Connell Barrett

I'm your host, dating coach, bestselling author, Conal Barrett.

I'm a dating coach.

I'm here to help you attract your dream girlfriend and do it by being authentic.

No sketchy pickup moves needed here.

This is about dating with authenticity.

And I have a special treat for you today.

I'm going to do a change of pace.

I want to make you laugh.

I want to make you cringe.

And I want to give you some really good online dating openers as well.

I'm going to give you 15 different online dating openers.

And I'm going to put them in one of three categories.

These are real openers that I have read recently that

And I'm going to put them in one of three categories, sort of like the good, the bad, and the ugly.

I'm calling it some are magnificent, some are meh, and some are downright mortifying.

And what made me want to do this episode is a few days ago, I'm looking at online dating openers from men, and I found one among others that made me cringe.

This guy on Tinder said,

sent this to a woman he wrote if you lost five to ten pounds you'd be perfect

That made me go, yikes.

That is amazing that a guy actually had the cojones and crassness to send that to a woman.