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Internet Dating 101 (for straight guys I guess)
1. Don& #39;t have a picture of you in a backwards baseball cap and a wifebeater. No Monster energy drinks and no pictures of women on the wall [especially anime girl posters and/or figurines]. Look like you have friends and do things.
1. Don& #39;t have a picture of you in a backwards baseball cap and a wifebeater. No Monster energy drinks and no pictures of women on the wall [especially anime girl posters and/or figurines]. Look like you have friends and do things.
2. In pictures show your hobbies even the silly ones if you& #39;re good at them. Anything where you& #39;re doing things with others even if it& #39;s work. Be smiling and look like a happy person. Don& #39;t lie but don& #39;t be afraid to brag a little bit. You& #39;re trying to sell a product: you.
3. Learn proper diction. I& #39;m not from your country. I should not be better at English than you. You don& #39;t need to be a Rhodes Scholar but know the difference between your and you& #39;re if you& #39;re not chatting live. Don& #39;t swear as a general rule. Use proper punctuation if possible.
4. Don& #39;t open with a line. Find something in common and formulate an opener around that. A question is a good way to start but don& #39;t ask something that& #39;s already been answered elsewhere or you& #39;ll look dumb. Never start a first conversation around looks. Ever.
5. Don& #39;t start a conversation with a picture. Of anything. If you want to show a picture lead into it or outright ask. Never send anything not G rated unless explicitly requested. Save those beach photos for later. Focus on commonalities and shared interests.
6. Don& #39;t hammer at anything for too long. You& #39;ll look one note if you linger. Stay fluid and give your replies time to breathe. Otherwise you& #39;ll come off as desperate. Don& #39;t talk about women other than your mother and certainly don& #39;t comment on their looks good or bad.
7. Avoid divisive topics in the beginning. It& #39;s much easier to reach common ground if you both understand each other well. You will find something to disagree on eventually and it& #39;ll be easier if you have more empathy for each other. Focus on commonalities.
8. If you& #39;re talking with someone from a different culture take an /honest/ interest in it. Don& #39;t dwell or you& #39;ll look obsessed or fetishistic. Food and language are nice but if you find something outside of those that you like then even better. Be diplomatic about differences.
9. If you& #39;re interested in a relationship [not casual sex] DO NOT steer the conversation towards sex. I know it& #39;s hard but will taint everything that follows. Avoid double entendres and sex jokes. Wait at least until you meet/talk them to judge that kind of interest.
10. If they make it clear or seem to be making it clear that they& #39;re not interested: cut bait and move on... nicely! Not only is this the gentlemanly thing to do it saves your time for someone else and it doesn& #39;t burn any bridges. They may change their mind [I have!].
Going to stop here for now. Feel like I& #39;m clogging up everyone& #39;s TL.
This basically covers things I& #39;ve encountered with 1st impressions & convos.
I hope you found this useful. If so let me know and I& #39;ll continue! If you hated this blame @snideology! It was all his doing!
This basically covers things I& #39;ve encountered with 1st impressions & convos.
I hope you found this useful. If so let me know and I& #39;ll continue! If you hated this blame @snideology! It was all his doing!
