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Tag: online dating
Making the Most of Singles Events
Singles events have received a lot of press coverage recently, thanks to the release of First Catch Your Husband: Adventures on the Dating Front Line by Sarah Bridge. Choosing an event A lot can be learnt from Sarah Bridge’s positive and negative experiences at dating events. For example, Sarah found that women outnumbered men at… Continue reading Making the Most of Singles Events
How to Get Noticed Online
You’ve signed up for internet dating, uploaded a fantastic profile and a collection of photos that show you at you best…now what do you do?: a. Sit back and wait for messages to come flooding in from other members and only check your account once a week. b. Have a look through for people that… Continue reading How to Get Noticed Online
Do You Need a Quiz to Find a Partner?
Nowadays you can take a quiz to tell you about every aspect of your life (which are usually based on a psychological profiling questionnaires called the MBTI System), but would you trust a questionnaire to help you to find the love of your life? We look into the pros cons of using a personality quiz… Continue reading Do You Need a Quiz to Find a Partner?
Olympic Themed Dates
Getting hold of last-minute tickets to the Olympics has become a sport in its own right, but there are plenty more ways to enjoy the action with your date, from free sporting events to sampling a bit of culture:
Long Distance Dating – Meeting Up
In our last post we discussed why you should broaden your search to include members from further afield, but how do you go about meeting them for the first time? Meet in the middle If you’ve agreed to meet with someone who doesn’t live nearby, try to find a central point, so that you both… Continue reading Long Distance Dating – Meeting Up
What to Say in Your First Message on a Dating Site
We’re not going to lie here, sending your first message is pretty daunting; so here are some tips to help you to make the first move. Keep it short and sweet – The most successful messages in our experience are less than five lines long. You can always send more messages if you want to… Continue reading What to Say in Your First Message on a Dating Site
Dating Profile Photos Dos and Don’ts
Your main picture is one of the first things people see when they look at your online dating profile, so it’s important that it shows you in the best light. There’s no point spending hours writing an amazingly witty profile about yourself and then uploading the first picture you find, or worse still not even… Continue reading Dating Profile Photos Dos and Don’ts
Outdoor date idea – take a stroll around a beautiful garden
The UK and Ireland have an abundance of beautiful gardens that would make a perfect location for a relaxed al fresco date in the sunshine (assuming that it is still sunny when you read this). Find a garden to visit in your area by clicking on one of the following links. Garden visits provide the… Continue reading Outdoor date idea – take a stroll around a beautiful garden
What NOT to Write in Your Online Dating Profile
At Muddy Matches we look through hundreds of online dating profiles each week and if we’d had a pound for every person who likes “going out or staying in with a bottle of wine and a DVD” we would have been able to buy a cellar full of vintage champagne by now. So being the… Continue reading What NOT to Write in Your Online Dating Profile