Okay, okay, I know this will scare you … I know it did to me, at first. I signed up for a dating view.

I know, don’t say it. I could not avoid it. My writer / blogger friend Aurora Morealist brought it up in my interview with her last month and I couldn’t help it. I was curious. Could you really meet someone on that kind of site?

Well let me tell you that browsing the site is very entertaining. I know the site gives instructions on how to choose a good profile picture. We all know that these sites are geared first for looks, then personality, if at all. So explain something to me guys … What are you thinking?

I am looking at the 200 men that the site recommends and with whom I can have something in common. Profile photos are amazing and frankly quite scary in some cases. Guys, come on, on what planetary plane do you think a woman with a mouth full of food would find you attractive? Better yet, the photo where you cut out the ex-wife / girlfriend? Really? I still see his arm around you and his hand on your shoulder with the piece of diamond you bought him 15 years ago. Friends, I am amazed! I know you may not want your friends to know that you are posting on a dating site, but the photo in front of the bathroom mirror with your cell phone in hand … totally moly, don’t you have other photos? Could you ask someone to take a picture of you? Say it’s just because. Guys, guys (shaking head desperately), what are we going to do with you?

I love landscape photos, but guys, I don’t care how unfortunate you think they look, that won’t make a woman speak to you. We are as scared of how you look as you think you look. We don’t like surprises. Have you noticed that you can post more than one photo? That means you save the ones your kids have for those, not the profile. Yes, most women like children and we know yours are important to you, but you are trying to get us to be attracted to you, not your 10 year old daughter or the little dog for that matter. lap that licks the face.

The photo doesn’t have to be professional, just clear in enough light so that we can see you, and close enough that we don’t need a magnifying glass to see how you look. Nothing fancy, unless you want to.

It would also be nice if he smiled a little. Generally, looking grumpy or a mugshot doesn’t attract dating either.

Men, think of the photos of women you like to see. Do you realize that we can take 40 photos to find the right one? Of course, I don’t see the profile pictures of women on the dating site, but I know that I tried to pick out some of my best photos. I know my friends on Facebook, too, they try really hard to post the best photos.

Come on guys, have a hint. If you’re looking for someone to hang out with, attract her in the right way … with your best foot forward.