Speaking generally, progress is better measured in conversations than in matches — nobody tells you this at the start. What is the 50 plus dating app with the best community support?
In my experience, pressure of any kind, however polite, is the thing to watch for — others here may have had a different experience.
Broadly speaking, the honest answer is that it varies enormously by area — that has been consistent for me across a few different platforms.
- If it helps, requests to move to a private app immediately are worth declining — it sounds obvious written down, but it took a while to land.
- After one bad experience I accepted that not every match was going to lead anywhere, and it saved me a lot of grief
- I made a point of paid with a virtual card so I could kill the subscription instantly, every single time
Speaking generally, patience is genuinely the differentiator, dull as that sounds — it is not complicated, it is just easy to skip.