Just as with normal real-world friendships, online relationships need to be tended and to be allowed to grow over time. Here are a few fast growing tips:
1. Take Time and Make Time: Does your online date email you regularly? Do you do the same? Neglecting virtual meetings can be considered rude, so treat each other’s time with respect. If it’s lacking, it could mean that it is time to move on.
2. Communication Needs to “Feel” Right For Both of You: If one of you is appears to be too desirous about meeting up, for example, that can create uncomfortable feelings. So, please, don’t hurry things; learn to take your time and engender trust in each other.
3. Respect Each Other’s Privacy: Don’t send the other person’s email addresses or digital photos to your friends, for example; especially if your online friend emailed you the information in privatley.
4. Share Special Online and Offline Enjoyable Items: when online: send online greeting cards; links to favourite websites where you can upload digital photos of your favourite pet or car; download music and video clips; post on favourite forums of mutual interest. When offline: if you’ve swapped addresses or post office boxes, send printed greeting cards and postcards and/or small items from your area (like a key chain with your state motto).
5. Share Recipes: People get tired of just discussing the weather, so a very popular subject to turn to is food. Sharing information about favourite foods and recipes will get things going and help form a point of reference; talk about your favourite cuisine and preferences. Do a search online for free recipes to share and take photos of your culinary creations and share them with your online friend too.
6. Bidding at Auctions: Ebay auctions sell just about any and everything. So, surf about and enter searches like the dates you were in middle school. Share cool photos of old games and toys and TV shows from when you were young or when your parents or grandparents were small.
Online dating should be an educational and fun experience. So, go on, learn more about each other and have fun while youre at it! Take a cyber-stroll down ol’ memory lane together and see what’s cookin’. Tend your online relationship, water it with care and over time it can sprout and grow.
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