| You may have found someone on line who has | | | | 3. Send online greeting cards, links to places that you |
| caught your interest, but you both are not ready to | | | | had visited before or plan to visit, some photos when |
| take the relationship to a more serious level. The | | | | you were a child or when you were in high school. |
| thing with online dating is you can both take it slow | | | | You can also send inspirational quotes, which can |
| and get to know each other better, even without | | | | show a glimpse of your values and beliefs. |
| going to the next stage which is usually meeting each | | | | 4. Remember special dates like birthdays and |
| other face to face. | | | | anniversaries that are memorable for your date. Keep |
| Take the time to get to know each other first, and | | | | tab of special events or days that your online date is |
| keep the interest going with these suggestions: | | | | anticipating, like a scheduled job interview, first day at |
| 1. Frequently, online dating does not right away lead | | | | work, etc. and send well wishes to your date. This |
| to face to face meetings, as both parties would still | | | | simple gesture shows that you are interested on |
| want to get to know each other better. The best | | | | your date's life milestones which says a lot about the |
| way to know each other is to spend a lot of time | | | | way you care. |
| online and to keep scheduled "virtual dates". Your | | | | 5. Finally, one sure way to make your online date's |
| partner's interest can easily be measured by the | | | | interest wane is to be too demanding. Remember, |
| amount of time he or she takes to communicate | | | | like offline dates, your partner would also need some |
| with you online. | | | | space from time to time. |
| 2. Find online activities that you both enjoy. This can | | | | With these simple steps, you can also gauge your |
| be sharing music, playing online games, watching | | | | date's interest on you. If your online partner just |
| movies at the same time, reading scholarly articles, or | | | | does not seem to be into you, then maybe it's time |
| even sharing recipes. Ask your date what interests | | | | to move on and find someone else who would. |
| him or her the most, and find out where you have | | | | When you and your partner take the time to shower |
| something in common. This will also make your face | | | | each other some online attention, you will both know |
| to face meeting a lot easier if you can discover your | | | | when it's time to meet each other personally and |
| interests early. | | | | take your relationship to a deeper level. |