“Woman of your caliber” and “apologize in person” is too much but honestly this is like 80% of a good approach: direct, short, setup a meeting in person, in public.

Cringe on my Hinge? We shall measure true caliber in Soulcalibur.

When I was young and tried to get dates on tinder I tried to come up with a carefully thought out opening line for every match. That hardly worked and probably had the opposite effect. Once I started to just don’t give a shit, and ask directly if they would like to meet for a beer, coffee, bowling or something I got quite a few dates.

If I couldn’t get a date planned within the first few messages, or the second day after matching, I just moved on. A lot of people are just interested in validation and are not really interested in meeting up.

This guy’s message is a bit edgy, but at least he’s straight to the point. She probably ignored him, and he just moved on.

You know what, it’s not for me but I’ll give the guy credit, it’s at least somewhat original in the sea of mediocrity that is online dating. A bit of self-depreciation too.

If he’d just worded that first line a bit differently, it might not even come across as creepy, but alas…