You've heard all the names for New York City. The
Big Apple, The City that Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The Empire State.
Well, now I'm about to introduce you NYC's newest name: The Dating App Jungle.
Empire State of mind is more like Empire State of
swipes when living single in New York City.
Tinder (eye
roll) and bumble are unfortunately apps that live in my phone when I’m single
in the city. Don't get me wrong single life can be bomb. Hello doing whatever I
want, whenever I want, thank you. No collaboration about going to some kids
party far out of the city and what to do after that or checking in all the
time. Living life like how you want. Unbothered.
*flips hair*
When I feel ready for a relationship tho?...not a
man will approacheth thee on the streeteths of New Yorketh.
I have lived in Baltimore, Atlanta, Philly, Atlanta
again, and now of course the Upper East
Side in Manhattan. And NYC is by far the worse
for dating. People just don’t stop to smell the roses. Or me.
I have such a love hate relationship with dating
apps. I hate them so much and yet I still can’t delete and have them remain
deleted on my iPhone that's battery is dying even though I just charged it. I
can count on one hand the men who I’d actually date who have approached me irl.
There ain’t many folks.
Tinder tales.
Bumble brawls. Plenty of Fish. Ok Cupid. Coffee Meets Bagel (I still don’t get
that one) HINGE. Match. Happn and so on. All royal pains, but kinda play a part
to get out there and date. Check the stats.
My Tinder matches: 1049
Bumble matched: the matches disappear so idk but a
lot 😐
HINGE/Happn: no one talked to me
Ok Cupid: too many creepy people messaged me
Plenty of fish: see above
Real
life encounters: 2
So what the heck do I do about this swipe situation?
There are millions of users and I don’t really foresee the dating app trend deteriorating
anytime soon. Do I give in to the hook up culture? Do I keep swiping and optimistically
hope the Grand Poobah man I’ve always wanted swipes me right and we run off
into the sunset in the Amalfi Coast together?
I’ll tell you this – I’m not about the hook up
culture. Nothing wrong with it (safety first, kids) but just not my cup of tea.
And I’m also quite real and know that statistically it’s not gonna happen on
Happn or the like. Soooo that leaves my (bleak) preference….REAL LIFE.
Meeting someone in real life is amazing because that
attraction and spark is immediately there! I’m just over here hoping I get Meghan
Markle’d – Prince of fill in the blank
I’m here when you’re ready.
Maybe I’m doing it wrong. Maybe I need to study
where Guest of a Guest says you can meet young professionals and then just live
my life at those places until I strike gold.
For now, I’m just going to do what I do best: go
with the flow and see what the future holds. I’m not going to let The Dating
App Jungle discourage me. I usually have the most luck when not looking for
anything or anyone in particular.
xx