The most important point is to guard against scammers. Never disclose any information about money or personal sensitive details to others. When dating, always prioritize safety. You can inform your friends about your whereabouts. In this regard, the website MillionairesChat does a great job.

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So you are over 50 and still single and looking to find a partner for a casual friendship to crack a joke or two or form an intimate long-term relationship. Either way, you can always find your specific kind of person on many free dating sites for just senior singles. But do you know that you can also meet persons in some of the most common places you visit daily? And it is always good to meet in a person than from a laptop. So let’s look at the best outdoor places to meet your date.

Shopping Malls

Food is essential for everyone and for that you need the necessary ingredients and items. So you can expect people over 50 visiting shopping malls at any point of time during the day. I can give a lot of examples of people meeting over in shopping malls and grocery stores and becoming partners for a lifetime. Because when you see persons who share the same taste as yours in picking up items that suit your taste, you take an instant liking to them. The shopping malls are easy to meet just senior singles.

Concerts and Wine Festivals

Another great place to meet up with seniors over 50 is when you attend concerts and wine festivals. Start up a conversation and talk about their interests and hobbies and see if you can start some kind of relationship if he/she fits into your profile.

Dog Parks

Another great way to meet just senior singles is while taking your pet dog out for a stroll in the park. The more you visit the park you can try to spot regulars and start striking some conversation with them. Try to go slow with your questions and gently try to build a relationship. Make sure to know their timing and go there during that time and try to be regular on all days.

Sporting Events

Sporting events are also a great place to find the partner of your dreams. You can expect a lot of people coming over to the stadium and if you think you like a person, make sure to interact with them during a coffee break or something. If you both support the same team, then it is a good starting point to start up with a conversation.

Coffee Shops

People over 50 would often get bored in their homes and love to spend time out. And you can expect most of them visiting a coffee shop to meet their friends. Just strike a conversation gently about the weather or about his dog or anything you deemed fit. Once you’ve started the conversation, it is up to you to show your sense of your humor and other best qualities to get the other person get attracted towards you.

Hope this article will help you find the partner you are looking for. Browse through all the articles in our site to get more insights about dating for just senior singles and other free senior dating sites.

Now that you're over 50, you have to be careful about your choice of lifepartner. After all, you don't still have time to splurge like young people, and you need stability even more now. Therefore, your choice must be long-term and solid. For the dating app and site, I think, others have told you about many online dating platforms before, and what I can recommend is actually the same. But you may not know a niche yet friendly dating app called “CougarD” . Ah, I don’t want to say much about it, and I just want to tell you that my friend found her love on it.

For dating tips, I must say that the most important thing is that your “Three Views” should be consistent. You should discern from your conversations whether the person you are interacting with has a consistent understanding of things as you do. After all, many other things can change, but everyone's thinking is difficult to correct. If the other person and your thoughts are not at the same level, then you will feel very difficult to communicate, at this time, many small problems will be expanded and affect the relationship between the couple. Therefore, as long as the Three Views are consistent, other problems are actually not problems.

I used to study abroad and travel by plane a lot. As for the effectiveness of online dating, I think it can be very effective, but only if you understand your own needs and expectations and the other person, and build a good trusting relationship through communication.

Looking for love in the Digital Age often provokes a lot of anxiety. But, just as online dating can foster some comically bad experiences, there are many benefits. Many of us know couples who look so perfectly matched, it's almost impossible to believe they met on either side of the screen.

In addition, choosing the right platform is also very important. If you can take online dating seriously and adopt the right strategies and methods, then it can definitely bring good results.

The app I'm using now called XFun is pretty effective. I remember once I chatted with a guy in the afternoon and then just met him at a bar that night. It was really fun.

1. Find the right site(s) that work for you. Trying to meet someone on Tinder probably won’t work. Try Ourtime, Plenty of Fish, Silver Singles and or Match.
2. Have nice photos. At least one that shows your face and one that shows your full body. Think about having a pro take photos.
3. Don’t limit yourself any more than you have to. Profiles that have long lists of people who should not respond. I am sort of turned off by profiles that go:, no one over 20 miles, college graduates only, no one shorter than 6 feet, no smokers, no one who voted for Trump, etc, etc, They strike me as someone who would be a PITA.
4. Be active in contacting people you might be interested in.
5. Spell check your profile info. Typo’s can make you seem stupid. A well written profile can help a lot.

