u/lmao_memes_only

Short form : 26M ( looking for people to hangout with ) total 4 matches, talked to 3, one no response, one decent convo, other 2 were dry. Tried talking about WB and HarryPotter, the replies were sad. I open with hey/hi because better be boring than being disgusting. So what to talk about and other respectful openers instead of Hey/Hi?

Long Form : Hey fellas, 26M here. Some context. I have mentioned on my profile that I am looking for people to hangout with. I have a job which makes me work on Saturdays so I am open to food/movie/bike trips on Sundays.

I did match with 2 people on Hinge and 2 on Bumble. Only 1 was a decent conversation, but it did not work out.

The remaining 2 were exceptionally dry. The last one was a match but timer expired due to no reply. The first message that I send upon matching is always a Hi/Hey because I play it safe outta respect and if there is not anything in their profile which I can ask a question on. I also ask them about the location and story about that photo.

My interests are centred around gaming/geopolitics/anime (which have very limited audience). I am open to know/ask about any topic of their choice.

In one of the conversations, I tried to initiate a topic by saying, “The WB election victory was such a rollercoaster.” The response I received was, “So?”.

I tried coming up with Harry Potter yet same dry response. I asked, “Who would you become if you had a polyjuice potion?”The response was, “Hein?” She was a potterhead as per her Bumble profile.

So to the ladies of bbsrdating, as the title suggests, what else can I open up my texts with instead of Hi/Hey, and what topics I can discuss about which won’t make the chat go dry? Open to criticisms/discussions.