If you’ve been out of the dating scene for a while you may feel a little nervous about returning. Maybe you have been in a long term relationship, or maybe you simply decided to take some time to focus on yourself – either way it is totally normal to feel nervous or intimidated.
Thankfully your dating experience doesn’t have to be unpleasant – in fact, it can be a lot of fun! Here are three tips to help you smoothly re-join the dating scene.
1. Make An Effort To Communicate
One of the main issues with modern dating culture is the frustration of talking to someone once… and then never again. It is easy to match with someone on a dating website, but it is a little harder to strike up a conversation, so many people just wait for their match to message them, or they send across a cheesy one liner or an emoji.
This is a problem as it means that your match is less likely to take your message seriously, so they are less likely to reply – but if you make a concentrated effort to send a personalised, light-hearted message you are much more likely to get a reply.
2. Take The Time To Consider Your Options
It is easy to quickly search through people on dating websites, rapidly matching with anyone who catches your eye, but this can actually make it harder for you to find someone. This is because you aren’t actually taking the time to read profiles, so you are less likely to find someone who you actually have something in common with. For this reason you should try to take the time to read everyone’s profile, as you are more likely to find a profile that interests and intrigues you.
3. Get Creative
If you start talking to someone that you meet on DBG, you might find that you want to set up a date – but this can be a pretty difficult to do if the person that you are talking to lives in another country! Thankfully there are still lots of ways to have a date if you get creative; you could both go to different coffee shops and FaceTime each other for a coffee date, or you could eat a meal together via Skype.
Re-joining the dating scene doesn’t have to be scary or intimidating; you can have a great time if you are positive and you make an effort!
