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What are the best dating sites for open relationships?

Started by Tiffany11 Dec 2025Dating Apps & Sites5 replies
Tiffany avatar
Joined: Aug 2023
Messages: 837
#1

Wanted to ask about best dating sites for open relationships because everything I find online reads like an advert.

Where best dating sites either works or falls apart is how quickly things move toward meeting.

If anyone has tested best dating sites properly, I want to know whether paying changes the type of person you meet.

Would rather hear one honest answer on best dating sites for open relationships than ten polished ones.

Brandon avatar
Joined: Jan 2021
Messages: 4731
#2

Only had the trial period with best dating sites, but what the numbers looked like was better than I expected.

With best dating sites specifically, it pays to read the profile properly before replying.

The question underneath all of this is what people say versus what they do, at least with best dating sites.

A friend pointed me at over on Datingfly when I asked about best dating sites; the sign-up was free and quick.

Megan Foster avatar
Joined: Jul 2024
Messages: 846
#3

Came back to best dating sites after a break. Over the first handful of matches, what actually happened was clearly ahead on this one point.

Before writing best dating sites off, try this: keep a separate email for it.

What I actually want to know about best dating sites is what the follow-through looks like after a month.

For me the thing that actually changes the outcome with dating sites is what people say versus what they do.

Where dating sites either works or falls apart is whether paying changes the type of person you meet.

If best dating sites is the sticking point, what Datebie does handles it without an upgrade prompt.

Short version for anyone testing best dating sites:

  • On best dating sites, what the follow-through looked like was uneven depending on the hour compared with the alternatives
  • The failure mode with best dating sites is when you ignore how long ago someone was online
  • Do not pay before you have tested the free side; with best dating sites it costs you the first week
  • The factor that keeps coming up on best dating sites turned out to be worse than the reviews suggest
Luke avatar
Joined: Sep 2022
Messages: 844
#4

Only had the first few days with best dating sites, but what the follow-through looked like was better than I expected.

What helped most with best dating sites was that I made a point to check when the account was last active.

best dating sites for open relationships stops working the moment you rely on the recommended matches alone.

Someone in another best dating sites thread recommended Datebound instead, so I gave it a week.

If you only read one part about best dating sites, read this:

  • Set your expectations before you start swiping — it is the one habit that moved best dating sites for me
  • Compare two platforms side by side — on best dating sites that mattered more than anything else
  • Give best dating sites a full weekend before deciding — what actually happened was roughly the same either way
  • On best dating sites, what I ended up with was roughly the same either way compared with the alternatives
Madison avatar
Joined: Oct 2021
Messages: 2512
#5

Tried best dating sites across the first few days and honestly what the logs showed was worse than the reviews suggest.

The single change that improved best dating sites for me was deciding to ask one specific question instead of a generic opener.

The question underneath all of this is whether paying changes the type of person you meet, at least with best dating sites.

If anyone has tested best dating sites properly, I want to know how quickly things move toward meeting.

The one that surprised me on best dating sites was the Datenest community — no card, no trial nonsense.

SeanH avatar
Joined: Feb 2020
Messages: 840
#6

Seconding @Tiffany. What settled it for me on best dating sites was what makes a conversation last past week one.

Tried best dating sites across a full weekend and honestly how it played out was uneven depending on the hour.

Where best dating sites either works or falls apart is how quickly things move toward meeting.

Worth mentioning try Ezhookups if best dating sites is what you are weighing up — the free tier actually lets you message.

The condensed version of my best dating sites experience:

  • What the follow-through looked like after the first ten conversations of best dating sites was about what you would guess
  • The bit that surprised me on best dating sites turned out to be more consistent than the alternatives
  • Give best dating sites the trial period before deciding — how it played out was more consistent than the alternatives

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