It’s time to meet up

You’ve taken your time on the over 60 dating site and chatted on-line. You know how you differ and the things you have in common, and you’re interested enough to meet face to face. Seeing your date in person can often be make-or-break as it only takes a few minutes to get or give that valuable first impression. If you’re intrigued by their profile and personality, there is a good chance there’ll be some chemistry when you start dating.

Think of your first date not as an adventure. Take time to prepare thoroughly for your date and become as comfortable as possible and you’ll be off to a great start.

Make it memorable

We all start relationships with a first date and if we get it right then a wonderful future may await you regardless of age. Good places for a first date outside of bars and restaurants are those that partly attracted you to a date in the first place. If the other person is as mad on horse racing as you are then a picnic and visit to your local track makes perfect sense. Remember though that first dates are often best in daytime and in social surroundings. Think outside the box and you could find yourself off to a great start.

Your dating profile is important

Take your time with your dating profile. Choose a photo that shows you in your best light and avoid passport photos that usually look grim. You may have a wonderful photo of you drunk at a party with your friends but it’s unlikely to get you many admirers. Ideally your profile should have a range of photos which show the different sides of your character.

Avoid clichés in your profile such as ‘easy to please’ or ‘happy go lucky’. These things might be true but many other people say the same thing. Try using buzz words that stand out more such as a music festival you have just been to or a book you have just finished. If food is your thing, then mention your favourite cuisine. If you are lucky enough to have an interesting job, then describe it. You get the idea.

Keep searching

All of us are multi-dimensional and although it would be great to find the only other George Formby fan club member in Telford who is over 6ft 6″ tall and whose favourite food is roast squirrel, it is unlikely. The best way to search is to firstly focus in on the things that are non-negotiable such as whether a person smokes or not and whether they are within a reasonable radius. After that, start adding all your likes and dislikes one at a time and slowly you will get to your perfect short-list of potential people to chat to.

Make the first move

If someone you think looks interesting has looked at your profile and hasn’t sent you a message, please don’t give up hope! It’s still more common for the male members to be proactive but there’s nothing wrong with female members getting in there first. Men often love the confidence that comes with you making the first move.

The same goes for the boys, if you’ve winked at a girl and she hasn’t reciprocated then don’t despair, write to her. Keep your messages short and friendly but if they don’t write back then don’t stress about it. This is internet dating and meant to be fun.

Don’t let one poor date get you down

Most internet daters will meet at least one person they’re not that attracted to during the process. It’s totally normal and mirrors any other form of dating. Keep at it and when you do meet the perfect person you’ll know that it was worth the wait!

Stay Safe

We pride ourselves at the over 60 dating site, on offering a great environment that gives you control over the dating experience and allowing you to progress at your own pace. We want you to exercise caution when dating new partners whether you meet them in a pub, through a friend or on our dating site.

It is our main priority to make sure that you have a safe and successful experience on this website. We strongly recommend that you build up relationships over time and do not give out your personal telephone number or address to matches that interest you straight away.

It is unlikely that you would give your life story and all your details to somebody you had met for thirty minutes in the local pub and did not really know.

This form of dating is different to traditional dating because you can be highly selective and take your time. Remember that you are fully in control and there is no rush at all to move things forward. Please read our safety tips page and our customer charter for further information.

Dating popularity

Once the secret pastime of many people, internet dating has now entered the mainstream of cultural life with the ONS (Office of National Statistics) adding internet dating to its basket of goods and services to monitor.

According to research, ten percent of UK singles now participate in this type of dating and the growth in the market is staggering. Some figures suggesting a 54% increase in 2015 alone. The reason for this is that any stigma associated with internet dating is a thing of the past and this is now the ‘cool’ way to go about organising your love life.

Life is more transient than it was and people connect far more through mobile phones and tablet computers. Internet dating is just going to be part of what people do when they want to find a partner as well as meeting people through friends and family and going out.

Another driver in the growth of internet dating is that people like the many ways you can now filter out non-suitable people through personality traits, physical characteristics, lifestyle choices and even star sign compatibility. This makes the whole exercise fun and far more productive as you only chat to or meet those people who have met your expectations and seem a likely choice.

Our over 60 dating membership, is over one million individuals and growing in size every week. There is never a shortage of new people just like you who want to take the strain out of meeting potential partners. If you have not already decided to join them then why not take the plunge and join the over 60 dating site today. You will not be disappointed.