Then take the test to find out.

The test from a BBC tv documentary takes only a few minutes and you should find it interesting.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/ztjkqty

This test is based on research by Prof Khalid Khan, Queen Mary University of London, and Dr Sameer Chaudhry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. They analysed dozens of scientific studies from recent decades on attraction and online dating, and found some handy tips to create an alluring profile. Most studies were done in the UK and US, so will be most applicable if you live here.

Yeah.

There is no secret.


Which means they studied a bunch of people and came up with an average.

Problem with these studies is everyone dates as an individual, and one on one, not an average dating a bunch of average people.

Same reason forums are horrible for finding advice.

You can only really address generalities that don't apply very well to an individual without a lot of mental gymnastics sanding down the edges to get the square peg into the round hole.


I got smokin' hot all around.
It was obvious the thought process they used for the questions, making it easy to pick the "right" answers.

Which isn't a good thing.

As people could, gasp, use general answers to get dates and then when they actually date...not live up to the answers they give.
IOW present themselves as something they aren't for the sake of short term gratification (like getting "a" date online).

Which doesn't help anyone and simply creates a reciprocal cycle as it causes people to adapt; tell lies, learn the lies, lies don't work, so tell new lies, learn the new lies, so new lies don't work, tell the old lies, relearn the old lies, tell new lies, and so on.
e.g. read any PUA blog or book.

Don't think studies from "recent decades" are relevant to today..a lot has changed..JMO

I think the idea is to give people helpful tips to improve their chances of obtaining a date, for example, people are more likely to contact you if you have a photo in your profile. All based on studies of what type of photos and profiles attracts people to contact people, just helpful information in my opinion.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist or a decades old study to know having a profile pic gives you a better chance....just common sense.

This just in, people having an online profile get more online dates than people who don't have an online profile. ....

Sorry for my very simple example in just stating what is probably obvious here, there are much better tips in the test examples which are not so obvious.

So I took the test and filled it out the way I use to build my profile before I gave up and with one exception it told me I had a prefect profile.

Strange, I had such a strong profile in the past but have still never met anyone from any of the almost 20 dating sites I've been a member of. This means one of two things, they don't know what they are talking about or everyone they collected data from was lying, ether way this just tells me that I made the right choice in giving up on finding anyone to be more then friends.

To win dates, I think a lot depends on where you live if you are looking for local dates, as most people probably are. London UK population was 8.6 million people in 2015, so someone living and looking their is more likely to win a local date, than someone living and looking for local dates in a much smaller city or town, with a much smaller population. Obviously, there are other reasons as well why people win dates.

They say that today in the UK. 25% of all new relationships began by the people meeting online, so there is hope for us all here in the UK, but the number of dates people have is quite large since most dates come to nothing, because until you meet in person you cannot really discover if there is any "chemistry", that spark of attraction between two people.

Ha Ha Ha Ha....Ciretom .... Hey Cool Downnnn....Want some cold drinks??? Let's set a date

Shhhhhhhhhh (I'll just whisper)....Others doesn't know that...so I think it is not common to many people Lolzzzzz

Yeahhh....Not the one with just "Hi" or "Hello" and "I will tell you later"...Lolzzz...and also Not the one with almost a "Novel" in it as well with "crooked English" that might be just a "copy and paste"

20 dating sites???...Wowwww....Where did the ladies go....Lolzzzz

Hmmmmmm.....Thinking of migrating to UK

Mr. dnh, could we see your face? Eyes are the door to the heart. In a profile photo, my first stop is the eyes. Then I read the written story.... There will be others in this group.
Sometimes the long story we push at the back of our mind to avoid pain of frustrations can change overnight when the right person happens....when we least expect. You still have a chance at true love. Don't close the eyes yet!

Thanks Issac, I just ROLF coffee all over my phone! :^a
True that bro!

Well I know the secret to online dating. First you have to (POW)... thud.

Dating assassin
Umm, he has no idea.... I mean I have no idea what I'm talking about... umm just keep reading the forums, you'll figure it out eventually...
Remember, I wasn't here..

. Sorry to tell you this, but living in the UK won't improve ANY outcome, when it comes to finding a date, because it functions just like any other country. We all use the same tactics. After all, it isn't the country's job to find you a date. How you go about finding one is all up to you. There's no set way to go about it.

Yanno I have looked at online dating pretty much the same as I would local in person dating..

If a person wants a date they will find one. And When I want a date I usually find one. Yeppers.

This to me is just another option in the world.

Since my pool is limited to what is really good dating material where I live lol..

Not to burst your bubble but I lived just north of London for about three years and never found any dates over there ether. I've even spent a month in Australia when I was in the US NAVY and I'd always heard the local women throw themselves at American Sailors and had no luck there ether.