Dating Fails: The greatest deadly sins when dating

Finding your dream partner is not easy. Dating failures are common and don't make things easier. We'll show you the biggest deadly sins when looking for a partner - so that you don't commit these mistakes.

Dating fail 1: fake picture or total photoshopping

The first impression counts, true. However, your date should also be able to recognize you.

• Images certainly play a major role on single exchanges. The first impression is usually obtained from the photo.
• There is a great temptation to help a little. Enhancing a picture a little is certainly fine. However, if the Photoshop result hardly has anything to do with the original, this is an absolute dating failure.
• Some make it easier for themselves and simply use a completely different picture - after all, the Internet is an inexhaustible source of images.
• At the first meeting, however, the fake is inevitably exposed. So if you plan not only to chat, but also to meet your potential dream partner at some point in real life, then you should also use a real picture in the profile.

Dating-Fail 2: "Alternative facts" instead of true information

You should not only stay true to the picture.

• If you are really looking for a partner, you should not gloss over the information in your profile.
• It doesn't make sense to talk about age or figure - it comes out. If you are not just looking for a one-night stand, sooner or later other untruths will come to light.
• Therefore, think about whether you are really interested in football, for example, and indicate this. If a relationship actually develops, you will be in need of explanation if you have no idea about the sport and it is really boring.

Dating fail 3: Too fast - or too slow

The right timing needs to be learned.

• How long should you wait until the first date - or until the first intimacy? A good question to which there is hardly a correct answer.
• If you get into a first meeting too quickly, this may convey "despair" or you will be labeled "easy to have". Neither is a good basis for a serious relationship.
• If you delay the first date for too long and your partner is constantly drowning, the potential partner may lose interest. Nobody waits forever for someone he doesn't know.
• Trust your gut feeling. If you have the impression that the chemistry is right here, give yourself a deadline by which you agree to a date. If you are not interested, say it straight away - and clearly.

Dating fail 4: crowd instead of class

It's not the amount of dates that matters, it's the quality.

• There is a large selection of possible partners on dating portals. However, dating is not a "crawling table". Just because the offer is there, you don't have to access it straight away.
• Make your selection according to criteria that are important to you. It is best to make a list of what is really important to you in a partner. Check the "offers" for this.
• A small circle of really interesting people is better than a large pool of interested parties, with whom you have nothing in common in real life.

Dating fail 5: address, phone number and erotic photos

The first date - no need to reveal private details.

• The first date is sure to be exciting. If it goes well, some people just gush with happiness and completely forget about their own safety.
• You don't really get to know a person well at a meeting. It is actually the first impression in "real life" - nevertheless your date is still a stranger.
• The first date should therefore not take place at your home. Giving out address and phone number right away can be a mistake: If the whole thing does not develop as you imagine, but the other is in love with both ears, you might not be able to get rid of him or her.
• Then the phone may keep ringing or someone may even be at your door unexpectedly - and unwittingly.
• You should also be very careful with erotic photos. Sending hot photos after the first meeting is not a good idea. You don't know what happens to the pictures. At best, they stay with who they were meant for. But they may also end up with colleagues or friends or, in the worst case, on the Internet on relevant portals.

So that online dating doesn't end in disappointment for you, we have 5 tips for women and 5 tips for men.