Documentation Tips

Here are some practical documentation tips to keep the serious


Internet dater ahead of the game.
 
• Make a printout of every profile that you respond to, otherwise
 
you will forget who they are when they email back a week later.


By which time they could have removed or changed their profile.

• Make a note of the email address of every person you respond

to. Writing it on the profile printout is a convenient way.

• When sending a ‘message’ to someone via an Internet dating

site (instead of direct by email), makes sure that you put their

username in there somewhere. That way you will be able to track

who they are when they reply (from the original message text, if

any), as the email address will be unfamiliar to you.

• Save a copy of their picture locally, it might come in handy later.

• Make a printout of, or at least store in a separate email folder,

every email that you send and receive to each person. This way

you can quickly read up on the email history of that person just

before your meet.

• By all means make a complete ‘Dossier’ on each and every

person. It might seem like a lot of effort, but it may come in

extremely handy. People are impressed when you remember

every little detail about them.

• Save all your chat text. People are more willing to give out

information in a chat room, and it’s to your benefit to keep it,

you won’t be able to remember it all. Most chat programs like

ICQ will have an option to save your entire chat session as a text

file. Keep these text files stored in a unique directory for easy

retrieval, or print them out

• Keep a hard copy of every profile you create of yourself.

• Keep a written track of your profile name (handle), user name,

and password for every site that you are member of. A serious

Internet dater will be a member of several sites and/or have

more than one profile. I still get email from sites I don’t even

remember joining many years ago.

• Once you get someone’s phone number and address, write it on

their profile printout. You never know when you might lose your

‘little black email book’.

• Keep notes of how the date went as soon as you get home. Odds are

you won’t remember much about them after a few other blind dates.