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We know! Only weirdos and desperate people are online, which is weird because you\u2019re online right now reading this sentence, but if you are adamantly against online dating and its many pitfalls, more power to you. Leave now. These tips are for everyone else.<\/p>\n
Use recent photos.<\/strong><\/p>\n Assume you\u2019ll eventually meet your suitor and he found you attractive. Save the \u201che should like me for me\u201d lines for the judge and jury. Just make sure you remotely resemble the pictures on your profile. When you finally meet, a man doesn\u2019t want to hear a story about why you don\u2019t look like yourself. It\u2019s safe to assume you don\u2019t want an explanation why he had hair and muscle in his pictures when he stands before you at Applebee\u2019s bald and overweight. Please afford him the same courtesy.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t bother checking your Inbox.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019re remotely attractive, your inbox is going to be filled with hundreds of messages. 9.9 out of 10 messages in your inbox will be from lames and creepers. The odds of the man of your dreams writing you are slim to none. Besides, it\u2019s unlikely you would be able to differentiate him from the hundreds of lames and creepers in your inbox. Don\u2019t waste time looking there. Your best bet is to view your recent visitors and decide who has potential first, then see if they\u2019ve written you and respond accordingly. If they haven\u2019t, please refer to tip #3.<\/p>\n Get over your fear of rejection.<\/strong><\/p>\n Online dating isn\u2019t like real life. The same rules don\u2019t apply. If you see a guy you like, WRITE HIM. It doesn\u2019t have to be anything fancy. Frankly, since you have the benefit of being a woman on your side, it doesn\u2019t even have to be an entire sentence: \u201cWrite back,\u201d \u201cHi\/Hello,\u201d or \u201c:-)\u201d are all perfectly acceptable to men. He\u2019ll go to your profile if he\u2019s interested. Don\u2019t get me wrong, he probably won\u2019t read it but at minimum, he\u2019ll check out your pictures and spend 15 seconds scanning over the words you spent 15 hours slaving over.\u00a0Note<\/strong>: This advice is not contradictory to tip #2, because even attractive men don\u2019t get as many messages as attractive women. Similar to women, men get messages from female creepers and lames, too. Thus, if you are remotely normal looking he will check you out and you will become a priority.<\/p>\n Leave your ego at the log-in screen.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Accept that not every man you want is going to write\/reply. This is an unpleasant fact of life, but here\u2019s a bonus tip: Get over yourself. Men have been dealing with this reality their entire lives. You think you\u2019re the only attractive person that receives messages in their inbox? Doubtful. You think you\u2019re the only one attracted to this man you deemed attractive? Unlikely. Is this stranger who quite possibly lied up and down his profile to get you to write him in the first place worth any type of emotional response if he doesn\u2019t respond? NO!<\/p>\n Additional bonus tip: DO NOT WRITE MORE THAN ONCE. Following up 3 minutes later with, \u201cI noticed you read my message but didn\u2019t write back. I still think you\u2019re hot! LOL :-)\u201d is not cute, clever, or original. It\u2019s desperate, borderline stalker-ish, and the quickest way to Deletedmessagesville. If he doesn\u2019t write you back the first time, HIS LOSS! Snap your fingers two times in a circle, work your neck back and forth, eat some H\u00e4agen-Dazs, and move on.<\/p>\n Act Like Someone With Common Sense, Think Like A Man.<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t care what the commercials say, most men online are trolling for more women not a relationship. Keep this fact in mind and proceed with caution. Just because the red hand on the cross street disappears doesn\u2019t mean you shouldn\u2019t look both directions to make sure a speeding car doesn\u2019t mow you down. Online dating is the same principle. Your standards should go\u00a0up\u00a0<\/em>online never\u00a0down<\/em>. Use the tools at your disposal: his profile, pictures, demonstrated level of\u00a0consistent\u00a0<\/em>interest, women\u2019s\u00a0intuition, palm readings, Magic 8 Ball,\u00a0horoscope, or whatever else you deem necessary. There is no rush what-so-ever. Look both ways before crossing from online to off-line; don\u2019t get mowed down by the first decent guy that comes along, makes above minimum wage, and flashes a cute smile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We know! Only weirdos and desperate people are online, which is weird because you\u2019re online right now reading this sentence, but if you are adamantly against online dating and its many pitfalls, more power to you. Leave now. 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