Usually, I’m all about telling people to look outside their box, to avoid being too picky. When searching for potential matches on a dating site, I often recommend looking for general common interests; you don’t have to match up perfectly. General, not specific, is the way to go when looking for someone else.

However, when constructing your own profile, being general, not specific, is the surest way to become utterly forgettable.

Here’s an example: “I like music. I like some of everything; I go in phases.” Okay, I am someone who has very broad tastes in music, so I sympathize with this instinct, I really do. Your tastes are varied! You’re so much more than a one-note music appreciator! The problem is, does saying “I like music” – like most of the population – really say anything about you at all? Rather than coming off as a connoisseur, you fade into the background – just another generic profile.

So we’ve established that you want to use specific examples in …

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