Don’t get attached to someone based on their dating profile

There are many things to learn on your online dating journey, but to avoid a broken heart early in the process you should never fall for someone based purely on their profile.

Even if you think you're the best in the world when it comes to reading online dating profiles and finding the true meaning, you are unlikely to capture someone's heart in this way.

Instead you should use profiles as a reference point from where you can begin to build up a knowledge of a person.

Only when you have met on several occasions should you allow yourself to start to believe that he or she could be the one for you.

There is so much to learn from a person's demeanour, manner and words, and these things simply cannot be put over through text.

What's more, a face-to-face date also gives you a chance to notice factors such as whether someone makes eye contact with you and how often they smile.