A couple of years ago I saw a headline on MSN that read something like “12 tips for great success on dating sites. I thought oh, great I may get some good ideas. It was the stupidest thing I ever saw and would do more harm that good, They went something like 1. Lie about your age, 2, Photoshop your photos or use old photos. 3 Lie about your income. 4. Lie about your education. I think that is terrible advice. It may get you some first dates you would not get otherwise but the real you will prevail and you will just end up wasting time and disappointing yourself and the person you meet. Being hones pays.

Easier and harder.

Easier, in the sense that it has opened new avenues up to people. Before the internet, you had (mostly) just your physical area from which to find a partner. You can now find people from neighboring towns, counties, states, or even other countries. The greater pool of potential partners, the more likely you are to find one that connects with you. Plus (as long as profile information is HONEST), you have a handy means to filter out what sort of person contacts you. Some find it easier to get to know someone this way, from a distance. It can be more comfortable. Some disagree.

Harder, in the sense that online it is much ‘easier’ to lie to people. You could say you’re a doctor, lawyer, wealthy investor, or international spy. You could say anything. So could they. They could lie about their height, weight, appearance, age, job, location, or immigration status. They could be out to rob you, rape you, stalk you, or even murder you. They could still be seeing someone else, or even be married. Of course, much of this can be dealt with by arranging to meet or to see each other on live cam.

Messaging Ask something specific about her profile. Translation: Show that you actually read her bio. Spellcheck. And no sexual innuendos, ever, ever, ever.

Pictures Limit selfies. Absolutely zero mirror selfies. No shirt off unless you are at the beach and even then, it is iffy. Show pictures with family. Don’t post a picture with a friend that is way more attractive than you.

Bio For heaven’s sake put some thought in to this. Girls care about what is on the inside too. This is your chance to shine.

And that doesn’t mean write the basic, “Looking for the other half to my heart. The one and only. The one who can treat me right.”

yawn

Show some signs of effort. Be creative.

I dug up my old dating bio:

“I am getting better at cooking, although I have shared a meal or two with the local fire department. Oops :/

I'm man enough to admit I get nervous on takeoff sometimes, and by sometimes I mean every time. I’m a big fan of dogs, golden retrievers especially, chihuahuas in dresses, not-especially.

I once got pulled onstage at Cirque du Soleil and had to dance with professionally trained ballerinas, and btw, if you are looking for a man with a knack for ballet, I'm not your guy.

Being an over-30 naturally blonde guy, I sometimes get looked at like I'm a unicorn. No, I'm not Swedish or some surfer dude, but I suppose I do resemble a Ken doll from the right angle.

Don't be afraid to say hi. Cool with just starting as friends."

Just keep it light and fun. No need to spill your soul in your bio.

Also, don’t be a dipshit, ok?

Good luck!

If you walked into a party and scanned the room, there would be people you found attractive and people you did not. You could observe those people at a distance before making a decision on whether you wanted to approach them or not… things that have nothing whatsoever to do with how they look, what their career is or how they love movies and eating out.

How do they act? Do they seem sincere? Are they having a good time? Is there some spark about them that you find attractive?

Online, you have 5–10 photos and some very awkward questions to use to project yourself but also to determine who the other people are. And everyone is putting their best (and not entirely honest) foot forward to get attention.

Fake photos, very old photos from more youthful days, lies about everything from height and weight to lifestyle are all common among dating profiles. Even with the 100% truth, the information tells you so very little about that person.

All you can do is screen for the most basic attributes and get out there and meet them… but it’s pressure. You aren’t in a room, picking and choosing, getting close or avoiding, you’ve basically told this other person - you have potential to be someone I could be romantic with- let’s meet!

