Astrology, Tips And Tactics On Attracting Love: Reading Between The Lines Of Personal Ads (And Watching What You Say Between Your Own)
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With Saturn in Libra and people ’round the world getting serious about love and relationship. I often mention how important it is to discern when taking in information and this applies in spades when shopping for a partner.
A lot of people use personal ads to meet potential mates and while there is nothing wrong with this it pays to use your head. For example the personal ad sites are full of predators and I don’t mean people who want to kill you. Screw you, maybe.
As an example once Scorpio in his 50′s told me that getting women on Match.com was like “shooting fish in a barrel”, so keep that in mind because he’s quite right.
Simply put, people can SEE you and to illustrate here is something I wrote in 2001, part of my series on finding love, “Many Fish Bite If You Got Good Bait”.
I took the quotes from actual ads…
The Men
- *More about who I’m looking for: “Someone to throw some sparks my way and see if they light a flame.”
Translation – I am a pretty boy. Prettier than you. I am so pretty, I expect you to tap dance, compete, and jump through hoops to try to get my attention. I am the prize.
- *Song or album that puts me in the mood: “Hmmmmm. I can’t think of anything. You choose.”
Translation – Be my mommy.
- *Why You Should Meet Me – “Because you are perverse as I am… because we can turn each other’s most cherished ideas upside down… because I can make you feel ALIVE again provided only that you do the same for me… because I am a lover different from any you’ve ever had… “
Translation – I am a deal maker with something to prove. I am mostly interested in disrupting life for a reason I do not understand.
The Women
- *Why You Should Meet Me – “My last boyfriend called me “Stimulation Extraordinaire”
Translation – …And then he left me and I am not over him.
- *Why You Should Meet Me – “I’m innocent and sweet on the outside, a complete slut on the inside-cliche I know, but what else can I say to make you want to know me. Oh, I also like porn.”
Translation – I am desperate predator bait.
You get the idea. You really have to watch what you read and what you say.
16 Responses to “Astrology, Tips And Tactics On Attracting Love: Reading Between The Lines Of Personal Ads (And Watching What You Say Between Your Own)”
So so so so true (and funny/true/sad “translations”).
I tried the internet way some years ago… and mostly wound up with predators. NO matter what they said, no matter what I said (what I didn’t want) — they mostly turned out to be just that. Or really confused…. Actually, I did meet one really nice guy on a site and we became friends…. he lives Upstate so I never see him. Good guy though. Sun conjunct Saturn in Virgo… Venus in Virgo… Mars in Scorpio… I forget what else….
Er, I should clarify that I didn’t really like the atmosphere. Too damn serious. And I find the gutter to be a little more upfront about stuff, a little more fun, at this time.
I think I was mostly sad that guys in my age cohort have all of a sudden look like Little League coaches and fathers of 14 year olds. When the heck did that happen?? 
The gutter, Neva? Which site is this 
It’s already been slagged on elsewhere on this site, so it’s my little secret, ha. Happy to keep the goodies to myself because of other people’s prejudice! Just wear your hard hat and your big girl panties, and it’s all usually copacetic.
Not sure if this is me or the Nyquil talking…
Match.com can be a good venue if you know what you’re doing – that is, if you can read between the lines as Elsa delineated. If you can do that, it’s fabulous because you don’t have to actually waste your time meeting this person because you already have a handle as to what they’re all about.
i had one date on match.com way back when… it was so bad it cured me immediately from that site… all the typical stuff…pic abt 30 years old, lied on all personal details…nothing against toupes and rotting teeth…but it’s nice to be prepared for ravishes of age…that said, he did write the most beautiful letters (a pisces)
a few years later i tried eharmony and i met several interesting men…didn’t stick with any but enjoyed the meetings and maintain communication with two of them…but yes, be careful
mercury in aquarius &venus in aries trine uranus in leo
one of my closest friends met a guy on match.com…and they’re getting married this winter! but i agree one needs to be cautious. i went on a bunch of dates through craigslist back in the day – 2002/2003 – i met at least one interesting guy that i dated on and off for a couple years. but i also met a few losers (one guy, after i offered to split the check said i should pay more because i got an appetizer! note: total order was 2 beers and an appetizer. pricey!). aanyway, i wasn’t looking for a hookup – i was looking for someone outside my incestuous little circle of friends at the time. re: predators, i always assumed they could be serial killers until proven otherwise. only spent time alone with the one guy after i went out with him and his friends multiple times.
I’ve used MANY sites over the years, have met MANY predators (sometimes b/c I wanted them, sometimes not)…what always used to amuse me is that 99% of the men told me my profile was “different” in some way…now, normally, I’d chalk this up to being a line (and I’m sure it was for many of them), but when that many people tell you the same thing, you have to wonder. Finally, I figured it out – I was honest. About everything…haha…who knew?
Ha ha ha I am LMAO at your interpretations, Elsa.
I make the rounds on these sites out of curiosity about every 3 months, same old. The guys are pathetic usually. Unattractive, bald, and/or overweight, and/or usually shown next to their “real” girlfriend, their bike or their sports car.
Yet wanting someone younger, tall and slim, because they are “leg” men. and many many more oddball yet still stereotypical.
A friend of mine chatted with a guy (on match.com) who had worked in law enforcement. When she decided not to continue conversing on the site and ended communication, he either hacked the site or stalked her, because he got her phone number and called her at home. She complained to match.com and they did nothing.
I tried okcupid out of curiosity, don’t understand why nobody messages me or so few people view my profile. It explains why so few men respond to me in everyday life, which I also don’t completely understand. I know I’m very childlike and awkward in person, not feminine and sexy, which is the reason my mom gives that no men respond to me in everyday life. But that’s not a good reason why nobody responds to me on a site where so many people are desperate freaks. I’m a little jealous that my friend got more response from a guy I really wanted. The idea that men don’t want me makes me really sad and I obsess about it, endlessly.
Mine was: if you are ravenous (all that fucking Jupiter, better like to eat, splurge, and party) and talkative (I’m a Gemini, I don’t want to fill in the silence by gabbling, I like smooth conversation with someone that has some interests in common). The guy I really wanted was a rugged writer Gemini who demands drinks at night and likes that book A Fan’s Notes. I wouldn’t be surprised if he were my astro twin.
I know you hate this, but I wonder if you could input on how to catch a guy’s attention at night (at a bar or wherever) with your bearing. I’m so pathetic.
No, it was just a response to the post you have. The only ad part was the sentence I had written in the who you want to meet section: that I wanted someone ravenous, and in addition, talkative. The part when I explained the astrology behind it and then I said I met someone that I liked that was a Gemini was all comment. And also the part where I asked you if you could talk about how to catch a guy’s attention. I hope that was clear.
I feel pretty embarrassed if that was the ad copy.
(((Dina))) Oh, I feel for you, hon…Ya know, okcupid is actually my favourite one, as the men I’ve met through there have been more interesting/genuine than on other sites. Not saying there are no predators, there’s plenty of ‘em…but, as far as “quality”, I’ve found okcupid has a decent amount…I’m still friends with most of the guys I’ve met through there, actually (kinda weird, now that I think about it)…Don’t know what to tell you about the lack of response…the men on there tend to be the nerdy/geeky type, so be sure you write a decent amount to catch their attention Good luck!
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I was on Match.com for four days. It made me sad. Went right back to the gutter from whence I came.
I’ll give it another shot someday, but today is not that day.