This is a very astute way of looking at online dating. Many djs on here say meet in person asap. I haven't seen it pointed out how this works against the competition.
Back when I used Tinder for a very short time, this is how it played out. I'm not using the exact words but I'll use place holders that make the point. I had the date established by my 3rd message on the 1st contact session. I only did two dates, two different women, but it happend the same with both
Me: Hi. What area are your from? I'm in the <name of area>.
Her: I'm in the <town name> near <another town name>
...............(Pause while I Google for a restaurant in her area)
Me: Ye, I know where that is. Let's grab dinner on this Friday night at <name of place> in <name of town> just north of you at 6:00pm
Her: Let me check to see if I can.
................(30 minutes or less later)
Her: Sounds good. I'll meet you there at 6:00
Me: Cool. See you then. (
We exchanged cell numbers to take it off Tinder)
That was it. That easy. The date was about 3 days away. I did
not make any contact with her after that, I just showed up for the date. I wanted to see if she would keep her word. She texted me about 20 minutes before the date to ask if I was still on. I said I am in the car and on the way,...see ya there. She showed up,...on time even,...and the date went well.
Notice how the exchange had absolutely nothing sexual in it,...no inuendo at all,...no humor or joking around, trying to be funny, and I said nothing to try to "impress" her, and no pictures. I kept myself a complete mystery apart from the area I lived in and whatever was in the Tinder profile. So I remained a mystery that she was curious about and wanted to find out more about, so I had no problem getting her to show up to find out more about me. I asked nothing about her which left her wondering why, and feeling the need to impress me.