You meet and often you know within literally seconds that this is not going to work. But you are committed to be polite and spend a certain amount of time being pleasant and giving it “a chance.” Then you have to reject, and that feels terrible. Or be rejected and that is just as miserable.

Now, do that twenty times, if you can find twenty actual candidates. Or thirty. You meet people who say, “Let’s be friends” and are perfectly nice and you do some things that are fun and you are “getting out there” but you are no closer to finding someone who could mean something to you. Then you start projecting onto people you haven’t even met yet- you see the danger signs and you just avoid.

And the few that are interesting? There’s this whole weird dance where you try and figure out if you like each other enough to try and make something happen and then communication just stops. Blech.

Now, you’ve gone out with a bunch of people you would have known better than to go out with if you’d met them in person. And in some cases, you’ve hurt their feelings or they’ve hurt yours, stuff that would not have happened if you hadn’t based your date on a 15 year old photo and a few texts.

It’s not terrible but after a while, the whole thing feels gross and unsettling and you decide single is a good way to be. Yes, you can find someone in online dating and yes, it is at least a good way to find people interested in having a relationship but you have to sort through a sea of gross and in the end, there is no guarantee that anyone decent will surface.

One of the biggest factors will be how others react to your profile picture. It was the first thing they saw. While the content of your opening message will determine whether someone clicks on your profile, this is a small thumbnail that will determine whether they open the message at all.

It's not a universal rule, but take women-the more information a woman receives every day, the more critical she becomes. Have you ever deleted an open message based solely on a thumbnail? I think everyone does this at some point.

Now you see. Most attractive women don't even open all the information because they're too lazy to filter it. You have to assume that a quick look at the thumbnails is the only way she can decide whether or not to open the information, so if your main image isn't the only good one you have, you're at a disadvantage. No cheesy nude photos, no sultry official photos, no myspace-style self-portraits-you want a picture that shows you're a relaxed, fun person with an active social life.

There is no guarantee of success whenever you engage in online dating. Keep in mind that these sites and apps are money-making operations, and their end goal is to either keep you on the site for a very long time or to get you back as a return customer.

I’ve not had a lot of success through this medium, but I’ve learned from my mistakes and the mistakes of some of my friends who had an even rougher rodeo than I could possibly imagine.

Avoid playing the “numbers game”. This is when you keep going out with one person after the next without paying close attention to compatibility issues. The big three compatibility issues are: mutual physical attraction; both want/do not want children; and mutual agreement as to how to handle finances. Because online dating sites are notoriously negligent of matching people up by actual compatibility (“You both like seafood!”, you have to work with what you have, and that’s not a lot. Sometimes you have to go by process of elimination. For example, if you don’t want children, don’t go out with anyone who wants or has them. You’re wasting your time, and theirs.

Depict yourself realistically. When creating an online dating profile, it’s tempting to “pad your resume”, so to speak, and create a far more glamorous and exciting persona than truly exists. This attracts the wrong type of crowd. How do you really spend your time? Most folks are not too exciting; we engage in simple pleasures in our downtime—reading, gardening, cooking, enjoying the companionship of friends and family, and hanging out at the local coffee shop. Show yourself doing the things that you do most of the time.

Beware of “activities partner” seekers. As a professional communicator, I am highly attuned to singles who are just looking for someone to do the things that they want to do. Because our hobbies and interests are the most changeable thing about us, this is a dangerous trap to fall into. I realize that it sounds counter-intuitive, but pay very little attention to hobbies and interests, particularly those that demand a lot of time and money. Find someone with whom you can enjoy the simple things in life, like enjoying a good meal, doing the crossword, and discussing politics.

Make sure you have the same dating goals. Most people want a relationship that may lead to marriage. A smaller number of people want a relationship that leads to marriage but no kids. However, there are also players using these sites, both male and female. Often, it’s impossible to determine who wants what—you might not even know at first. So before joining an online dating site, sort yourself out first.

Verify, then trust. The biggest downside of online dating is that the people you date do not share your social network—you don’t have an established reputation to glean from. Far too many people using online dating sites are married. Or they have significant others. Or they’re still using online dating sites after you start dating them. These folks do not come across as sleazy, ne’er-do-wells; they can be highly-motivated college students, white collar professionals, and really nice guys/girls. If you start dating someone you meet, make sure they are not attached, and routinely check the online dating site (and others) to make sure they just don’t have their profile “hidden”.

