Dating tips for Meet My Friend online users
UNTANGLING THE WEB OF LOVE WITH SOME ONLINE DATING
TIPS
A few online dating … do’s and don’ts (Aussie style)
Over being single? Recently out of a relationship and are looking to get back in the dating mix again? Happy in love, but tired of listening to your single friends complain about their love life?
You may have considered venturing on line to find love? Here’s some down-to-earth advice and dating tips on winning the online love game , from the creators of a new all-Aussie dating website put together by friends, for friends.
Meet My Friend is a social networking and dating website, which works on the philosophy that everyone is connected through ‘six degrees of separation’ and that being introduced to people through friends is easier than dating ‘cold.’
Franky Callanan, Meet My Friend Co-founder, says: “The main two factors behind online success are being proactive and being yourself – keep it real! Let’s face it, it can be daunting being single, and asking people out under any circumstances can be a challenging situation. Using an online service can be a great way of putting a toe in the water, having a quiet look at what’s out there before diving in, or even just practicing asking people out again in a safe and friendly environment. But it’s important people don’t lose their identity online (be yourself) or try to create a false fantasy identity as that doesn’t work terribly well when the time comes to catch up face-to-face.”
Franky said there are some specific dating tips that online daters should keep in mind when entering the online dating world:
1. Choose a friendly online picture: Do use a photo, and use a real photo. Teeth make sales people, pick a photo of you smiling! Friends smile at each other. Most of us are hopeless about choosing or judging our own photos, so why not ask a friend to help pick a photo, as they will tend to pick one when you look friendly and at your happy best.
2. Your bio – keep it real: It’s the Aussie way to be quite down to earth in our description of ourselves. The person who asks you out on a date is going to find out what you are really like pretty quickly, so there is not much sense spinning a false story. By all means it is still a sales document so be witty, funny etc just make sure your info is fact not fabrication. On Meet My Friend this part is obviously a lot easier as your friends get to write the initial description – which helps capture the authentic you! It’s way more attractive having a mate talk you up than you telling everyone that will listen what a great person you are.
3. Be proactive (male or female): Online dating is not a bar or a social get-together, there are no rules about who should ask who out first. Start typing, say hello, what have you got to lose. Reme
4. Play safe: We encourage people to do a bit of homework on someone they are interested in. The advantage of a site like Meet My Friend is you automatically have someone – or someone who knows someone – who you can ask about a particular friend. That not only serves as a filter for any concerns you may have, it means you’ve got a friend or a friend of a friend who is automatically looking out for your interests in that dating experience. It’s worth knowing that there is a block button so anyone you don’t like you can just press the block button and on our site you become completely invisible to that person.
5. Talk about your experiences: Dating is fun, can be damn funny and also throw up the odd obstacle. Chances are many of the fears, anxieties or funny experiences you have whilst dating are common – and simply part of the human dynamic in the dating world. Talking with your friends – in particular other single friends – about the experience can help reassure you that you are on the right path. Meet My Friend has created a live blog called “He Says She Says” on the site – which features the thoughts, fears and experiences of real life Aussie daters. This is an opportunity for others to add their own questions or commentary.
6. Share information: You are online to find out about other people as much as they are trying to find out about you. Be open, start with a smile on your face (that may sound funny but people can sense it on another computer) and ask questions. People that actively take an interest in the other person and ask insightful questions are much more likely to have fun and make new friends (talking about yourself all the time is boring and uncool online and in person). If you do one thing, just one thing in this whole experience, make sure before you contact someone, READ THEIR PROFILE PROPERLY. Nothing worse than someone asking questions that you have already answered.
We hope these dating tips help improve your online dating experience.
