From Bad to Great Online Dating Experiences

How to have better quality dates online, and meet a future partner (like I did)

A younger friend of mine has been online dating for a while. She’s in her 30’s looking for Mr. Right or someone compatible to love and possibly marry. With Zero luck.

Dating for her is a means to an end. Her batting average of dates showing up according to her is about 50%. I probed further to see if I could offer her advice as a friend. This is how my sequence of questions and her replies went:

Me: How long do you write back and forth before meeting each potential date?

My friend: About a week.

Me: How do they usually get to the topic of meeting in person (and who makes the first move)?

My friend: I usually do by suggesting to meet at a local coffee sweets place (that by the way, I suggested to her instead of a bar for one of her dates months prior).

Me: How do these potential dates reply back and when?

My friend: They usually reply by the night before and answer something along the lines like “Sure I’ll meet you at (her proposed time and place).”

Me: What happens when you go to the meeting place?