There is no sense in communicating with someone endlessly, talking on the phone for hours and days, if you can just as easily do so in person to find out if you like each other.
Therefore, you should try to meet up with someone you’re interested in as soon as possible. In other words, within 2 weeks of striking up conversation.
This prevents several things.
Don’t Waste Your Time
First, it prevents you from wasting your time on someone with whom you have no chemistry. Let’s say you spend several days and even weeks texting, or otherwise communicating with each other, not in person.
Let’s say you finally meet, and – woops! – there’s no chemistry there for you. Talk about a let down! Here you’ve built up this person, thinking your first date would culminate in fireworks, because of how fun it was to chat back and forth.
Instead, he was a dud, and you realize now that you aren’t very much interested in communicating with him going forward. Next!
Who Is This Person, Anyway?
Another reason why communicating too much before a first date is bad is because you don’t really know with whom you’re communicating – is this person really who he says he is?
You may have heard of the term “catfish” lately. The definition of a catfish is someone who claims to be one thing online but is someone completely different in real life.
Examples of catfish are gay/questioning women posing as men, or gay/questioning men posing as women, attempting to attract someone of their same sex, but without being honest about their own gender or sexual orientation.
Some catfish are the gender they say they are, but are stealing other people’s social media photos, and passing them off as their own.
Other examples of catfish are foreign men in developing countries who sit at an internet cafe all day, pretending to be the kind of person someone is looking for, and somehow managing to swindle vulnerable people (often older folks) out of hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars, using emotional and romantic manipulation.
Hopefully, you never come across a catfish. But the best way to combat this trap is to ensure you meet your new potential love interest in person as soon as possible.
Beware Excuses
If you’ve tried more than once to meet up with your date, and the excuses seem to keep on coming, just give up. He or she is either a catfish, or just not that interested in starting a relationship.
You are free to move on!
Adi Cecile is a Wellbeing and Dating & Relationship Coach who hosts free workshops in New Orleans for women struggling in their quests to discover the relationships they’ve always wanted. She also consults with both men and women on how to attract better quality potential partners. To sign up for a free consultation, and discover whether she is a good fit for your individual dating and relationship needs, visit http://www.adicecile.com
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