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The Bunk recently stepped into this veritable jungle and quickly established himself as the proverbial king.
But no really, I’m looking for tips on the initial message. I want to improve my strike rate in terms of replies. I’m not talking Tinder where I understand you just hit photos etc. The written word is clearly where I come into my own (hand).
I’ve hooked up with a few ladies but boy oh boy can it be tedious work in between. You deadest send out dozens of messages for maybe one or two responses.
This is the only obstacle in the online expedition for me, cos once the Bunk has em on the hook, it’s not long before they’re flopping on the floor of the boat and getting a solid knock to the head to finish them off (ok I’ll stop with these puns)
I don’t take it personally – mainly because I know I’m an almighty catch – but also because I don’t blame the ladies at all. One of them was kind enough to show me her online account, we’re talking dozens upon dozens upon dozens of messages every day. Unless somebody made you literally bust your pants, you wouldn’t be responding, because you’d be there all day. I’ve heard most online sites run at roughly 85:15 male to female ratio, so you have to stand out somehow
Anyway I’ve tried every approach with my opening message, such as
- the compliment: “hey I really like your photos, you have a lovely smile…”
- the interest: “hey you’re into ___, I’ve always been interested in that”
- the human: “hey how are you? How are you finding this site?”
- the pig: “wanna ****?”
- the insult: “your friends are all way hotter than you, but I’d still have a crack fo sho”
- the filthy joke
- the dad joke
- a poem
And many more.
Don’t worry, I’m fully aware of how ridiculous some of these are, it’s more an experiment to see what gets responses.
What have you found works best?
But no really, I’m looking for tips on the initial message. I want to improve my strike rate in terms of replies. I’m not talking Tinder where I understand you just hit photos etc. The written word is clearly where I come into my own (hand).
I’ve hooked up with a few ladies but boy oh boy can it be tedious work in between. You deadest send out dozens of messages for maybe one or two responses.
This is the only obstacle in the online expedition for me, cos once the Bunk has em on the hook, it’s not long before they’re flopping on the floor of the boat and getting a solid knock to the head to finish them off (ok I’ll stop with these puns)
I don’t take it personally – mainly because I know I’m an almighty catch – but also because I don’t blame the ladies at all. One of them was kind enough to show me her online account, we’re talking dozens upon dozens upon dozens of messages every day. Unless somebody made you literally bust your pants, you wouldn’t be responding, because you’d be there all day. I’ve heard most online sites run at roughly 85:15 male to female ratio, so you have to stand out somehow
Anyway I’ve tried every approach with my opening message, such as
- the compliment: “hey I really like your photos, you have a lovely smile…”
- the interest: “hey you’re into ___, I’ve always been interested in that”
- the human: “hey how are you? How are you finding this site?”
- the pig: “wanna ****?”
- the insult: “your friends are all way hotter than you, but I’d still have a crack fo sho”
- the filthy joke
- the dad joke
- a poem
And many more.
Don’t worry, I’m fully aware of how ridiculous some of these are, it’s more an experiment to see what gets responses.
What have you found works best?
