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The Worst Messages to Send on Dating Apps . . . Including “Hey”

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  It isn’t easy coming up with the perfect things to say to a “match” on an online dating app . . . but there are a lot of WRONG things.  

A new survey asked single people about the worst messages to send through dating apps . . . and here are the Top 10:

1.  “Hey” or “Hi” . . . 78% of users say they don’t like that.

2.  “You up?” . . . 72%

3.  “How are you?” . . . 65%

4.  Cheesy pickup lines, like:  “Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?” . . . 59%

5.  “Hey beautiful” or “hey handsome” . . . 54%

6.  Starting off with, “I usually never message first, but” . . . 48%

7.  “What are you up to?” . . . 43%

8.  “You free tonight?” . . . 41%

9.  “You remind me of my ex” . . . 40%

10.  “Tell me why we should date” . . . 39%

Some others that made the list include:

“You’re the man (or woman) of my dreams.”

“Why are you single?”  Or, “How long have you been single?”

“You look like trouble.”

“I bet you get a lot of messages.”

“I’d treat you right”

And “we’d have beautiful children.”

An expert says the keys are:  Adding personality to your messages . . . sharing details about your life while asking a match about theirs . . . and being unique to stand out, both in the topics you talk about AND your tone. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14591355/WORST-messages-send-dating-apps.html