Not true, as much as you wish to to be. When you go to bank for a loan is this what you tell them instead of looking at the credit history? |
WTF are you babbling about? No, I didn’t do a background check on my wife. |
A man or woman's background matters and pretending it doesn't is stupid. Is this news to you, buttercups? |
Yes, but attempting to screen out people with the "wrong" background by means of careful phrases in an online dating profile is also stupid. |
Not really. Those apps can be a huge time suck and time is money, baby. No different than using proxies (typos, schools, gaps,key words etc.) to screen a resume. Yeah, you may miss some good people, but who has time for a close and fulsome analysis of every candidate. |
No your background doesn’t matter, but any current, present-day bad behavior, such as your contempt for people with the “wrong” background, marks you as bad company. |
Yes, it does matter. Don't be so sensitive. This is not groundbreaking stuff, here. |
Yes, it is stupid. Especially if you are a woman. No matter what you say, a bazillion guys are going to try to convince you to meet them in person anyway. If you want to meet a quality person, you will have to meet them and assess them over time. There are no shortcuts. |
| My friend used to describe as 'be a self sufficient adult'. I don't need your money to get by, you don't need mine, but combined we could be comfortable and have flexibility to travel and stuff. |
It's called screening mechanism for a reason. It's a way to exclude, not a guarantee of quality. Stop being daft. |
| I would use the word "responsible" instead in your dating profile. |