I’m gonna be blunt and say abandon ship and start healing while you can. That’s a recipe for some major hurt the longer you prolong it.
yeah probably but also I’ve been chasing this girl for four months now so it’s gonna be really hard not to
she’s probably moving back home (halfway across the country) early next year. however after two days I’m pretty sure she’s getting extremely emotionally invested already so point is moot. whatever happens happens
I got the apps for two weeks and felt like less of a person because of it. Got a handful of matches, only one that showed any indication that she wanted to go on a date then just had me ask questions to her, never responded with any follow-up questions and just posted a ton on Threads. Gonna assume she just wanted the ego boost, so I unmatched. She goes to the same gym I go to, but we never met in person so that shouldn’t be a problem. EDIT: Through Reddit, I did discover that there’s a local group on Facebook where friends can vouch for you and you can find people that are interested without the worry of the algorithm. Probably gonna give that a try within the month.
My favorite activity is paying for hinge and then never opening the app for the entire length of the subscription. I really need to cancel that lol
the girl I’m seeing was the first person I met up with IRL from hinge or any dating app ever in my life back in June. She had hinge installed for about 36 hours before getting overwhelmed and uninstalling. Moral of the story: this shit is pure luck
On a serious note after the way my 9 year relationship went and ultimately ended I really never thought I’d find someone that makes me feel this way again or that I was even capable of feeling anything like this at all. it’s been a weird six months since I ended things with my ex. I did some messy shit over the last month or so but I’ve ultimately landed in a very good place in a very good situation. I know I said it was just luck that led me to this person I’m with but isn’t that how meeting anybody is? Just a right place right time thing? The apps can work
I feel like my biggest struggle with dating apps is that usually the expectation is for the man to start the conversation after a match is made. But I strongly feel like the person who matched should message first. It indicates that you are exited and interested in talking with the person you just matched with. 99% of the time someone is matching with me after I like them first and then waiting for me to start the conversation. It feels like they’re not interested in me. Don’t even get me started on how my responses to prompts are 100% of the time completely ignored
Girl I thought was gonna really click with unmatched with me on Hinge because I got too excited when she mentioned cookies, and I just started listing all my favorite cookies lol Note to self: do not show too much of true personality on dating apps too soon. I just love talkin snacks. Might be the first guy in history who blocked himself by being too autistic about thin mints.
They need to make a dating app with no text convo where you are forced to voice chat or video chat with someone.
things are going well with this girl I’ve been seeing in a romantic context for two months now. granted we were regularly hanging out for four months prior to that so really it’s been about six months of being around this person and getting to know them. getting to the point where I see a real future ahead of us if things keep going the way they have been.
Me and this girl always eachother "you up?" DMs at wildly different times. I'll send them at 2:30am Saturday morning like a goddamn gentleman, and she'll send me them at Like 4am Monday morning 2 hours before I have to wake up for work. We always miss eachother
"Hey my stalker's close friend is hitting me up in the DMs. Should I hook up with her? Is that smart?" might be the dumbest relationship question I have ever heard lol