Match.com Profile Examples for Guys

A good Match.com profile gives one clear, specific picture of your life, ends on something she can ask about, and stays upbeat. Below are sample answers for a man, with the reason each one works. Copy the shape, not the words, because a profile made of borrowed lines gives her nothing real to like.

a dating coach's test for any dating profile is whether it paints a picture. General statements fade into the background, while a specific scene sticks.

"I love food and traveling" could belong to any man on the site. "I am working through every taco truck in the city, and I have a ranking" belongs to one. The second gives her a question to ask, which is the real job of a profile.

coach also keeps a short list of what to leave out of your writing: anything negative, needy, strange or deal-breaking. Keep that list next to the examples.

"I run a small landscaping crew, so I spend most days outside and most evenings tired in a good way. Weekends I am usually at a trailhead or testing a recipe I should not have attempted."

This works because it shows what you do and what your weeks look like in two sentences. She can see you outside. The recipe line adds a light, honest flaw. Nothing in it is a claim, such as "adventurous" or "ambitious". Everything is a scene.

"Saturday is a long walk with my sister's dog, then a bad attempt at a good pizza. Sunday is the one day I do nothing, and I am not sorry."

A normal weekend described in plain words works better than an exciting one you invented. She learns that you have family, that you cook and that you rest. And a man who is comfortable doing nothing on a Sunday is a man she can picture relaxing with.

"I would like to meet someone who is as happy at a quiet dinner as at a loud concert, and who laughs easily. A good partner, to me, is someone you would pick as a friend first."

This works because it is positive and clear. It names what you want in her, not what you are tired of. It leaves out the usual lines about drama and games, which sound like a man who has had plenty of both.

"I speak decent Italian because I spent a summer working in a kitchen in Naples. I still dream in it when I eat well."

A small, true story is a gift to the reader. It tells her where you have been, shows you can learn something, and hands her an obvious question about the kitchen.

Do not paste any of these. Two things go wrong when you do.

First, she may have seen the same lines before. A man who sounds like every other man disappears. Second, you cannot answer follow-up questions about a life you did not live. She asks about Naples, and you have never been.

Use them to see the shape. Then answer the same prompts from your own week: what you did last Saturday, what you cooked, where you walked, what made you laugh.

Your words and your pictures should tell the same story. If your writing says you cook and hike, show a photo of you doing one of those, not a gym mirror.

A set of photos from different days and places makes the whole profile more believable. The same shirt in every photo looks like one afternoon, and one afternoon looks like a man who has few stories.

Read each answer out loud. Ask whether another man could have written it, whether it gives her something easy to ask about, and whether any line is negative, needy or boastful.

If another man could have written it, add one specific detail. If it gives her nothing to ask about, add a scene. If it is negative, cut it.

Plenty of men know what they want to say and cannot get it onto the page. A coach can take your drafts, tighten them and show you what each line is doing for you. The aim is a profile that sounds like you on a good day, photos included.