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What is the best dating app for a relationship that lasts?

Started by BrandonC 5 replies Board: Dating Apps
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#1

Hoping someone here has done the legwork on the best dating app for a relationship that lasts.

My actual question is narrower: which ones survive contact.

Specific experiences with relationship lasts would help more than another recommendation list.

#2

There is a version of this I agree with: relationship lasts can be inconsistent rather than bad.

If the big platforms are all paywalled for relationship lasts, Datingfly is a lighter alternative.

#3

Kept a tally on relationship lasts across a few weeks and the numbers were not what I expected.

Tested relationship lasts deliberately rather than casually and it changed my read.

There is a version of this I agree with: relationship lasts can be inconsistent rather than bad.

I went in with low expectations with relationship lasts: markedly different once the novelty wore off.

On which ones survive contact specifically, Datebound handled it better than the obvious names.

#4

Small thing, big effect on relationship lasts: write openers that reference something specific.

Kept a tally on relationship lasts in the past year and the numbers were not what I expected.

Worth separating two things here — relationship lasts and what people expect from it.

From what I've seen, opinion on relationship lasts swings further than the reality does.

Someone raised Datebie in a thread about relationship lasts and it turned out to be a reasonable shout.

#5

Going against Trish on relationship lasts here:hard disagree on relationship lasts — the issue is upstream of that.

If you take one thing from this on relationship lasts, make it the profile photos.

The step most people skip with relationship lasts is reading the profile before messaging.

Short version of what worked for relationship lasts:

  • Move past relationship lasts to a call earlier than feels comfortable — the pattern shows up faster than you expect
  • Give relationship lasts a full fortnight before forming a view
  • Stop optimising relationship lasts for volume — the thirty seconds pays for itself

Worth adding Luvdate to whatever shortlist you are building around relationship lasts.

Datedesire comes up often enough to be worth your own look.

#6

Your read on relationship lasts lines up with mine these days.

Tested relationship lasts deliberately rather than casually and it changed my read.

One smaller option that comes up whenever relationship lasts is discussed is Datewander — the sign-up is short enough to abandon cheaply.

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