Dating sounds like fun until you go on some bad ones. After a few disappointments, you may start to wonder if it’s worth it.

I promise that it is. Dating is the best and fastest way to get into a relationship, so it pays to learn how to do it effectively.

Here are 5 of my favorite tips:

1. Write a really good profile I cannot stress this enough. Your profile is all a man has to go on until he meets you. Most people have no idea how to do this, so please learn how.

2. Read his profile for clues that you’re on the same page about relationship goals If he says he’s not looking for anything serious right now, just got out of something or is busy with XYZ, believe him. No matter how cute his picture is or how tall he is.

3. Invite him to call you on the phone to chat before planning to meet. I don’t recommend running all over town to meet guys you’ve only exchanged texts with. Even the briefest phone conversations reveal far more about a person than a text message.

4. Keep the texting to an absolute minimum Get to know each other with real conversations. Texting can go wrong very fast, especially with people you barely know.

5. The date should take place at a location that is convenient to you and planned in advance This immediately uplevels the quality of your connection. And you’ll both have something to look forward to. It will be more like a real date and less like a networking meeting.

If you found these tips helpful, there’s plenty more where they came from!

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