Bad teeth a turn-off for online daters
6th Dec 2011
Bad teeth is the biggest turn off for women looking for love online.
That's according to a survey by a dating website that questioned more than 30,000 men and women from around the globe.
The poll – carried out by www.cupid.com of its members – reveals the good, the bad and the ugly of what a budding daters is looking for – and avoiding – in an online profile.
Highlights icnldue:
• A great profile picture is essential - 41.53% men and 50.34% of women all chose this as the first thing they look for.
• The most unattractive thing for a man (a majority of 30% agreed) in a woman's profile picture is when the picture looks too professional – it makes them think it's just an advert for something less salubrious
• Women don't like men with bad teeth. 40.12% of women surveyed agreed that this is the most unattractive thing a profile picture can show. So get to the dentist, pronto men!
• 20.87% of men and 19.09% of women over 30 agreed that location was the next most important thing on a profile picture, including 27 % of all fee-paying members, which suggests that the older and more serious you are about dating the more practical you are about it.
• Older people don't care for chat up lines – only 5.31% care about them, while 18-30 year olds love them (29.15%), even more than they care about location
• Both men (13.28%) and women (14.66%) agree that the use of a picture that just has an ex cut out of it, leaving half a face or an arm in the shot for example, is a major turn off.
With this information Cupid hopes to ensure their members remain the best-informed, most comprehensively serviced and above all happiest daters online.
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