What Are Good Friend's Take Examples on Hinge?

A good Friend's Take is one or two sentences about a specific thing you did, written the way your friend would say it out loud. "He drove four hours to fix my car and would not let me pay for gas" is a good one. "He is so generous" is not. The examples below show the shapes that work on Hinge. Swap in true stories of your own, because a take that is not true will read as one.

Anything you write about yourself, she discounts a little, since she knows you wrote it to impress her. A take from someone else carries no such discount. It is a stranger vouching for you, in their own words, with their name attached.

That makes the best takes small and concrete. They give her a scene to picture and a reason to believe the rest of your page. A take that is only praise tells her very little.

These work because they show behavior, not adjectives.

"He remembered my dad's surgery date and called that morning without being asked."

"When our flight got cancelled he found a rental car, drove six of us home, and never once complained about the playlist."

"He is the friend who shows up with a toolbox before you finish asking."

Each one is a single act, and each says something about character without using the word.

Humor from a friend is more believable than humor from you, because it is not trying to land.

"Ask him about the time he tried to cook for twelve people and ended up ordering pizza. He still defends the first attempt."

"He will tell you he is not competitive and then lose his mind over a board game."

"He has strong opinions about airport seating and he is, annoyingly, right."

Keep these affectionate. A roast that works in the group chat can read as a warning to a stranger.

Hinge's own prompts for a take include things like a moment a friend still laughs about and what you are doing at a party. Those ask for scenes, so a good answer is a scene.

"At every party he ends up in the kitchen, learning someone's life story over a bowl of chips."

"Last New Year's he made friends with the whole bar before midnight and then walked three of us home."

A scene like this tells her what Wednesday with you looks like, which is what she is trying to guess.

A woman's read on a man carries extra weight with another woman.

"He is the only guy I know who actually listens when my sister talks about her job."

"He texts back, he shows up on time, and he is nice to waiters. That is the whole list and it is rarer than it sounds."

Skip the praise that sounds like a reference letter. A small, specific habit beats a general statement of how great you are.

Brief them. Ask for a story, not a compliment. Say one or two sentences is plenty. Tell them what you want her to take away, like "I want it to show I am reliable," and let them find the story.

Remind them that nothing goes live until you review it, that you cannot edit it, and that the take shows their name and how they know you. A friend who knows that tends to write something better than one who thinks it is a throwaway.

Hinge asks that takes not include private or sensitive information such as health or money details. A good friend will not need telling, but mention it.

You choose which takes to add, so read each one as a stranger would. Leave off any that name an ex, joke about a heavy night out, or only make sense to your group. Leave off takes that are all adjectives and no story.

You do not have to use everything people send. One take that is clear and specific does more than three that are vague.

A take sits beside your photos and answers, so choose the ones that cover different ground. One shows reliability, one shows humor, one shows how you are around people.

If you only have one great take, add one and leave the rest for later. Ask another friend to write a second. Over a few weeks a good set builds, and each one makes the others easier to believe.