Your Christian Online Dating Relationship

Just like regular real-world relationships, online relationships need tending, to grow over time. Here are some quick growing tips.

1. Take time and make time. Does your online date get in touch with you regularly? Do you do the same? Neglecting virtual meetings can be considered abuse or neglect, so treat each other’s time with respect. If it’s lacking, might mean time to move on.

2. Communication needs to “feel” right for both of you. If one of you is too pushy about meeting, for instance, that can give off bad vibes. So don’t rush. Take time to learn more about each other and develop trust.

3. Respect each others privacy. Don’t share personal email addresses or digital photos online, for example, if your online date sent you the information in confidence.

4. Share special online and offline fun times. Online – send greeting cards, links to favorite places to upload digital photos of your favorite pet, download music and video clips, post on favorite forums of interest. Offline- if you’re exchanging addresses or post office boxes, send printed greeting cards and postcards, small items from your area (like a key chain with your state bird).  I highly recommend that you do not send your home address until you are sure of the person or persons you are exchanges mail with.  Invest in a Post Office Box if you don't have one.

Tend your online relationship. Water it with care and over time it can sprout and grow.

Christian Online Dating Relationship Activities:

Popular online activities are sharing scripture, books, recipes and bidding at auctions. These all easily fit into online dating opportunities for singles today.

To help many dates get better acquainted online, here’s what potential cyber-dates do.

Sharing Bible Scripture, Christian and Other books – A great way to learn about another person is by sharing your favorite scripture, Biblical information, Christian books you've read and other books that you've read and are reading.  This activity will give you an unlimitless source of conversation.  

Sharing Recipes – People get tired talking about the weather. So a popular subject to turn to is food. Sharing favorite foods and recipes helps break the ice and even forms friendships over culinary skills – or lack of – and tastes. Search your favorite search engine for “free recipes” to share. Take photos of your culinary creations and share them with your date, too.

Bidding at Auctions – Ebay auctions sell nearly anything and everything! So surf around and enter searches like the dates you were in middle school. Share cool memorabilia photos of old games and toys from when you were a child or when your parents or grandparents were little; The Dating Game, Oscar Mayer wiener whistles, The Partridge Family Album, Bobby Sherman’s Album, 45’s and more.

Online dating can be an educational and fun experience. So learn more about each other and have fun while you’re at it. Take a cyber-stroll down memory lane together and see what’s cookin’.

More Christian Online Dating Activities:

All types of everyday activities are growing in popularity online these days like sharing photos and greeting cards. In fact, both of these even go hand in hand with online dating opportunities, one of the most popular online activities for singles today.

Before actually meeting in person, many dates get acquainted online first. Here’s how:

Photos - As a wonderful keepsake of your budding romance, create an online photo album for your new cyber-mate.  Include digital photos of favorite outdoor scenes, pets, flowers, cars, silly moments, your computer corner or laptop, etc.  Then you’ll even have more to discuss during online dates via emails and chat rooms. Search for “photo albums” to find places that store your photos.

Greeting Cards- Regardless of where the person lives, you can mail a greeting card.

If privacy and security is an issue, rent an inexpensive P.O. Box as I've previously recommended (check the Yellow Pages).

You do not have to be an artist to make something homemade and special for the new friend in your life.  Even making a special, personalized greeting card would be appreciated and show your date that you care enough to take the time needed to make something by hand.  Search your favorite search engine for online greeting cards to send, too. They range from free to low cost and can be sent in a click.  

Remember, there is no need to risk meeting in person until you get more familiar with each other online first.

Important Christian Online Dating Etiquette:

Online dating can open up new doors of opportunities with a little help from real world dating tips that work. 

Comment on how attractive she is. Yes, women do want to know they are pretty, even if they’re online and you can’t see them and have no idea. So in your communications, ask questions that would help you know, but in an unobtrusive way like – how do you wear your hair? And then say how attractive that must look.

Women can do the same for me.

Point out the positive – nice things the other person has mentioned, nice acts the person has done, good things on the news, etc. Be upbeat, and forget those lemons in life. Even in email a person can shout, by using all capital letters. So show manners and kindness.

Never swear, make unkind remarks or display prejudice in your comments, etc.  Use the golden rule:  “Do unto others….”

So add some helpful real-world tips that do work (a lot of the time anyway) into your online and regular dating equations. If you do, you'll come up on the positive side of romance.