How do you send the right message when trying to meet someone online? Texting can be tricky, but here are a few solid tips to at least get you to a first date. Here is a heads up on how not to get laid on an app.
The dating site Plenty of Fish just released its 2018 report revealing results of a study in which 2,000 U.S. singles ages 18+ were surveyed regarding their turn-ons and -offs when it comes to dating app chats. One of the more surprising statistics is that the majority of men and women gauge chemistry through conversation.
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A whopping 74 percent of men and women said good conversation is the best indicator of great chemistry on a date — beating out physical attraction. And 60 percent of daters believe it’s possible to start falling in love from the initial conversation.
According to the report, bad grammar is more of a turnoff than bad sex: 58 percent of respondents said they couldn’t live with subpar grammar.
The messages most likely to get a text back on a dating app?
- A message that refers to a shared interest or experience (60 percent)
- A compliment on photos or appearance (18 percent)
- A joke or funny story (15 percent)
- An emoji or GIF (8 percent)
Fifty-nine percent of singles also prefer to talk to someone on the phone before meeting for a first date (preferably a dinner date, according to 78 percent of respondents).
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Perhaps one of the best reveals of the study is a total “arms crossed emoji” to the notion that waiting three days to reply to someone. Seventy-five percent of singles say that it’s more annoying to be waiting for a reply than to get a reply too soon. And 89 percent of singles said they’d respond to a message on a dating app within 12 hours if interested, with 23 percent of those singles saying they’d respond right away.
