Getting Your Feet Wet... Gene's Actual Profile   Once you choose the system that you find most appealing, you must create a profile that tells about yourself. Depending on the system you may answer up to 44 essay questions, 30 or so multiple choice or not. The best approach is to look at like this, when you are "browsing " and reading other people's profiles, you want to gather as much info as you can to compare to other prospective cyber dates. Realize this because if you tell nothing about yourself, it either looks like you have no intelligence, you are hiding something, or you are so shy you might as well freeze yourself cryogenically to be thawed out later when they begin marketing courage for the masses. There is a fine line between presenting yourself as someone you aren't and will never be, and "maintaining your privacy". A large number of users I came across forgot or ignored this simple concept, and when their dissatisfaction and unhappiness were projected onto me, I did not wonder why. Put your best foot forward, even if you only have one, and be honest for crying out loud. If you donít think that anyone will find out your little secret( or your big one,  whatever the case may be) you are kidding yourself. AS far as pictures go, I have a funny little tale to tell about that. Back in late July, when I first decided to take the plunge, I had decided right away that I would post pictures of myself,  I mean, what the hey, If they think I look like a troll, then they are probably not going to go over my bridge anyway( darn billygoats). So I uploaded some carefully chosen ,.very recent pictures taken of me in another country, doing what I love. I decided against using the ones taken while I was being caned for spitting on the Malaysian Ambassador, Like I said, put your best foot forward. In any case, it took obviously a couple of days before they posted in my profile, but let me tell you, it couldn't be soon enough. I got about four different letters, the gist of which was, Are you fat and scared of people knowing? What are you hiding? Are you really a man? Blah blab blab . My reply was almost to write back and say, Yeah, I'm so big its going to take at least three weeks for the picture to upload, and.... But I thought, why start an ugly controversy, so I left it alone, and ignored the taunting letters. Let them write now, and cry later as they look upon my harlequin romance looking visage when it finally shows upÖ(Fabio eat your heart out). In essence, if you are prepared to bare all, and don't care if people are obsessed with finding the right (looking) one, then put up your picture too. No matter what, and I say this without reservation, you will be guaranteed to get some responses.   Go To The Next Page or Return