2 Dating 2 Relationships Thread II: The Squeakquel NSFW • Page 220

I too also met my wife on Tinder

 

Only if you pay for it. If you use it for free you get like less than 10 likes a day.

 

I have been really impressed with Facebook Dating's algorithm of showing me lots of girls who are my exact type and of them seemingly having no like per day limit. Only thing is I don't think many people are active on there.

 

don’t remember what the like amount was when I was on there but I never paid for it and didn’t have an issues. Met my ex that I dated for 3 years on there and met my current gf on there and we just had our second anniversary and will be getting married at some point.

 

You actually get five likes a day. Which isn’t bad, but if they put someone in your feed that doesn’t use the app much it’s basically a wasted like. Being able to sort by active today is a huge benefit. (I decided to try hinge+ for a week to see what it was like. I’m getting too many matches and it’s overwhelming lol)

 

When I paid for Hinge for a month I got a lot of matches. Once I went back to free nothing.

 

It also puts you toward the top of someone’s likes so they don’t have to sift through 20 dudes to get to you

 

yeah the "needing to pay to make it worth your time" aspect was one of the major reasons I quit

 

The advice I saw online, generally (outside of a bunch of people saying never pay for it which personally I think is kind of a naive mentality and easy to say if it worked effortlessly for you without paying which was not my experience nor the experience of many others) was to try all the apps for free, see which one yielded the best results and if needed pay for a little bit of that one to see if you think it’s worth it. Now when it comes to subscriptions that last upwards of 3 months, I see little use unless you’re using the apps for limitless hookups which hey more power to you, certainly not what I want. But paying for a week, getting a few more matches than normal, and then seeing how things work out with them before resubbing doesn’t seem so bad. I mean, I’m not planning on doing this forever. I had just expected after over a month to have gotten more date opportunities and outside of one really strong one it just didn’t happen so I gave it a shot. It’s that or go out to bars every night after work and spend money on drinks and food

 

damn thought you were already married man tf

 

i told myself i'd never get on tinder but i did and thats where i met the girl i've been with for the last 8 months so lol

dating has overall sucked so i hope i am done with it for a very very long time

 

Got hit with it again while doing laundry just now. Shit sucks.

I know it’s going to take time but I really can’t wait until I’m in a position to consider starting to date again. Need to be in a much different place financially and with my living situation though.

 

I’ve had two interaction today on hinge that basically went like:

What are you looking for on here?
Idk, dating is hard, I hate small talk

I wish I could shake them and be like it’s YOU, you’re the reason it’s hard

 

had a first date that was extremely mid and just…idk. was it bad? no. was there just absolutely no vibes and very little give and take? yeah. very weird. how do people do this lol

 

Sometimes you have to chalk it up to getting your reps in. They can’t all be home runs. But it makes you appreciate the good dates.

 

Went on what I guess was a fifth date tonight with this girl I’ve been seeing. A few have been casual hang outs or last minute plans to meet at a bar but I guess those still count as dates. Idk. I just know I’ve been putting in significantly less effort into the apps and maintaining any other ongoing conversations or chasing after dates with other people without even realizing it. I’m not entirely sure if this girl is actually wanting to progress this to anything serious but that’s a conversation that will probably be had soon here. I will say I’m pretty smitten. I’ve got a pretty big crush on her. We just connect on a lot of levels and every time we hang out it’s very fun with lots of laughs and no dull moments or lulls in conversations. Comfortable silence every now and then, sure, but no real lulls. I took her star gazing tonight not even knowing there’s some meteor showers taking place this month and we saw two shooting stars. Pretty sick. I invited her to go see Anthony green with me next week and despite being unfamiliar she instantly said yes as if she’d been waiting for me to ask (I’ve talked about how excited I am for the show previously). Idk it’s just nice to be connecting with another person like this. It’s been a really long time since I’ve had this experience with meeting someone new. It’s exciting and something I never thought would ever actually happen.

 

Had a good first date for the first time in a long while! Recently, I’d kind of been in a rut with a lot of mediocre first dates, but this one was really fun. Hopefully it goes somewhere!