Aside from that, I can only offer the obvious housekeeping—don’t give anyone you don’t know well money or merge finances, don’t share your address with a complete stranger, always let a friend or family member know where you’re off to the first time you meet someone, etc. Be prepared to be sorely disappointed more often than you are pleasantly surprised.

I’m currently part of that world and what comes to mind are galaxies of cliches in profiles. I don’t know if men are the same way, but the women on these apps have very little variation—and it makes me sad or sick or both. For some reason, they all want to talk about how much they love the Office and Parks and Rec, as if this said something important about them or was somehow humorous or interesting or quirky. And I never knew there were so many dog moms but apparently—in this century—they are supplanting human mothers. It’s also funny how the euphemism “hook up” is now in need of yet another euphemism: “games.” Girls are certainly not into playing games these days and usually like to end their profiles with this information.

Some like to point out that they love Jesus, which is an OK thing to say, but it seems to me that this statement no longer means anything. I became friends with one of these girls who likes to say this on her profile and whenever we discuss this Bumble date or that Hinge connection she always asks: Does she love Jesus? And again, I think that’s an OK question to ask if it only meant something. When everyone uses the same language, that language no longer requires much intellectual apparatus from us: It becomes more and more like so much sound or incantations.

I guess what I’m trying to say is this: Please say something original about yourself in your profile. That’s what I’d “look out for.” If you want to keep it light and humorous, that’s fine, but be yourself and not just a lame conglomeration of spoon-fed culture.

It’s been a perfect success, because I am relieved from that constant swiping left and right and I am not playing any more.

And please be aware that this is only my opinion and personal experience and not a professional study.

But anyway here are my results that have allowed me to walk away from online dating, never looking back for one more “try”.

From the point of view of a binary hetero female, for simplicity I will use the binary masculine gender to characterize my wannabe matches, using the traditional male pronouns.

1.) The men my age are not attractive to me. I might be quite advanced, age-wise, but I am very hot (“for my age” lol), but I connect with people from the perspective of someone much younger, and I am even “young” on the phone.

2.) The men my age in general are not physically fit. Or, alternately, fitness is not a priority. (This is only “in general” and I realize there are many seniors who have completed an Ironman triathlon, thus exempting them from this discussion.)

3.) I only want to be with someone who matches my energy and who enhances my life and I won’t settle. I am not interested in finding that “nice guy” with whom to partner and I am reminded of that cliché from my mom, when I started out dating: “Just find someone to bring into your life and you’ll be happy not to trudge through the years alone. You’re not getting any younger!”

4.) Most men who appear in your feed from the dating app, are not “high value”. The “high value” men are not on Tinder or OK Cupid because they meet people through friends or family or at a party or at work or some other offline situation. I am not saying that online dating is a desperate move, but the odds of meeting “someone” are slim and none.

5.) Most men who are “interesting” enough and within my age bracket are well aware of their power position in any relationship. You might both be equally fascinating and larger than life, but your potential match just jumps right in there and grabs the power within the first five minutes of your conversations because they are hard-wired to do so.

This is from a texted conversation with a prospective match:

Me: “Oh, looks like we have a lot in common.”

Them: “Intrigue me”. Like it’s your job, WTF. You become like that iconic king from fairy tales, looking for a match for his daughter, as he sits on his throne while a parade of possible suitors is presented.

So in that ever-popular mantra that goes something like this: “In order to succeed at anything you need a lot of failures” to guide you in your search. Failures are just more information and something to be avoided at all costs.

I’m a trans woman. I’m poly. I’m primarily interested in women… you can imagine how small my candidate pool is.

I date regularly. Honestly… I haven’t been back to OKCupid much lately because my dance card is kinda full.

I’ve met some wonderful people and I’ve met some not wonderful people. I’ve been on great dates and shitty dates. I’ve met people that I really hit it off with and our lives just don’t line up for us to spend any time together and I’ve met people that I spent tons of time curled up on the couch with binge watching things. I’ve made some amazing friends and had some amazing romantic partners.

