If you feel like the dating landscape is bleak, take comfort in the fact you’re not alone. A recent YouGov poll showed that 46% of people using apps like Tinder and Bumble have had bad experiences, and three in five people find the profiles they’re shown to be unappealing. Combine that with a cost of living crisis and the widespread closure of nightlife venues in the UK, and it’s a tough time for people looking to meet their life partner.
Blaine Anderson is a dating coach who has helped over 3,000 men get out of their dating slump and navigate the modern challenges of finding love. A world apart from the highly dubious world of ‘pick-up artists’, Anderson wants to help men get better at presenting themselves, not simply to pursue sex but so that they can build meaningful, lasting connections. “Dating for men is a marketing problem,” is how she puts it, “… and great guys often suck at marketing.”
Below, she shares her top tips for finding love – from nailing the perfect app profile to mastering the art of texting and meeting people IRL.
They are:
- Crafting the perfect dating app profile
- Don’t spread yourself thin
- Keep the conversation light
- Plan a first date that is convenient for her
- Don’t over text
- Try meeting people IRL
monetized hypercapitalist dating apps being the status quo is a big problem, and also sad as fuck.
A fediverse dating service would be awesome and disruptive if eventually adopted by others beyond the standard fedi techie crowd
No, keep it the standard crowd. I want a gf who likes Linux and Star Trek as much as I do.