The number of social networking sites on the Internet is growing like yeast. Think about it — this is a goldmine of potential partners from all over the world! So if you’re currently free of any commitments, it’s the perfect time to start dating on social networks and successfully lead it to its logical conclusion — a wedding limousine, a dream dress with a veil, and an exciting “yes” at the registry office.
So take the advice from the magazine wmj.ru, stop aimlessly browsing through friends’ pages — follow this guide to finding a guy on social networks.
Flirting rules
Five rules for successfully starting and continuing a relationship on social networks:
1. Build your selection of suitors
Scan your own friends list on the site, as well as your friends’ friends: attention and intuition first and foremost! Listen to your heart, and if it skips a beat at the sight of a particular photo, add that candidate to your list of potential suitors.
2. Initiate contact without unnecessary words
Once your selection is ready, send young men friend requests. Forget about giving banal photo comments or posting messages on forums. Due to constant spam, most social network users rarely read through the flood of information coming from various IP addresses. But a friend request can immediately show your chances of continuing the acquaintance. If the candidate responds positively — great; negatively — well, he missed his chance, poor fellow!
3. Remove compromising material
Preparation before meeting is crucial. First, your photos should spark maximum interest in you — otherwise the operation “Friend of a friend becomes my husband” is doomed to fail. Second, delete or hide any compromising photo captions accessible to the public. Moreover, the image you create on the site should contain an element of mystery that candidates will want to unravel.
4. Start a conversation
The fish has bitten! Reel it in! Be interesting, casually ask what your online counterpart does for a living. If he is a real friend of your acquaintances, gather a full dossier on him. If your connection is nominal — take initiative yourself. One word leads to another, and you’ll learn a lot about his interests and work. Female curiosity and intuition will help you find hooks for further relationships. And of course, don’t forget light flirting!
5. Move forward!
If you initiate the process of meeting in person, consider yourself doing great. Of course, the invitation to meet should technically come from Him — but thanks to your diplomatic prompting. The main thing is that the guy shouldn’t realize you’re feeding him lines in this dialogue. As “bait,” you can use a shared interest in videos, a new movie in theaters, an exhibition of rare butterflies, etc. The key is that the topic should be appealing to both of you.
Don’t worry if the candidate lives in another city. Modern communication tools allow online conversations from anywhere on the planet. And if there’s a spark between you, distance won’t be an issue.
Of course, living in the same city increases the chances of a quick meeting, but reduces the number of potential suitors.
Marriage via social networks: filtering out the Casanovas
Two types of users are most active in seeking relationships on social networks: the very young and those over 27. The first group seeks as many connections as possible for socializing or sex. The second group, clearly, if their heart is still free and their passport lacks a marriage stamp, are more often oriented toward serious relationships. But not always…
Many social network users don’t reveal their true marital status. To avoid getting hurt by a womanizer, be cautious.
Don’t fall for him immediately. If most of his friends are girls, you risk wasting your time. And the presence of a wife is often easy to detect — for example, she might have the same last name as your new acquaintance in the social network, or her photo album might contain pictures of them together.
Don’t be lazy — check out his female friends.
Social networks dislike banalities
To protect you from common mistakes when starting relationships online, we’ve compiled the most frequent user errors. So, it’s forbidden:
– to leave banal comments on photos of someone you like;
– to write overly complex philosophical phrases on forums or “walls”;
– to rate all his photos with the highest score.
As you can see, it’s all more than simple! And these three rules bring great benefit, because nothing is more irritating than overly sentimental and banal photo captions.
She caught him in a social network
Finally, a showcase love story about a girl from Nizhny Novgorod who managed to melt the heart of a Muscovite within a few months on a popular social networking site. And on February 14 (!), he rushed to meet her for their first date, staying only a couple of hours, bringing a bouquet of flowers and a plush teddy bear. Distance meant nothing to him.
This guy was on the friends list of her close friend. Before sending him her first message (which was a greeting for his professional holiday) on the social network, the girl checked his relationship status (fortunately, he hadn’t yet gone to the registry office with anyone) and learned about his interests.
After a romantic walk through snowy Nizhny Novgorod, he left for Moscow, and already from the train sent her a message saying how wonderful it would be to meet again. Online romance replaced face-to-face communication until summer, when on the shore of the Black Sea he placed a ring on her ring finger and proposed marriage.
Since then, this family has two favorite months each year — February, when they first met in person, and July, when they confessed their love to each other. By the way, their wedding was also in July, and thanks to a happy coincidence, they are expecting the birth of their son in February…
Do you believe it’s possible to find a man on social networking sites?
