Burner account but I swear I'm a real person here. Hopefully I don't thoroughly dox myself but I'm in my thirties and have, for the first time, been forced to use the dating apps. I hate them. However, I (a cis guy) matched with a vegan, communist (based on profile) woman around my age and now I'm banging my head against a wall trying to think of like how to start a convo? I'm so old and stupid, irl I'm not really that worried about meeting people but this is messing with me.
Edit: to clarify, I am also a vegan communist
Honestly I think a lot of these chat message conversations are just luck. The time of day you catch the person, what mood they're in, how tired they are and so on all play a pretty major factor into the outcome of the interaction.
What I'm trying to say is that you shouldn't feel bad if it doesn't work out.
Oh and also remember that you're not just there to convince people to date you but you're also there because you have standards too. It's a two way thing.