Online dating: The ‘How are you?’ cleanse

The whole point of online dating is to get offline, and repeatedly asking someone how their day is going before knowing them or with no other context will not help that cause. — Dreamstime/TNS

If you are reading this article and you’re currently on an online dating site/app, then I am putting you on a “How are you?” cleanse.

All too often on the dating apps, even if you have a fantastic profile with lots of “message bait” – information in your profile specific to yourself that makes it easy for someone to ask a question or comment on – someone simply asks one of the questions below: