Throughout the pandemic, many have turned to online dating because, well … how else are you supposed to meet anyone these days? If your goal this summer is to find love, and you’re planning on using a dating app, Reddit users have named things in dating profiles that they consider to be ‘immediate turn-offs.’  See below.

 

 

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1. “Having no bio at all. I won’t match with you because I don’t know how to start the conversation.”
2. “Having literally no personal information about themselves besides their name, age, and a half dozen emojis. Please, ma’am/sir, I would like to know who you are besides what your body looks like.”
3. “When they have requirements like height, weight, and so on.”
4. “Overused The Office quotes. I like the show, too, but you’re not unique.”

5. The line, “‘Don’t waste my time.'”  It makes you sound irritated before we’ve even talked to you.

 

6. “‘A woman who can hold a conversation.’ Pretty low bar, and in my opinion, a sign they might have really negative views of women’s intellect. Most people can hold a conversation once the right person comes along; usually, no conversation is just incompatibility.”

 

7. “When their bio displays their toxic behavior, and they use it to challenge you to change them/convince them to be better.”

 

8. “When they’re flipping off the camera. WHY? Why are you flipping me off?”

 

9. “Someone that goes into a rant about what kind of person they don’t want. Bitter and gross.”

 

10. “‘I don’t like drama.’ I guarantee it’s not the people around you causing the drama.”

 

11. ‘My profile is wrong. I’m actually [age].’ Every single time I’ve seen that, the profile age is older than their actual age. This means that at some point in the past, they’ve lied about their age for something related to a dating site. No thanks.”

 

12. “Not a strict dealbreaker, but clichés like ‘fluent in sarcasm,’ ‘looking for a partner in crime,’ ‘I like adventures and laughing with my friends,’ and the like are irritating. Some originality goes a long way.”

 

13. “Poor grammar. It probably sounds a bit petty of me, but if someone uses ‘to’ instead of ‘too’ or ‘their’ instead of ‘there,’ it’s a non-starter for me.”

 

14. “I get worried when ‘honest’ and ‘keep it real’ and ‘don’t be fake’ all show up in a bio. I catch a whiff of trust issues, and those can sometimes manifest in dangerous ways.”

 

15. “‘No [insert race/ethnicity] here. Sorry, it’s just a preference.'”

 

16. “Not just for dating but in general: Anyone who says in their bio: ‘University of Life’ or ‘School of Hard Knocks.'”

 

17. “Height, followed with a ‘not that that matters,’ or a ‘in case you were wondering.’ UGH.”

 

Happy Dating!

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