Date the UK a fun, 'up for it'
U.K dating site with over 3 million active dating members.
The first step in your
dating profile build is a series of standard questions, are you looking for friendship, relationship, fun etc? How often do you drink etc?
Next you can put some ‘flesh on the bones’ with a few open text sections to describe yourself and the person you’re looking for. After this there’s a very quick self-personality test with 11 characteristics (loving, extrovert, compassionate) where you rate yourself from low to high.
Finally there’s a lifestyle section where you can show other members if you’re a Sun or Guardian reader, a pub goer or clubber, a fan of Chinese or Italian; again all chosen by drop down boxes, dead easy and a great feature.
I put in a variety of searches from different U.K cities and I got good lists of active dating members. One thing I noticed was the variety of members, all with different interests, occupations etc. A good feature is that you can build and save different dating searches, e.g. women looking for fun 10 miles from London, but I would have liked to have put more criteria into my searches.
Once you’ve found someone interesting you can contact by email, text - chat or flirt via mobile SMS. One fun little gimmick is rating members by colorful emoticons – is she a ‘fox’, a ‘kitten’ or a ‘honey’. The site has email and activity pages to keep track of your activity but annoyingly opens up a new page when you click on those members who you’ve been in contact with. DatetheUK definitely has a colorful and fun feel but it would be nice to see an upgrade in the graphics and navigation soon.
DatetheUK recently launched a blog and forum on the site. Although new when I reviewed the site, the forum was very active. DatetheUK is offering free 6 months membership if you don’t meet anyone within your first 6 months as a full member.
DatetheUK is a good choice if you’re looking for a general
U.K dating site which has a fun feel about it. There's lots of members, especially in the 25-35 age range, and there’s plenty of features and gimmicks to keep you busy.