Many of you have been curious as I have and checked out Tinder. Whenever I see Tinder brought up on either /r/askreddit or here I see generally negative experiences. My first few weeks were hopeless but after doing some research I found some useful advice to get dates.

I'm nothing special looks wise. I've been called cute and ugly by both men and women all my life so I don't really know where I stand, probably a 7? I'd say I'm below average in the conversation and outgoing department but I've managed to get a lot of dates and had sex with quite a few girls. Here's what I've found works well.

  • The profile should be short, outline a few interests and make yourself seem approachable. I've made mine funny and lately added an open ended question which has led to a lot of girl opening on me. 4 pictures maximum. Have of you doing a hobby (I'm playing drums in one) and your display picture should be of you smiling. One other picture is of me holding my dog. Never post a shirtless gym pic.

  • Opening is critical. I have 5 or 6 openers I use depending on the type of girl I think she is all of which are short. Lately I've been telling voluptuous girls that they have nice curves as my opener which has worked out pretty well. One thing I find works well is asking them if they're something unusual (Scientologist, beliber, whatever). Something that will make them laugh or say WTF is usually a good start.

  • Conversation is key to keeping them interested. If you're average looking and can keep a conversation interesting you have a better chance than those shirtless meat heads who straight up as a girl if they're DTF. The FORD system works well. Family, occupation, recreation and dreams. Don't talk about sex and try to get their number within 20 minutes (play it by ear when to ask for the number). A few girls told me not until I talk to them more. I simply obliged for 15 more minutes then the number came.

  • The dates should follow a certain order. The first should be drinks or coffee somewhere close to you with some time constraints. Either way keep the conversation going and leave her better than how you found her. Don't try to organize movies at your or her house. next date should be a fun activity together then progression from here on. I normally don't try to sleep with them but I've ended up sleeping with 2 or 3 after the first date.

Depending on what you're after I've found a few different kinds of girls use Tinder.

The foreigners are usually the ones most likely to sleep with you. The girls living abroad for a few months or just visiting. I've dated 4 foreign girls and slept with 3. If you're lucky enough to match with a foreigner the chances are better that she'll sleep with you.

The casual dater will agree after a few days of texting to meet up at a bar for a quick drink. She's probably seeing a few other guys but it's up to you how much effort you want to put into this.

The GT500's. The kinds that are very very rare are the ones who genuinely want to find a fuck buddy just to have sex with. I've been lucky enough to match with 3 so far. 1 invited me over after 10 minutes of talking for sex, the other went down on me during the first date and 1 I've matched with Today so it might be happening.

All this is advice is taken from different people that I've made into my own. You can use all this but sometimes it just comes down to right girl, right time, right approach. The stars align and she responds to everything you're saying.

I've had close to 300 matches, 40-50 dates and slept with about 8. I've had some cold weeks but just power through them and stay positive. Some girls probably wont talk back to you but don't let that put you off. Just have fun but stay sensible.