What’s the best online chat-up line? “You have beautiful lips.”
That’s the finding of a new survey of online flirting by the dating site Badoo.com.
“We have found the Holy Grail of flirting,” said Badoo Director of Marketing Lloyd Price.
The site, which boasts 87 million registered users worldwide, analyzed the success rates of opening lines from nearly 200,000 online flirtations in 11 languages over the course of one month to come up with a “Compliment Success Index.”
Complimenting a woman’s lips was the most successful overall, but other lines worked best in particular countries.
American, French, Italian or Brazilian women were more responsive to “You dress beautifully.” Brits preferred praise for their legs, Spaniards responded to compliments about their hair, while Germans and Canadians preferred skin praise. Dutch and Portuguese women liked: “You have beautiful ears.”