Reading someone's free internet dating profile should give you a good idea of someone's personality, habits and character traits, good and bad. That is if the internet dating profile owner has been honest. The problem with the following three types of people you should avoid dating is that they likely don't even know themselves, or are simply unwilling to acknowledge, that they fall into one of these categories, so it's up to you to be on the look out!
The Mama's Boy/Daddy's Princess
If Mama's Boy doesn't still live with Mommy, chances are he lives close enough so that she can cook him dinner five out of seven nights a week. The other two days they order takeout. She likely does his laundry, including the ironing, and he wouldn't dream of going clothes shopping without her.
Daddy's Princess can't make a decision to save her life without talking to Daddy first, and that includes dating you. Although she has a job, Daddy's Princess is continually accepting handouts from her father. Whether it's a leaky faucet, car trouble or a friendship that's on the rocks, Daddy's Princess is always confident that the plumber will be there when needed, as will the mechanic and the therapist.
You may be tempted to compete, but I assure you, it's a lost cause.
Mama's Boy may love you and Daddy's Princess may think you're the apple of her eye, but you'll never, ever come first. And that's just unhealthy. Tell Mama's Boy you don't like his mother, and tell Daddy's Princess her tiara is tarnished and needs polishing. In either case is good riddance!
The Lecturer
You may find him or her fascinating at first, but after you've heard about the migratory patterns of Canada Geese or the differences between internal combustion engines of the 1950's and the computer controlled engines of today for the tenth time it starts to get old, real fast! Being knowledgeable and informed about a subject is a wonderful thing, but if it's to the exclusion of anything else, then that's just plain boring. And let's face it, boring puts you to sleep! Buy them a gift certificate to an online book store and suggest that they expand their horizons.
The Body Builder
Even if the body builder finds time for a date, chances are that time wise it'll be a short one; he/she has to get back to the gym. Don't be surprised when you visit them at home to find that they have pictures of themselves plastered all over their home, right alongside pages and pages of charts tracking their progress; everything from weight to measurements you didn't even know existed! Buy them a bottle of baby oil and say adios!
