Anyone who’s online dated for a while knows that there are a few, well, trends you start to see over time\u2014Things like photos with people’s exes cropped out; profiles that go on and on about hiking, cooking, and hanging out with friends; that girl you match with who never responds to your messages, or that guy who obviously copies and pastes the same message to every girl he meets. There are a lot of online dating clich\u00e9s, but could you actually be one of them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To help you stay clear of the basic online dating mistakes, we’ve come up with the top 5 most common stereotypes. Hopefully, you won’t recognize yourself in any of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. The Fresh Out of a Breakup Girl<\/strong> You\u2019re super-cute, so they\u2019re totally willing to validate all your feelings about the break up, and how, \u201cHe just didn\u2019t seem affected, you know? Like what kind of monster is with someone for three years and then just walks away unscathed?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n You\u2019ll size up your date and immediately compare him to the loser who dumped you, all while secretly wondering if he\u2019s got all the same flaws\u2019 because all men have all the same flaws; you\u2019ve watched enough Reese Witherspoon rom-coms to know that. He won\u2019t call you back, and you\u2019ll decide that he wasn\u2019t actually all that cute, and besides, you probably shouldn\u2019t be in a relationship anyway. You\u2019re totally into living for you right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. The Over-Tinderer<\/strong> If you haven\u2019t paid for your own dinner in more than a week, but you have every surrounding bar\u2019s Happy Hour menu memorized, you may be an Over-Tinderer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019re dating a girl and she shows up with the same top three times in a week, you may be Weird Lips Mike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. The \u201cI\u2019m New to This\u201d Guy Who\u2019s Been On the Site for A Year This guy knows what he\u2019s doing. He knows that bumbling through online dating etiquette means he gets to do whatever he wants without feeling rude. Just like he knows that illegal U-turn shaves 4 minutes off of his 25-minute daily commute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. The Always Message, Never Meet Girl She seems to be a real social butterfly when you\u2019re trying to nail down plans, and yet she seems to have equal down time, when she\u2019s bored and watching TV, and feels like chatting. Half of you can\u2019t back away from the challenge of trying to date what\u2019s starting to feel like a literal figment of your imagination, and half of you is worrying how badly you\u2019re being catfished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. The \u201cI\u2019m Not a Stereotype\u201d Guy<\/strong> Cool opening line. This guy is ~different. His profile pic of him standing on a rock, back toward the camera while he enjoys the breathtaking vista is totally different from all the other guys standing on a rock enjoying the vista and contemplating how unique they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He\u2019s not into that typical California mellow Jack Johnson music. He\u2019s different. He\u2019s got a soft spot for the Lumineers, but he\u2019s also into Aloe Blacc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He\u2019s not some hipster snob that uses terms like \u201cpedestrian\u201d as an adjective, he\u2019s way too civilian for that kind of pretension. He\u2019s just looking for someone genuine, so all you Marilyn Monroe quote girls can move along. He\u2019s much more of an Audrey Hepburn sucker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Look, everyone on the planet has some of these tendencies, and most of us are probably a grab bag of all of them. But truly, the only way to find someone who will take the good with the bad is to step forward as your most genuine self. Even if that means you\u2019re so scatterbrained, you can\u2019t remember which Mike is sitting in front of you. Soon you\u2019ll find your lobster, and stop worrying about if you\u2019re doing the right thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Are you the \u201cI\u2019m new to this” guy who’s been on the site over a year? Don’t be that guy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":13853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[890],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-online-dating-profile-tips"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nTherapy costs money. But here’s a great life-hack\u2014You can dump all your issues on an unsuspecting stranger for three hours if you trick them into going on a date with you, and you\u2019ll get a free drink out of it too. Play your cards right, and they may spring for dinner if it means being able to get a word in edgewise while you\u2019re mouth is full of wedge salad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThis is the type of person who applies to so many jobs they can\u2019t even remember what their interests are. Who buys tons of clothes without trying any of them on, and then makes mass returns. They Tinder Rory Gilmore style, going above and beyond swiping, and then losing track of all the Mikes that have replied. The Over-Tinderer has names in their phone like Taco Mike, Shoes Mike, and Weird Lips Mike. They panic because they can\u2019t remember which top they wore with which Mike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>This is the same guy who says, \u201cUm, I\u2019m not from around here,\u201d when he gets caught making an illegal U-turn. His general innocence about the whole online dating thing puts you at ease because he\u2019s not really \u201cplaying the game\u201d yet. It also covers a whole manner of sins. Oops! He totally didn\u2019t see your messages. Where do these notifications even go? Huh? No I\u2019m not still swiping, I don\u2019t get why it says I\u2019m active?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong>She\u2019s the cutest. All flirts and smiley faces. Loves to chat about her day and fish for compliments while she\u2019s at it, and you eagerly oblige because she\u2019s funny and adorable and puzzlingly enough, it\u2019s been three weeks and you haven\u2019t met her yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cAlso I\u2019m 6\u20191, since that seems to matter to everyone\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n