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What dating tips/advice do you have?

For me, who hasn't yet dated strangers I'll be meeting for the first time. I've only ever dated one guy since I was 22 and we were acquaintances for a while before dating. That relationship lasted 14 years. It's over now, I'm 36 and new to the app-based dating scene.

I have an upcoming date with this guy I've never met in person and I'm kinda scared.
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swirlie · 31-35
I have SO much to tell you that I don't know where to begin. I've been on a perpetual dating scene since I was a teenager because I enjoy it. Anyone I've ever met, I've never broken up with. That's part of the secret to a happy life is to not actually break up, but instead just move on and always leave the door open to all past relationships.

That doesn't mean you'll get back together with those past guys, but it does mean that you can willingly be in the same room with them should your paths ever cross again in the future.

The problem with app dating is that the whole concept replicates 'blind dating'. The difference between crossing paths with some cute guy in a supermarket and meeting that same guy on a blind date (which was set up by someone else on your behalf), is the spontaneity aspect.

On a blind date (or app date), nothing is spontaneous. Everything is pre-organized and in ALL cases, you are playing a game of Russian Roulette with yourself. You know absolutely nothing about the guy until you're face to face in what can be an uncomfortable situation (like a restaurant).

If you saw the same guy in a supermarket for example, you'd always have the option of just walking away if the energy wasn't right or something felt 'off' to you. In an app date or blind date situation, it's somewhat difficult to walk out of a restaurant or to simply NOT go to that restaurant as planned once you're face to face with him.

I quite frankly do not recommend blind dating nor do I recommend app dating unless you know in advance what the guy looks like and have spoken to him for at least 5 minutes through direct voice interaction (not text messaging).
greencompass · 36-40, F
@swirlie thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! I appreciate it especially that you're experienced in the dating scene and enjoy it. It's exactly that feeling of being trapped that I had in mind.

We've decided to watch his most recommended show on Netflix at his place and chat and get to know each other in between episodes. Is this what they call Netflix and chilling? I feel so out of touch with what people do now. My gut is feeling like he wants to get to know each other physically right away and that's not what I'm after.

We've only been texting via the app, hinge. I'll see if we can move the conversation where we can video chat.

Thank you for your gems of advice🙏🏻
swirlie · 31-35
@greencompass
I appreciate it especially that you're experienced in the dating scene and enjoy it.

The reason I enjoy it is because I discovered a social tactic during my teen years called 'the art of manifestation'. It works on the premise that we are what we 'think', we have what we 'think' and we always attract to ourselves that which we 'think'.

With that in mind, you will either attract or repel, it's always one or the other.

That is why blind dating or using dating apps is so completely unnecessary.

I'm not wanting to tell you what to do here, but going to a movie on a 'first date' is actually a waste of valuable time... regardless of where that movie is being played. As long as your attention is focused on the movie, you are not focused on each other. At the end of the movie, you still don't really know each other. Awkward moments follow.

Watch a movie at his house after you've dated a few times, but never on a first date is my recommendation.

Secondly, going to HIS place to watch a Netflix movie the first time you meet the guy is not even recommended by the police. The problem is, because you agreed to be inside his residence, it also means from a legal perspective that you are 'consenting' to whatever takes place inside HIS home.

If you get raped while in his residence, you'll have a hard time explaining your case if you ever reported it, assuming you were still alive after the fact and were able to report it.

If you really are needing to watch a movie with him, that should only be done in a movie theater, not his house, since you don't know the guy. Besides, if things go sour inside the movie theater, you can always walk out and call a taxi to take you home but that may not be so easy if you're inside his house.
greencompass · 36-40, F
@swirlie thank you very much for this swirlie. You've given me much to think about and I think I'm gunna suggest to him changing the venue and activity.
swirlie · 31-35
@greencompass
I remain at your service! 🙂‍↕