Six ways joining an online dating site will brighten up the gloomy winter months

9 December 2021, 17:38 | Updated: 27 December 2021, 11:21

By Hannah Lovejoy

@HanLovejoy

With the cold months and celebrations ahead, there are plenty of opportunities to spend time with the people we love.

Seeing friends and family is always nice but there could be more waiting for you. A new love interest could add even more fulfilment to your life.

Joining Smooth Singles could be the perfect gift to yourself this holiday season. So, here are six reasons why it can brighten up your winter months.

1. Join in minutes

   

   Signing up is very straightforward and takes a couple of minutes. Once your profile is live, it’s easy to make small changes to create your ideal aesthetic.

   Adding information about yourself and uploading pictures can be done with one simple click of a button. This is very handy if you want to make a start with dating but don’t have much time over the holiday season.

2. It’s an investment in yourself

   

   Dating can become exhausting and overwhelming quickly but it is actually an investment in yourself.

   When your profile is live, there’s no need to rush, you can take time reading profiles and getting used to the platform.

   When you’re ready, dating will allow you to meet new people and will lead to finding love. While investing in others over the cold months - this is a way to invest back in yourself too.

3. Dating can massively boost your confidence

   

   When your profile is active, other members of the dating community can interact with your profile.

   Others on the site will relate to you in their quest to find a new love. Users can message you and like your profile - this is a great confidence booster as it will remind you that the right person will appreciate all of what you have to offer.

   This can be a nice reminder during the colder and darker days of the winter.

4. Opens your mind and allows you to hear new perspectives

   

   Dating is interesting as you can meet many different types of people and learn about new points of view. Even if things don’t work out on a date, the time is not wasted because you’ve put yourself in a new situation and met someone new.

   Those experiences help to expand your mind and also solidify what you’re looking for in a potential match. This is particularly good in the winter as it gives you a reason to get out rather than staying home with Netflix.

5. You can maximise the fun available in winter

   

   There are plenty of fun things to do over the winter months and sometimes you may not have the chance to do them all.

   Dating can be a great way to make the most out of the endless activities. Whether it’s a first date around a Christmas market or a three-month anniversary stroll around an ice-skating rink - dating the perfect way to enjoy the winter.

6. You could meet the love of your life

   

   Many people want to date but don’t know where to begin. If you want to be in a relationship, dating is part of that journey.

   Online dating is a great way to look for someone and your ideal match could be waiting for you. There are plenty of people who are in loving and happy relationships thanks to Smooth Singles.

This is Alan and Vanessa’s story.

Vanessa was widowed and Alan had been separated for over six years while waiting on a divorce. The pair matched on Smooth Singles after Vanessa sent Alan a message - after chatting on the phone, the pair decided to meet up in person.

On their first date, they met up with no specific plan and ended up spending their entire day together. Alan said that he “could not believe” that he was able to connect with someone like Vanessa.

Speaking of their first date, Alan said: “We met up at a local beauty spot, very public and picturesque, at 11am on a Sunday morning.

“[We] made no plans for the day just thinking we’d have a cuppa and chat and arrange a next meeting perhaps. Well, it was 8.15pm when we parted, we walked and talked, ate and laughed all day in the sunshine.”

Alan described Vanessa as a “lovely lady” and explained that while he had trust issues from his previous relationship, he was open minded after meeting his Smooth Singles match.

“I was totally hooked and could not believe I could have met this lovely lady and that she would even be interested in me,” he continued.

“I’d had an unhappy marriage so was not too trusting but an unexpected lightning bolt hit me that sunny day.”

After their first date, the couple continued to talk on video calls and even met one another’s family. Shortly after dating, Alan proposed and Vanessa said yes.

Explaining further, Alan said: “We have both met the important members of each other’s family who have accepted us as a couple and can see how happy we make each other.

“No firm wedding plans as yet we may save a bit and go off to Vegas next year, or even Gretna Green.”

The couple is “happy” to have found one another and recently moved in together as well - Alan described his future life as “wonderful”.

“Who knows what the future will bring but I know for sure it will be a happy one,” Alan added.

“Thank you Smooth Singles because of you my future is going to be wonderful.”

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