But really, the only measure of success I can offer isn’t about how many men or women I’ve slept with… it’s the fact that I met my wife 12 years ago on a dating site and we’re still together to this day. I don’t know how to get more successful than that.

Ryan, my online dating experience was SUPER and I met someone I have been searching my whole life!!!! I am not sure if it’s pure luck or just my way of searching. I want to think BOTH. 50 - 50.
I married my wife on a online dating site from Asia (Philippines)
I DO have to tell you..it’s like a job interview searching for a employee.
I interviewed (chatted) a whole bunch of women from every age, anywhere from 20 - 50 years. The 20 aged girls was more for fun, because I was 57 when I started and I don’t see myself with a 20 year young wife. It would have been NICE but realistic wise, the odds are not in my favor.
It really took long hours of chatting and more chatting, and trying to figure out IF that person was really who she was and if that person is my soulmate or not.
All I can say it’s worth it….IF you have patience and analyze the person you’re chatting with.

My 5 cents, good luck

1. Realize that there are suckers who are desperate enough to give you money, thinking you’re going to enable them to meet their soulmate, or at least their fuck buddy.
2. Start a couple of shell corporations to launder the money you rake in. Have a smart lawyer do some paperwork hocus-pocus so that nobody outside the business can be sure who owns what where. On the site’s “about us” page, list its HQ as being in someplace like Laramie, Wyoming—the more remote and sparsely populated, the better.
3. Give it a catchy name, like “We’re Different” or some junk like that. If you can’t stick out above the rest, you’re only as profitable as the next scam.
4. Find a bunch of trolls who’ll ghostwrite tons of fake profiles for free that you’ll need to “stuff” the site. Find a bunch of struggling college girls and give them each a few bucks in exchange for attractive photos of them for use with the fake profiles.
5. Set up a credit card autorenew feature on your site, have your lawyer word the agreement in such a way that it will be impossible for suckers to sue the site or get their money back, then launch the site.
6. Let men join the site, but turn women away. Chances are they’d leave after the first day of their inboxes getting inundated anyway. The overwhelming majority of your suckers are going to be male sex junkies desperate for their next fix, so don’t let yourself feel guilty or sorry for fleecing them.
7. Enjoy your yacht.

What's your most unforgettable online dating experience?

I had just gotten out of my first marriage; a 20+ year marriage that was actually over long before it officially ended. In fact, it was the Saturday after I had received notice on Friday that my divorce was final. I made the decision to sign up for an online dating site. Since I was 55 at the time, I chose the site OurTime.com.

I actually went out and bought a camera to connect to my computer to get a few pictures for the site. I think I spent almost an hour trying to get a good picture. Finally, I got one that I thought was OK and created my first ever online dating profile.

The first few days I got a few responses. At the time, I was living in a small, rural community so there were just not that many people close by. But, I found one person who seemed nice. She lived in Irving, a suburb of Dallas and a little over an hour drive from me.

We exchanged a few messages online. Actually, I was really inexperienced at dating and knew nothing at all about proper online dating etiquette. So, when Gina sent me a message, I would wait a day or two before responding. I did not want her to think I was a creepy stalker.

As a result of my ignorance, it took almost three weeks of back and forth, or rather back, wait, wait, wait, and forth, before we scheduled our first date. But, we met for dinner on a Sunday night and hit it off really well. I thought Gina was one of the most beautiful women I had ever met. She was intelligent, witty, fun and interesting. I wanted to see her again, and really soon.

One of the problems though was our work schedules. I was in the midst of a really intricate and busy project, with a client in the eastern time zone. Which meant I needed to be at my desk and ready to work by 6:30 my time, Monday through Friday. Gina’s office did not open until after 9:00 and her work days were Wednesday through Sunday. When we planned our second date, we planned it for a Monday night.

When that Monday arrived, I was completely swamped at work and knew that Tuesday was going to be even worse. I got a message from Gina questioning my sincerity and expressing reservations about our date. For strictly work reasons, I also had reservations about our date. I took the opportunity and cancelled.

