How to write an About me text people read to the end

The About me section is where a visitor decides whether to write to you or close the page. Photos make people stop, but the text makes them stay. The good news: a strong About me text is not about talent. It follows a simple structure, and you can write it in half an hour.

What the text has to do

A visitor reading your About me section is asking three quiet questions:

• Who is this person? Not your life story, but a sense of character and mood.
• Is this for me? Whether your style matches what they are looking for.
• What happens next? How to contact you and what to expect.

Every sentence should help answer one of these. If a sentence answers none, it can go.

A structure that works

Keep it to four short parts. On a phone screen that is about one scroll.

1. The opening line

The first sentence is the one everybody reads. Make it about the experience, not about you in general. "I am a nice girl" tells nothing. "I like long evenings that start with a glass of wine and a real conversation" paints a picture.

2. Two or three details about you

Pick details that make you a person rather than a list: a hobby, the kind of music you have on, the languages you speak, the way you like to spend time with someone. Specific beats general. "I speak English, German and enough Italian to order dinner" is more memorable than "I speak several languages".

3. What a meeting with you feels like

Describe the atmosphere: relaxed or elegant, playful or calm, whether you enjoy dinner dates, travel or quiet time in. This is where the right visitors recognise themselves, and the wrong ones understand that they should look elsewhere. Both are useful.

4. A clear next step

End with how to reach you and one practical hint: the best time to write, how much notice you need, what to include in the first message. "Write to me on WhatsApp with the day and time you have in mind, and I will answer within the hour during my working hours" removes friction.

Five openings to adapt

Use these as a starting point, then change the words until they sound like you.

1. "I believe the best evenings are the ones nobody planned too carefully."
2. "Some people want a perfect date. I prefer a real one: good company, good conversation and no rush."
3. "I am the person you call when you want an evening to feel like a small holiday."
4. "Calm, attentive and a little mischievous once you get to know me."
5. "I travel a lot, read even more and always have time for a long dinner."

Read your opening aloud. If it sounds like something you would actually say, keep it.

Words and habits that push visitors away

Some phrases appear on so many profiles that readers skip them automatically:

• Empty superlatives such as "the best", "unforgettable", "like no other". Show it with a detail instead.
• Long lists of adjectives. "Sweet, sexy, smart, funny, elegant" reads like a form, not a person.
• Negative rules at the top. Boundaries matter, but a text that starts with what you do not accept sets a cold tone. Put rules in their own section, calmly worded.
• Walls of text. Nobody reads a single paragraph of twenty lines on a phone. Use short paragraphs and white space.
• Copied text. Visitors who browse several sites notice identical wording, and search engines do too. Write your own.

Keep it honest

Describe yourself as you are today. A text that promises something your photos or your meetings do not deliver costs more trust than it wins. Honest, warm and specific is the combination that brings people back.

Length and languages

Aim for 120 to 250 words. Shorter can feel cold, longer is rarely read to the end. If you receive international visitors, write a separate version in each language you use rather than a word-for-word translation: humour and tone travel differently. On MySexyApp the languages add-on gives each extra language its own address and its own About me text.

Where it goes on your site

You fill it in under Profile in your cabinet, in the About me field (up to 3,000 characters). On the site it appears close to the photos, so that visitors see your face (or style) and your words together. Check how it looks on a phone before you publish: the first two lines should be visible without scrolling past the photos.

A quick checklist before publishing

• The first sentence paints a picture, not a label
• There are at least two specific details about you
• The atmosphere of a meeting is clear
• The last lines say how to contact you
• Short paragraphs, no more than four lines each on a phone
• You read it aloud and it sounds like you

Update the text every few months. A small change, such as a new hobby or a new city you visit, shows regular visitors that the page is alive.