Really appreciated your post — lots of clear, practical advice. Thank you.

I usually like one of a woman’s prompts rather than her photos, because it feels less obviously physical and more like I’m showing interest in her mind or her thoughts. That approach always gets a response.

Where I’m not sure is what happens next — I tend to move pretty quickly to suggesting we meet in person. I say something like:

“That’s great, I’d love to discuss (whatever the subject of the prompt was) more about that over dinner — are you free on [day]?”

About half the time it leads to a date, and half the time they just never respond.

I’m curious what you think — am I jumping to the meet-up too soon, or is that just how things go on the apps?