If you’ve ever dated online, then chances are you’ve made a mistake or two. The good news is that you can learn from your mistakes AND the mistakes of other Dating Tales visitors.
Of all the comments and questions I’ve received here are three online dating mistakes that deserve notice.
Online dating mistake number one: Misdirected e-mail
One reader wrote in saying: “I have been e-mailing this guy back and forth and just this morning he wrote to ask me how my tests went last week. The problem is that I didn’t take any tests last week!!! Should I call him out on it?”
Absolutely you should. When e-mailing several people at once, it’s easy to get confused. Don’t copy and paste e-mails and always read the e-mails you get carefully.d
Online dating mistake number two: Mistaken identity
Someone that needed help with their profile asked: “I want to use a picture from a few years ago, is that okay?”
My answer: Only if you still look the same.
There is no bigger a turn off than thinking someone is cute online and then meeting them and not recognizing them at all. Be honest with your profile pictures and don’t mislead. Whomever you choose to date shouldn’t get caught up in appearances and neither should you.
Online dating mistake number three: You pressure someone into a date
One of the last times I dated online I was chatting with a guy for just a day or two when he asked for my number. I didn’t want to give it to him, but he told me some story about his computer not working that well.
After talking to him on the phone for only five minutes he was asking me to meet up. I’m not shy, but it just felt like it was too much too fast.
Unfortunately, we never met.
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