RELATIONSHIP ADVICE|AN OPINION PIECE.

Five Pro Tips for Successful Online Dating

How to improve your chances of finding the perfect match

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I met my husband online. We have been married for over ten years now. Before that, I had a wonderful long-term relationship with a man I met online. In between, I had a whole heap of fun.

Here are my top tips for successful online dating.

Invest in a good photograph

Love enters through the eyes, so invest in getting a good photograph of yourself, but make sure it looks like you. Every man I met for a date was relieved that I looked exactly like my photo: every single one said that I was the first person they had met for whom that was true. They had all been disappointed on previous dates to find that the person they were meeting looked nothing like their photo.

Here is one I took of myself that I used:

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Do not tick any boxes that rule out potential love matches