How women like to be approached in dating websites?

I always say that dating websites is the best tool for introverts to meet people; you don’t have to go out, you can take your time to answer and you have a lot more options compare to in person, yet there are still many introvert men who struggle with dating websites and doesn’t have a clue about how to talk to women. I am going to be real honest, I am a fairly attractive woman and I used to get my fair amount of messages on dating websites but most of the messages I got was from men I didn’t like at all, whether I thought they weren’t attractive enough or maybe I saw something suspicious in their profile.

I used Ok Cupid when I was single for around 2 years, I would get around 3-4 messages per week but most weeks I won’t even respond to any of them. In my two years I responded to around only  6 guys and from those 6 only dated 2 in person and nothing happened with any of them because I ended up meeting my boyfriend on Facebook. Even though I didn’t meet my boyfriend on a dating website, I still recommend everyone to use them because it is the easiest and most convenient way to meet people.

Now I am going to tell you what those 6 guys I responded did to get my attention: One of the reasons I didn’t respond to other guys was because I didn’t find them attractive and those 6 guys didn’t exactly look like Brad Pitt but they had something I liked, whether it was their eyes or their smile, there was something about them that caught my eye but being attractive wasn’t the only reason and it wasn’t also the most important; the most important reason I replied to them was because they engaged me in a conversation.

I am very bad at starting conversations so I need to be the man the one who talks to me first. Those guys took time to read my profile and asked me questions about it, also we had things in common so that made it even better. You don’t have to write a big paragraph or make an interrogatory, you can start off with something small like for example: “I read on your profile that you like sci-fi movies. Me too! What are some of your favorites? Mine are……, What do you think about this new movie coming up?” Those kind of questions got my attention because they were asking me about something I like and I love to talk to people about things I like.

Still one day of messaging is not enough to ask for a date, you need to make the woman feel comfortable enough, with everything that is happening in the world, women have to be very careful especially when meeting people online, we need first to get to know the person and build some trust before accepting an invitation to go out with them.

This is my suggestion: Exchange messages through the dating websites for two days, after that ask her for her phone number so you can text her there or call her if you want. Chat with her everyday for at least one week before asking them out. The first date should be something simple, going out to eat somewhere nice, drink a coffee or watch a movie.

If you believe you are doing everything right and you are still not getting replies you might be sending messages to the wrong women. Its important to not go out of your league or you will only get disappointed, if you are average looking you shouldn’t be sending messages to women who are 9 and 10, and if you are below average then that is worse, if you keep your expectations low, it would be less likely you will get disappointed.

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