According to industry stats, the ratio of men to women on dating apps is pretty absurd, so they expect you to be above the rest. Whatever, it's not like they're Shakespeare themselves.
Most of my successes have been quite quick from from first contact to date, largely because the bird has either a limited window of availability or is just horny and in need of relief. The strung out convos tend to trail off.
Think that's how Tinder works a lot of the time - the women want a short and witty line that impresses, or at least intrigues them from the off. Anything less than that, and bye.
Seen a few profiles that mention "if you say hello / ask how I am / compliment me", then bye.
I asked one girl pretty quickly if she was up for meeting and got a hostile toned message along the lines of "Don't you know there's a lockdown / virus going about????" and ignored after that.
A lot of them, in my opinion, on sites such as POF, are just looking for a man who won't treat them badly / cheat on them / dump them etc. like their ex, and their ex before that, but should be exactly the same as their ex.
Glancing at Tinder right now, 12mile radius, 18-36 age range:
First woman has 3 pictures with 2 different women in each one, so you've no idea who you're getting.
Second is a teacher with a young child and loves she tattoos
2 more seem normal, although 1 is most headshots / above the shoulders which probably says she's not overly thin.
One quite large.
That's it, and in the last month or two, hardly any more people than that on even during the popular evening hours.
Sure the lockdown is making is awkward for people, they're not willing to meet or wanting to meet, or there are no drunken opportunities to do so.
Who knows if the reduced Xmas period will improve things? Some people might go all out and make the best of say 4 days, others may just stick to their family groups.
