How To Send The First Online Dating Message
By Emily You’ve created your profile and filled it with witty and charming tidbits of information like how arty you are, Game of Thrones is your favourite show, you love your family and friends and you have an adorable cat. You’ve perfected the art of the selfie and carefully picked out your most flattering pictures from your last holiday, showing how fun-loving you are but also how you’re a self-actualised modern woman who’s looking for someone to share adventures with. Or you maybe you skipped all that, put up two boring pictures of yourself and only uploaded one text box that says, “Ask me.”
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Whatever your approach, at some point you’ll want to start having some conversations with people about how much you love long walks on the beach or something. You’ve visited a few profiles, sent some Likes and even Wishlisted a couple of people that you thought were really cute, but now the time has come for you to send a message. Here are our tips for sending the first message:
- Think about what kind of interaction you want to have with this person – are you looking for friendship, romance and would that be long term or short term ?? One style of language will suit one and not necessarily the other. If you want to make friends, it’s probably not a great idea to tell someone how sexy they are in their pictures, so just give a thought to your intention.
- Cut it with generic messages – How special do you feel when someone messages you and says, “I loved that picture of you at Comic Con last year, I’d love to go this year. Read more