Now, my plan was to wait two weeks (I have no idea why I choose that time frame) and try to reconnect. I really liked Gina and really wanted to see her again. So, I am home alone on Friday night. I am thinking about Gina, how much I would like to call her, how I hoped we could have a second date and see if the sparks were still there. But, in my mind, I have to wait at least a few more days.

Then, my cell phone rings. It is Gina. We talk, I explain how busy I have been with work and how I really would like to see her again. We make plans for a second date, this time on a Saturday night.

Before long, I am spending most of my time with Gina. In a few months, we rent an apartment together. And, we have been together ever since. On February 27, 2013, Gina and I married.

So, my most unforgettable online dating experience was my first, and only, online dating experience. Gina and I are still married and more in love than ever.

Online dating has certainly had an impact on modern dating. As with most things in life, it isn’t all good or all bad. I sum it up like this:

Pro - more options. Like most people, I spend 45–50 hours a week working/commuting, and my single weekends were spent catching up with friends. While it’s possible to meet someone that way, it’s far less likely since few men will approach a woman to talk to her with a group of her girl friends listening in. Online dating opens up a whole new world, bringing you into contact with people you might otherwise never meet. I wouldn’t have bumped into my guy in my daily life.

Con- more options. Some people look at online dating as an ice cream/candy/liquor (pick your poison) shop. Unlimited choices…no need to pick just one. This types of people probably wouldn’t be looking for a relationship anyway, even if online dating didn’t exist. It would just be harder to find their next conquest.

Pro - ability to ”vet” someone before you meet them. As a woman, I especially appreciate this. I can ask questions and see if we have anything in common…maybe look up his social media (we ALL do it), and see if it’s worth it to meet up.

Con - Catfish/misleading pics/liars. This is probably the worst part. There will be people who try to catfish. Female catfish are usually directing the men to a paid site; male catfish ask for naked pics before you even meet. Or, if they aren’t a catfish, maybe the pic is filtered or old or otherwise misleading as to their real appearance. Then there’s the lowest of the low - liars and cheaters who are leading a double life. While you may run across that type more in online dating, this will always be an issue with or without that outlet.

Pro - getting a chance to be comfortable and make conversation from the comfort of your phone before you even meet in-person. In my personal opinion, it’s nice to know we have something to talk about so the initial meeting is less awkward. And, it’s a lot easier to do that while curled up in pjs on my sofa at home than right in front of someone I’ve never seen before. I like to establish some rapport upfront.

When it comes to online dating, you gotta take the good with the bad. For some, they may prefer - and have the time - to meet people in more traditional ways (i.e. being set up by friends, grocery stores, churches, the bar, etc), but for most, online dating is a great way to get yourself out there and meet someone. And it isn’t going away any time soon.

Around 6 months ago, I was approached by a startup to freelance for them. They wanted a small team of writers and UX designers to break down dating apps and tell them what is it exactly that one would need to build the perfect dating app.

The project was shut down last month due to funding issues. This allows me to divulge some interesting data that we tracked over 14–15 weeks on various apps like Tinder, Bumble, OkCupid, and TrulyMadly.

I will share some insights from Tinder and Bumble only as they are the most popular dating apps out there.

We created two groups of profiles for the study, with pictures of real people. (Apt permissions were taken from everyone). Some of the information on the bio was manipulated to understand the general trends etc.

The first group of profiles included men and women who were visually attractive according to society’s standards. (Extra emphasis on this statement!)

The second group of profiles included men and women who were not visually attractive according to society’s standards.

One interesting thing that we observed was that women from both the groups got matches on a daily basis except for that one profile which did not have any display picture.

