About to message someone online...

[Willing2acceptAdvice]

Hi all,

Ladies I need you advice. I’m about to message someone online. She says she is a hopeless romantic like me and likes to laugh. I would imagine that this would be the key to the chance of getting a reply...

I wanted to know your thoughts on my proposed message?

Any advice would be great:

Hello, bonjour, aloha and salut! I wasn’t sure how to say hi, so I tired a couple of ways. So how are you? How has your weekend been 😬 x

I was thinking of something witty to say seen as you say you like to laugh something like “my atoms like your atoms it must be chemistry” or “you had me at online now” but I don’t want to sound cheesy 😋

On a really serious note though. Hi I’m Dave haha.

So tell me about being a make up artist? What do you do? Who are your clients?

It would be great to hear back from you, chat a little and see if we have anything in common and without sounding like I’m counting my chickens maybe even get myself a date...

Take care x

Don’t admit to reading the Scum.

tired instead of tried
seen instead of seeing

If you are going to use those words at least get them right.

Honestly short and sweet is best. If you click with someone then maybe they will like the scone/brownie/apple pie conversation but it’s not my thing and would put me off.

Yikes I think it’s cringe and like you’re trying way too hard. Just short and friendly would be better I think.

Don’t admit to reading the Scum

^totally this. I wouldn’t reply to a sun reader

But if he is cheesy, and a Sun reader, there's really no point in hiding it, is there? The right person for him will like him as he is.

I liked the messages. They were chatty and laid back. Be yourself. She'll either like it, or not

I quite like the jokey messages.

Just be yourself.
You sound like a laugh. If she’s not fun, she won’t like you.

I would date you.

In all honesty I wouldn't reply to that- however I think you should send it - it is your personality and if she doesn't like it then shes not the one for you.

Get rid of the first emoji and the irrelevant 'Haha' and correct your typo 'tired' though.

It does look like its has been copied and pasted though! Pick something out of her profile to comment on

I’d block anyone who sent me that

I wouldn't reply, i would assume it was a copy and paste job.

And...The Sun?

I'm more concerned the overthinking that's gone into a message. So much so, you've posted it on here.

Go Dave! Be yourself and good luck x

I've never online dated so perhaps you don't want my opinion. Anyway, I like the first message but not the second.

Go for it. You'll soon see.

Just fucking go for it Dave. Be yourself. The right woman for you will love it.

^^^^^^

Oh, Dave! 🙈

Yikes that was my actual face reading those messages.

Too much. Too try hard. Too jokey and she'll think you're a clown, too serious and she'll think you're boring. Just be yourself.

I wouldn't reply if you referenced the Sun. or if you asked me to disclose who my clients are.

Sunday nights are supposed to be the busiest for OLD traffic so get going with it ASAP. It's nerve racking, I've done OLD and gave it up as a bad job but just be yourself. A simple "Hi, I'm Dave, how was your weekend? I enjoyed reading your profile and . I really like too and . It would be great to chat so I hope to hear from you soon. " it always sounds cheesey to be fair but that's the kind of message I'd have replied to. Kisses and emojis put me off as did any terms of endearment along with text speak, bad grammar and spelling, and lack of punctuation. I have high standards (which is why I gave up on old).
Good luck Dave! I hope you get a date

2nd one was horrific. I couldn't read it to the end.

I'd be put off by you thinking prince Charles is interesting and if I managed to get past that, reading the sun was the killer blow.

1st one is lesser of 2 evils

Well she might like those messages, who are we to say when we haven't read her profile? However I am another in the "Yikes" camp, it seems like you are trying far, far too hard.

Just keep things simple and friendly, ask about her weekend, tell her briefly about yours, maybe say you could use the services of a make up artist after one too many late nights (or something else light hearted) and finish by saying you hope to hear back from her.

Good luck with whatever you decide to send, hope she replies!

Look. If you want to find some find of acccurate response factors then you need to set up 2 identical profiles, and measure the response

Op, do you want to atract women who read the Sun? and watch whatever is on TV? (love thing?)

If so then crack on! But I'm a bit bemused about why you would post on Mumsnet about it...

So why is that?

Falls at your feet

I would MARRY you

-shame I'm already married-

Do it!

Sorry but no. Just say hi like a normal person!

What Ragingwhore said !