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Online Dating Advice: Top 5 Tips For Calling Your Online Dating Partner

By Emily Heart

Many people prefer to speak over the phone before meeting their online dating partner in the flesh, and it is often used as an intermediate stage between dating online and meeting in person.

Speaking to potential dating partners over the phone can save a lot of time - you are less likely to go on dates with inappropriate people if you have had a proper chat first. It can also make the first date a lot less nerve-wracking if you have already made a good impression over the phone.

If you are dating online and would like to move a relationship forward from email messaging to chatting over the phone, here are some simple tips about how to get the most out of this stage in the dating process.

Aim to find out if you would like to meet in person

When taking the step of phoning an online dating partner, use this as an opportunity to find out if you would like to meet up with them face to face. While you will have found out a number of facts about and insights into your online dating partner from their profile and messages, it’s sometimes a lot easier to tell if you will really get on with someone once you start speaking to them, so you should use the conversation to help you decide out if you are drawn to their personality.

Be prepared – print out their profile

While you might think you have got to know the person through dating online, it can sometimes be difficult to keep a phone conversation going if you are unprepared. When chatting online, you have a chance to pause and think, while on the phone you will have to keep going. It can also be a bit confusing if you are chatting to more than one person, and being confused with somebody else will not go down well with your dating partner. Print out their online dating profile and refer to it for ideas if you get stuck.

Keep a balance between questions and answers

Try to make sure you both have a chance to talk about yourselves by asking questions and offering up information about yourself in equal measures. People like to talk about themselves but you don’t want this to come across as an interview as that will put the person you are dating on edge.

Talk for about half an hour

If you are both enjoying the conversation, about thirty minutes should be enough time to get to know them enough to tell if you would like to meet in person. After this time it is ok to say you have to go without giving a reason why and, if there is a very good rapport, one of you could organise a proper date before you say goodbye.

Don’t agree to anything you’re not happy with

If you realise during the conversation that you don’t want to go out with your online dating partner after all, don’t say ‘yes’ to a date just out of politeness - this will probably end up being be a waste of time for both parties. Either don’t organise a date or, if they ask to meet up, simply explain you have really enjoyed the conversation but don’t feel you are a good match.

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