Avoid some words if you want to be happy
The hours we spend perfecting our dating profiles could be a waste of time if we use just one of the words found to be among the biggest turnoffs in a new study . Men and women who describe themselves as “happy“ or “shy“ on dating apps such as Tinder, Bumble and Happn, risk putting off potential matches, according to research involving 400,000 dating profiles on a website used for extramarital hookups. Using the word “confident“, however, ranked highly for men and women, so did “honest“ according to the research seen by `MailOnline`.
In contrast, 0.3% of men and 0.4% of women were turned on by a person who described themselves as “happy“. And while the word “honest“ was seen as positive for women with 13% saying this is a key trait in a partner “trust“ or “trustworthy“ wasn’t. Terms including “humorous“, “intelligent“, “romance“ and “affectionate“ were winners for both genders.
The survey carried out by the website `Illicit Encounters`, follows a study of 316 online daters by the University of Iowa which found that people who appeared to have highly curated online images and bragged about their appearance and lives were seen as less attractive.