Other facts included:

1. Men’s profiles with real and visually attractive pictures, linked to social accounts, and lots of pictures got matches consistently. One of the profiles did not even have any bio, and it still got matches.
2. Men’s profiles which had brilliantly written captions, witty captions, and humorous quotes had almost 75% fewer matches in both the groups.
3. The second group compared to the first (visually attractive) group had almost 95% fewer matches.
4. Profiles that mentioned IIT, IIM, and similar colleges had higher matches even in the second group.
5. Present job and company were not much of a factor in both the jobs.
6. Profiles in which people were wearing or displaying high-popularity brands like Apple, Levis, Reebok, Nike, etc got almost 70% matches.
7. Women in the less visually attractive group got around 45% fewer matches.
8. Men who looked muscular had more matches, women who posted selfies had lesser matches, overall people who had professional photographers click their pictures had a higher match rate.
9. Men with visible nerves on their arms, neatly set hair, without spectacles, had higher matches.
10. Women with a fair complexion had 60% higher matches compared to a dark complexion.
11. In some of the profiles, we had deliberately placed pictures of luxurious holidays and photoshoots. These profiles had much more matches compared to people posing with pets or reading a book.

There were around 32 data points like these. We never messaged or interacted with any of the matched profiles. It opened my eyes once again to what exactly people out there fantasize about.

When people say, they like a person with a sense of humour, responsibility, success, blah, blah, blah in the opposite sex, you will be surprised at how many people just look at the pictures when it comes to online dating.

As one of the people in the small team pointed out in the end:

“These apps act more like a justification to people who want to be told they are attractive in nature, that someone would actually take interest in them against so many other people out there.”

If you ask me, yes there are a lot of success stories out there when it comes to dating apps, but those numbers as a percentage would be very meager. As much as it sounds exciting unless you fall into a select category from group 1, you would have to be extremely lucky to actually find someone worthwhile.

“Online dating doesn’t suck, too many people suck at online dating!”

I like online dating, and as a girl, I would say the first impression means a lot and it’s everything. It's totally worth repeating that your profile photos should be simple and clear, so, try to post different kinds of images of yourself and make sure each photo shows the unique aspect of you.

If potential matches aren't attracted by your profile photo, they will never make it to the rest of your profile. Also, it’s better to show off as much of you as you are allowed. Just remember you should also remain optimistic and positive here, I’been using XFun, and now I’ve got so many matches. It will work.😁😁😁

Be honest with your profile

Here is the thing. If you want something serious to come out of your dating app profile, be honest. There is no point in pretending you are someone else and then losing all the invested energy and time once the dating partner finds out what’s your real face and stops talking to you. While you might not be a fan of your personality, there is a person out there who is looking exactly for the personality you are hiding behind the fake descriptions.

Write a good description

While we all understand that descriptions are not going to find us, love, they definitely can kick off the conversations, which will find our love. How many times have you messaged the person with a dull, senseless description? And how many times have you messaged someone with a description you can truly relate to? By writing a sentence or two, which are catchy and fun, you make it a lot less awkward for the match to start a conversation with you, and instantly facilitating a dialogue.

Ask questions

Do you ever start chatting by saying “hello”? If yes, you probably don’t end up chatting with many people, right? Here is the thing, using a greeting like hello or hi actually gets you fewer messages

Saying hey gets you 35% fewer messages.

Saying hello gets you 21% fewer messages.

Instead of saying hi, try relating your first message to the description or a profile picture. Be creative and ask how have they ended taking selfies in Las Vegas and forget about the awkward hellos for a while ;)

Understand the 90/10 online dating rule

In average dating apps, be mentally prepared for the fact that 90% of the stuff you are going to find online is mostly pure crap. Most of the people are using dating apps to get laid and erase the names and faces of their one-night standstill the rest of their days. Only about 10% of the online daters will be worth your while, so for you to be able to succeed in online dating, you have to be willing to dig through this 90 % of crap to find someone worthwhile.

Take it offline as soon as possible

As soon as you have connected with someone, who falls in those 10 percent we talked about earlier, it is advisable to take things offline as soon as possible. If you continue spending most of the time communicating online, you are risking to lose the right moment to trigger butterflies and a chemical connection between you two. Make sure you meet up as soon as you realize this person is worth your while and start a deeper investigation of your feelings towards each other. Unless you meet in real life, it will be challenging to realize whether you have feelings for each other, so do not waste your time and act strategically, but efficiently!