'll bother sending out emails again.

If I do...I'll be sure to take my picture in front of a sports car, with my shirt off and I'll make sure my email includes really bad pickup lines full of sexual innuendos...I wonder if that will work??? It would be the opposite of what I have been doing..LOL.

A word of advice to the women out there who are serious... send email to the men that interest you. You may find that if you "pick" your own man instead of waiting for them to come to you, you'll be more successful.

Good Luck!

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Laid back, open minded adventurous guy looking for a woman to match :-)

So, does anyone read these things? LOL!!!

I'm a world traveller, lover of music, food and different cultures. I like to keep fit and take care of myself by giving it anything it wants...in moderation :-P

Self-employed, financially secure and pretty much an all-round whiz-bang kind of guy...LOL...you never hear "whiz-bang" anymore...now you know why! LMAO

All these details mean nothing without chemistry. I'm a very passionate and affectionate person. If you aren't, then I'm not for you. Don't read this as looking for instant sex, but if there is no physical connection, nothing else will make up for it.

Just for fun...things on POF I find "funny" :-)

1. People who demand a picture and then either don't have one or won't send one.
2. If a woman decides that she doesn't want email from anyone who has ever sent email "looking for sex" ... which I have to say is reasonable cause men are idiots ... it precludes me from sending email to that person if I've ever sent an email to someone looking for "intimate encounter" or "other relationship". After discovering this to be so, there is no going back. Heck, I sent emails to people without even knowing this choice made any difference. So, almost half of my hotlist will now never get an email from me. I wonder if my soulmate is in that group???
3. Blurry pictures...I hate them...in protest, I am using one...now we're even. However if I send you an email, you'll get clear face shots.

Some things I'd like to know...

1. Apparently, I'm one of the few guys who sends out pics that don't include my car or my bare chest...do those pictures work??? Who ever they do attract I guess I wouldn't want to meet anyway...LOL!!!
2. Do people really learn anything from someone else's profile? Aside from generally learning by email that someone is able to communicate in a respectful manner, I think you have to meet someone to even learn if they are "nice" let alone "dateable".
3. When a woman writes a huge long profile, is it a test???
4. What if she writes almost nothing??
5. Why am I "judged" on the length of my profile??? Now that's two things I'm apparently supposed to measure and that's not fair :-)

You should be sane.

I am so tempted to leave the above line here all by itself...but...

It would also be great if you were reasonably active, healthy, educated with a dry sense of humour and an opinion....no really, I mean that last one :-)