Love Life with Matthew Hussey - (Matt Monday): 3 Texts You Can Send to Get Their Attention INSTANTLY
Episode Date: August 8, 2022On dating apps, first impressions matter. And after you clear the first hurdle of endless swiping and find someone who piques your interest, it’s often the next step that’s the hardest . . . That ...is, of course: What on EARTH do you say to them?! You scan their bio, hoping inspiration will strike and you’ll manage to figure out the perfect opening gambit. You think: Would a simple “hey” or “great photo” show a lack of imagination? I’d like to just be myself, but it can feel so hard to be authentic without seeming too eager . . . Many times, thoughts like these make us overthink everything to the point where we end up sending something awkward . . . or worse, not sending anything at all, letting the opportunity of connection pass us by. So how can we make an impression on people who haven’t yet had the chance to meet us and see how awesome we are? In today’s episode, I’m going to share with you 3 openers you can send right away to stand out on a dating app. --- Join our VIP club! Come and start your membership and get access to weekly webinars with me and my team and amazing guest speakers (+ masterclasses and MUCH more) - Go to ASKMH.com to join now! --- Email us! You can get in touch with the show and give your feedback/thoughts at podcast@matthewhussey.com --- Download my free guides and give your love life a kickstart today! ►► FREE download: “3 Secrets To Love” → 3SecretsToLove.com ►► FREE download: “9 Texts No Man Can Resist” → http://www.9texts.com ►► FREE download: “5 Compliments to Get Him Addicted to You” → http://www.SayThisToHim.com
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No idea if we'd get along, but your Jurassic Park t-shirt is a step in the right direction.
And you can put a little wink emoji. So let's say you've just come across someone you find really attractive.
You want to stand out amidst a sea of people.
What do you send?
Here are three specific messages.
One of them shows your commonality with someone.
One of them works because it creates a sense of challenge,
and the last one works because it shows you
to have a sense of humor.
For each of these, I'm gonna give you
a very specific message you can send.
It's all about knowing what to do
and then having the psychology
and the mindset to actually do it.
Number one, commonality. Here's what you send for this message.
I don't know what it says about me that my favorite picture is number three. Now,
the reason that this is fun is because you can literally choose the picture of him
that isn't him taking himself seriously. You know what it's like on dating apps. A lot of people
put pictures of themselves that take themselves extraordinarily seriously, but then they might have a fun picture,
a picture of them in fancy dress, a picture of them doing something quirky. If you can show that
that picture was the one that got your attention, then it shows a sense of you're silly, but I'm also silly.
Number two, the challenge message.
Here's what you say in this message.
No idea if we'd get along, but your Jurassic Park t-shirt is a step in the right direction.
And you could put a little wink emoji.
Now, of course, the part of this message
that is changeable is Jurassic Park T-shirt.
That's obviously a very specific reference.
Don't just go looking for people on dating apps
that are wearing Jurassic Park T-shirts.
You can put in there whatever you want.
But what you say is, no idea if we'd get along.
Now that's the challenge part,
because what you're really saying is that
even though there's something you've seen
that you like about this person
You still don't know if you'd get along that's to be seen
But you say no idea if we'd get along but your Jurassic Park t-shirt is a step in the right direction
wink number three
the light humor message
Now let's say again to get specific as an example, but this is
interchangeable depending on what you see in their profile. Let's say they have a picture
of themselves in Italy. They're in front of the Trevi Fountain. Have I got that right?
The Leaning Tower of Pisa. They're in front of one of those places. They're in Rome. They're in front of one of those places. They're in Rome, they're in Florence, they're in Tuscany.
There's somewhere that shows they're in Italy.
You say, just looking at your profile makes me want pasta.
That's fun.
It shows you have a sense of humor.
And it can change depending on what they're doing.
So you could say, for example, thanks to you,
I'm now looking at flights to Asia because they showed
lots of pictures of traveling Asia in their profile. Or you could even make this more playful
by saying, how is it I'm already annoyed at you for making my travel FOMO worse?
If they've got lots of travel pictures, of course, but you could do that about anything,
right? But the idea of saying, how is it I'm already annoyed at you?
There's something playful about that.
There's something fun about that.
Jameson, no doubt there'll be someone in the comments
who says, you can't say that on a first message
that you're annoyed at someone.
That's just really bad.
And those people don't know how to flirt.
It doesn't have to be on a dating app.
You could find yourself in a coffee shop.
You could find yourself at a club that you belong to, in a social event, and wanting to make a move.
What's a key mindset that will help you make that move?
I want you to imagine that two forces could drive you. One is intention. The other is ego. Now, if ego is driving you, you'll be so afraid
to make a move that you just won't do it because ego does not want you to get rejected. And we
sometimes think that we don't want to be rejected because we're insecure, because we just don't feel good
enough.
And so we're really afraid of being rejected.
But ego can work the other way too.
It can be that we've built up these walls in our life.
We've built up this identity based on the things that we've achieved, the things that
we do well, the friendships we have, the life we have.
We've kind of built up a sense of importance, a security in, look what
I've achieved. Look at my status. Look at my popularity. Look, I'm a person who's great.
And if your ego is, if you're focused on that identity you've created for yourself, then it
actually makes you afraid to take risks. Because any risk, anything that can create rejection,
threatens that identity. And that's the last thing you want, because you risk, anything that can create rejection threatens that identity. And
that's the last thing you want because you've built up that identity to overcome your insecurity in
the first place. You don't want to go back there. Ego can stop us from taking any risk that could
threaten our identity because our confidence is based on that identity. Now, what we can do instead is say,
I'm gonna be led by my intentions, not my ego.
My ego is always gonna try to protect my identity.
But what's more important to me is that my entire life,
all I've ever really wanted is to find real love. And real love is someone who sees me,
like really gets me. Someone who accepts me for everything that they see.
And someone who decides that they want me, having seen all of that.
That is going to be the great love of my life.
It's not going to be just some infatuation or some roller coaster of attraction.
It's going to be someone, yes, I want to have the chemistry.
I want to have the chemistry, I want to have the attraction,
but ultimately the person that is right for me is going to be the person that sees me,
accepts me and wants me for all that they see. That intention is so pure and so beautiful.
And that intention doesn't mind if someone rejects me. It doesn't mind if I try, if I go on a date with someone,
if I send someone a message and they don't respond or they don't like me.
It doesn't mind because this intention is not about worrying about the person
who doesn't see me, accept me, and love me.
It's all about finding the person who does.
So by definition, the person who rejects me
isn't important to my intentions.
The person who's most important to me
is the person who actually wants me.
The person who doesn't want me
is really important to my ego,
not important at all to my purest intention of finding that extraordinary love.
Now that you've got the mindset, now that you've got the messages, you may be wondering,
what do you do after that? Well, I have a free training for you. That's a video training
to follow straight on from this one over at whattotextnext.com. It's completely free. I'll see you there.