How to Answer the "I Go Crazy For" Prompt on Hinge

Say exactly what you love, then give the opinion behind it. "I go crazy for the crispy edge of a lasagne, and I will fight you for the corner piece" does both. She can argue with you about the corner piece in her first line.

Hinge's own guide to cuffing season lists "I go crazy for" among its top prompts that lead to a date. If Hinge points at the stem that way, a flat answer here is a missed chance.

"I go crazy for: good food and good company" is the standard generic answer. It is not false. It is just not yours, and she has nothing to say back to it.

The usual failure is a label. Men write foodie, music lover, adventure or dog person. Those are categories, and a category can belong to anyone.

The fix is to replace the label with the opinion that stands behind it. If you wrote "foodie," name the one dish you order every time and say why the rest of the menu is a waste. For music, name the single album you have defended in an argument. For adventure, describe the kind of trip you take: no itinerary, one decision a day.

An opinion is a position. Positions can be agreed with or contested, and either response is a reply.

One of our coaches reviewed a profile where the answer was that the man would eat tacos for the rest of his life if he could pick one meal. His verdict was that it was a nice fact and not a relevant one. It does not say how to date him, and it gives her nothing to tell her friends about.

That is the problem with an enthusiasm that arrives without a reason. Loving a thing is not interesting by itself. Why you love it, what you do about it, and what it costs you are the parts that make it a person.

The coach's usual fix has two options. Pick a prompt that is more about you and her, one that gives the experience of dating you. Or keep the prompt and add the reason behind the fact.

Choose something true from the last month. Our view: if you cannot name a real craving, this is the wrong prompt for you.

"Go crazy for" is about appetite, so it is a good slot for something a little indulgent. The bakery run on the wrong side of town. The film you rewatch when it rains. Playing the same record three times. A particular brand of ginger beer.

Our view: taste works when it is specific enough to disagree with. Saying that the second slice is better than the first gives her a side to take. The more your preference can be argued with, the more it can be replied to.

This is the part that sneaks up on men. If every prompt is an enthusiasm, a reader sees one man with one setting. Love of food, love of hiking, love of music, all delivered at the same pitch.

Our coaches advise rounding out the profile into a three-dimensional person rather than hammering one trait in every answer. So let this answer carry the appetite, and let the other prompts carry something different: a small opinion, a plan, a joke at your own expense.

If you notice that every answer begins with "I love," change at least one of them.

This stem is about a weakness, not a field of study. It differs from an answer about something you have researched at length. A craving is a reaction. You do not need to be an expert, and you do not need to explain it. You need to show that you have a weak spot for something and that you can describe it vividly.

Keep the voice relaxed. Describing a craving in the voice of a lecturer ruins it.

Read the answer and ask what she could type back. A question, a challenge or her own version of the same craving is a good sign. A single emoji means the line is closed.

If you answer "I go crazy for the crispy edge of a lasagne," she can write "corner or middle?" and you are already in a conversation. If you answer "good food," she writes nothing.

A label is quick to fix. Hinge allows as many rewrites of a prompt answer as you want, and Prompt Feedback gives personalized tips on the result. If a label is sitting under this stem on your profile, put the opinion behind the label on the page.