HowAboutWe unlike other dating sites its focus is on the date itself, rather than the process of finding a partner. Instead of the endless messaging and texting you find on typical dating sites, you might prefer to connect quickly and get offline to meet your date, then this is an ideal dating site for you.

The idea is to create these dating ideas in which you go to to meet someone new. You can propose a date or scan dates that potential partners have proposed. Hence why the site gets members to complete the sentence “how about we…” with a date they’d like to go on.

Although sign-up is free, HowAboutWe is designed for paying members. Unless you subscribe to one of their membership plans viewing messages and “intrigues” will be off-limits.

Upside

The site has a fun, laid-back feel that’s easy to use. You can post a date for free without the fuss of completing a daunting profile.

You’ll get a daily email from site with potential dates based on your preferences.

Downside

The typical member, a 20-something, is savvy with technology, but not necessarily with online and offline safety. Yes, the site recommends that dates occur in a public place, but the whole thing is set up to encourage meeting quickly.

It’s free to join, and you can take a peek, and read profiles, but be warned that you will need to pay up in advance before you can contact anyone for a date. In order to use many of the site’s features, you will need to upgrade.

Basic and Premium members can send and receive unlimited messages, get priority customer service, view visitors and read new messages in their email.

Our Verdict

It’s a great site to get you out of the house and actually meet someone and have a few interesting dates and places to go. If you like the idea of a live meeting without spending hours online, you’re in the right place. However, you might not like the person you are doing an activity with and bottom line you can’t really use the site unless you pay.