The world of online dating opens you up to a ton of matches that you may not have otherwise met. However, you may soon find your inbox overflowing with messages shortly after signing up and filling out your profile. Of those, you’re talking with a few interesting prospects that have all caught your eye. Nothing is more embarrassing than going on a date with someone and confusing them with the person you saw last night. Here’s a few ways to keep track of all of your online dating partners.
10. Create Separate Data Sheets for Each Date
This may sound like a school assignment, but it will definitely help you in the end. Either open up a word-processing program or even Excel to create data sheets for each potential date. Include such information as their name, their occupation, where they live, and some of their hobbies. You can either type up notes yourself (which could help you better retain the information) or copy and paste the correspondence with your date directly from the site.
9. Include Their Full Name in Your Phone’s Contact Information
You may know two Johns already or have three Christinas in your contact list. Therefore, put your date’s full name in your phone once you two exchange numbers. With Facebook and other social media, most people offer their full names very willingly. You will now be able to tell which John or Christina is texting you right away.
8. Make Notes of All Correspondence
Once you start texting and dating someone, update your notes. If you’re seeing multiple people at once, this allows you to keep track of what you did, where you went, and with whom. You don’t want to keep returning to the same haunts with different people nor do you want to suggest the same date idea twice to the same person.
7. Consider Nicknames
Sometimes, nicknames can mean even more than knowing someone’s full name. Whatever mental tricks help you remember someone’s name, you may want to use that as a nickname. Similarly, maybe something they said or did during the date made you think of a nice moniker to call them. You definitely won’t confuse this person with anyone else when they text or call.
6. Use Your Smartphone
Of course, if you make all your notes on your computer, it can be a little tough to access them when you’re out and about. Most smartphones have a notes app where you can still be meticulous. If you ever start to forget information about your date, you can excuse yourself to the bathroom and read up.
5. Study Your Notes before the Date
Speaking of reading up, make sure to study all of the information you have about your date before you two go out. While you may be talking to other prospects, for the next few hours, only this one person matters. Reread the messages you two shared as well as their profile. You can talk to everyone else after the date is over.
4. Update Your Data Sheets as Necessary
As you continue meeting prospects offline and going out with them, you need to keep your information up-to-date. If you had a first or second date with anyone, make a few notes about how it went, what you did, and how you felt. The more people you date, the harder it can be to keep track of everything, so don’t skip this step.
3. Always Keep Your Notes on You
Whether you email your information to yourself so you can read it on your tablet or you keep all data saved on your smartphone, never be without your notes. Even if you sit in the car before a date and brush up, this is better than going in and confusing a prospect with someone else.
2. Cut the Dead Weight
Naturally, as you date around, you will meet people that you want to keep seeing and others that you don’t. When you decide you’re done with someone, delete their phone number, their messages on the dating site, and all of your data on them. There’s no need to get them confused with someone you are dating.
1. Apologize if You Make a Mistake
No one is perfect. You may have had a long day, been stressed at work, or didn’t sleep enough and you totally told the same story on the second date as you did on the first. It happens. Apologize, try to laugh it off, and move on.
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