Do I read and understand what is written in an ad? Of course, now do I follow it word for word? Hell no, if I did, I would have never met all the delicious ladies of ECCIE(and other sites), and would probably still be searching for that first one that did meet my needs.
Guidelines are what they are. It never hurts anyone to ask questions. I am glad that I don't follow those "rules" and have met many nice ladies here and on a few other sites by not doing so. Hopefully, most of those same ladies have a somewhat similar take on meeting me as well
"Jay"
aka biggu4DATY