Online dating greatly increases your pool of potential suitors. But the excess of choice might make you overlook good candidates.Personal growth helps in making long-term relationships work. Don’t be quick to give up on those who are superficially flawed or aren’t an exact match to you.

Take Your Time Making Choices

Important predictors of relationship success, like communication, humor and personal compatibility, can only be better accessed in a real-life meeting.Keep online, pre-meeting exchanges to two weeks or shorter and make it personal by asking about a specific part of someone’s profile or about likes and dislikes.

When To Meet An Online Date

You should like your photos but they should accurately depict your physical appearance. Well perceived pictures often feature a genuine smile (one that makes your eyes start to crinkle up) and a slight head tilt.Briefly write what’s distinctive and interesting about you and what you’re looking for. Ideally, dedicate 70% for the former and 30% for the latter.

How To Portray Yourself

Research shows that people tend to fall for others similar to themselves. Being honest about yourself and your needs increases the odds that you will meet compatible people.Besides being honest, you should consider an app’s target demographic and use the apps that fit your needs well.

Choosing The Right Dating Apps

In some ways online dating is a different ballgame from meeting someone in real life - and in some ways it's not. (Reis points out that "online dating" is actually somewhat of a misnomer. We use the term to mean "online meeting," whether it's through a dating website or a dating app.)