Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Tip for Men #12: Being Funny

Welcome back from x-mas guys. The new year is coming up, and it's time to make your New Year's Resolution not to be such a lame-o when it comes to your online dating profile. With my help, we'll get there together, one step at a time...

So, it's been established in survey after survey that women, generally speaking, really seem to like men with a good sense of humour. Over and over, it's been shown that women tend to prefer physically less attractive guys who have a sense of humour over more attractive guys without a sense of humour. For whatever reason.

Basically, it pays to have a sense of humour, which, you should know, doesn't mean you should act the clown. So what if you aren't at all funny? Well, you need to sell your other strengths or learn how to bring out your sense of humour. Whatever you do, don't sell yourself as funny if you aren't actually. You'll just get the same reaction as those 5'3" guys who say they're 5'7".

If you are funny, it's more important for you to SHOW this than to TELL it. So don't be that guy who describes himself as "my friends say I'm basically like a stand-up comedian". Be the guy who makes women looking at your profile laugh, or at least appreciate the humour.

This, by the way, applies to anything that you can DEMONSTRATE in your profile. Don't say you're smart, BE smart when you write. Etc.

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