Hinge prompts for girls: answers that start conversations

The answers everyone has already read

Some lines turn up on so many profiles that they've stopped meaning anything. If yours include any of these, that's your first job:

• "Fluent in sarcasm". It's meant to show humour, but everyone uses it, so it doesn't.
• "Wine, dogs and travel". A list of things almost everyone likes.
• "My partner in crime". Says you want company, not what you'd do together.
• "6ft because apparently that matters". Even as a joke it reads as a rule.
• "Don't just say hey". Fair, but it starts you off with a telling-off. Give people something better to say instead.
• "Looking for my person". Lovely, but so is everyone.

Before and after

Here's what changes when you trade the general for the specific. These are written to show the idea, not to copy.

Prompts that tend to work well

You can make almost any prompt work, but these give you an easy run at it. The main Hinge prompts guide covers the full list.

I bet you can't

Turns a hobby into a challenge, which gives people the most natural reply there is: "bet I can".

Typical Sunday

A short sequence with one detail that's yours. Brunch is fine. Where, and what you order, is better.

Together, we could

Name something specific you'd actually do. A Saturday market, a day trip, a cooking class. It's a date idea and an opener at once.

I'll fall for you if

Keep it light and specific: "you know a good Sunday roast within walking distance of a decent pub" beats "you make me laugh".

My most irrational fear

Easy to be funny and a bit vulnerable at the same time, which is a good combination.

Be specific about what you want, kindly

It's completely fine to know what you're after. The trick is to say it as an invitation, not a filter. "Looking for something serious, no time-wasters" reads as defensive. "Looking for someone to make Sunday plans with, and then actually keep them" says the same thing warmly.

Hinge also has a field for what you're looking for, so your prompts don't have to carry that on their own. Use your prompts to show who you are.

Stuck for details? Look at last weekend

If you can't think of anything specific, look at what you actually did recently. The café you went back to twice. The film you couldn't stop talking about. The walk you do when you need to think. The thing your friends tease you about. Any one of those is a better prompt answer than a list of things you like.

Let your photos back up your prompts

If a prompt mentions your dog, put the dog in a photo. If you write about pottery, show the wonky mug. When a prompt and a photo tell the same small story, people have two ways in instead of one. The Hinge photo tips guide covers order and what to drop, including filters and sunglasses-in-every-shot.

Quick check

• Is there a real place, name, dish or hobby in each answer?
• Could someone reply to each one in a few words, without just saying "haha"?
• Have you cut the lines everyone already uses?
• Is anything a rule or a warning rather than an invitation?
• Does it sound like you after a glass of wine with friends, not you writing a cover letter?

If you're also on Bumble, the same thinking applies to your bio. See Bumble bio ideas. And if you want the male side of this, Hinge prompts for guys shows the patterns that come up there.

Questions people ask