The 3G Dating Agency’s Blog

Kim Woodbridge writes an interesting blog over at the (Anti) Social Development and her latest post “10 things i’ve learned in my adventures in Social Dating” discusses her first hand experiences approaching the modern dating after 10 years off the market.

As a read through them it appears obvious that 3G Mobile Dating would eliminate half of these major problems eg.

1. Texting is the new phone call… Making plans via text messaging has replaced the phone call. Part of this may be because I’m dating slightly younger men. And, actually, I don’t mind. I hate talking on the phone and a couple of quick messages is a lot more efficient…. …Of course, I do prefer to speak with someone prior to meeting him because I think a voice can tell you a little about a person but a text is fine for plans.

I wonder how Kim would find a 3G Video Call as first base after a bit of flirty SMS?

2. People are flaky – You can have a series of email conversations, seem interested in each other, and then when it comes time to making plans for meeting they become really flaky about it. I’m not sure if they are shy, anti-social, not presenting themselves honestly, or married but the point to all of this is actually meeting and even though it makes me nervous I have plenty of email buddies and I don’t really need new ones.

I think it’s because over half the profiles are fake. Not only are there huge overseas call centers now being used by dating sites to add conversation and keep subscribers paying their monthly installments BUT there is also nightmare of some members who get carried away pretending they’re someone they’re not… meeting up is avoided as it would lift the lid on their fibbing!

3. “Odd first date requests”

Avoid them by having your first date on a 3G Video Call requiring little preparation/cost.

4. People can be very different online than in person – I had some email conversations with one guy that were a blast – he was so much fun and I couldn’t wait to meet him. Then the 90 minutes that I spent with him were some of the most awkward and uncomfortable minutes of my life

This is because a guy typing an email thread may be a lot more charming particularly if he is one of the “flaky” ones you describe above who may have been practicing flirty email lingo for some time with other women. Whilst it might need you to take a leap of faith, there is no quicker and more surefire way to get to meet the ‘real’ person than with a live face to face 3G Video Date.

6. Alcohol – A lot of first meetings revolve around alcohol in some way. Since I don’t really drink, I’m not really into that. Although it can take the edge off and alcohol would have definitely helped with the guy who wouldn’t speak. I’ve had more alcohol in the last two weeks then in the last 5 years.

When meeting with a date for a first time alcohol consumption not only compromises your personal safety but it also clouds your judgement. You wouldn’t get drunk to go and choose a new car or home so an environment where there is no pressure to drink is always a good idea.

7. People lie – Again, this isn’t so surprising but I try to be straightforward with people.

Lift the veil of dishonesty with Validated Profiles of genuine members and use 3G Video Calls for your first date to avoid nasty surprises when you meet someone who’s advertised himself with a picture from 20 years ago!

8. People are wishy-washy – This ties into being flaky. I’ll get a message from someone I’ve met and that I like asking if I am free on a particular day. I’ll say yes what do you have in mind. He will then say I might be able to clear some time. What?!?! Why did you ask me if I was free if you weren’t.

Because this guy is doing what a lot of men do when they are on a subscription dating site that enables them to send messages to everyone on the database for no extra cost… they use the “machine gun approach” and hit on every single female they can sometimes without even checking out the other members profile. The reason this guy probably had no idea what you meant was because he’d lost the thread of the conversation because he’s concurrently making contact with 100+ other members, and as all women know men aren’t very good at multitasking!

At The 3G Dating Agency members only pay to send messages and at 50p each it makes it worth your while checking out the profile and seeing if you actually want to date that person before sending them first contact.

9. I’ll call you tomorrow – Oh, this one is still going strong. Men can’t seem to get over this line. If you have no intention of calling, don’t say anything or say it was nice meeting you. Or don’t say it and then call three days later. Silly silly games. People really don’t know how to be honest.

Again this one goes back to the honesty step. A dating site full of genuine validated profiles and offering the ability to immediately set up 3G Video Dates helps deter the fake profiles of the dishonest dreamers.

10. Mismatch – This one is still going strong too. The ones you like are the ones you never hear back from. And the ones that you didn’t like are the ones that ask you to go out again.

In my opinion the trick to avoiding the mismatch is to get to meet more genuine people in less time. Stop wasting your time waiting at your computer for replies or contact, wasting time getting ready for/travelling to & from dates, and spending time with people you wished you’d just walked straight back out on (but you didn’t want to be rude). We’ve designed the 3G Dating Agency to help you get the replies and make the contact straight from your mobile phone AND avoid the costs and time traveling for first dates by enjoying a 3G Video Call to meet up in person…

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