For those
of you not familiar with Tinder it is a dating app where people are selected
for you to view based on gender preferences and location you to approve individuals
based on a small number of pictures and a short description which you write for
yourself. You must swipe left to approve a person and if they do the same you
are “matched” therefore you are free to talk to each other and get the ball
rolling.
Tinder
originated in an American University it spread across various institutions,
then the world. The app takes the
awkwardness out of introductions and allows you to chat and make friends in a
less nerve-racking way. I have personally found the app a pivotal; it has
changed my dating game play entirely, after feeling downtrodden after my latest
dating disaster tinder picked me up and allowed me to be able to talk to be
casually again without a huge commitment.
I have made
many friends unintentionally because of the app one being one of my closest
friends to date, although I often go browsing in tinder to find friends rather
than a decent fuck I find hours of amusement through the app. However, like
anything in life this app has its pitfalls.
First of
all I would like to talk about the whole idea of the picture selection. Naturally I chose the 5 most attractive selfies
to use on my tinder profile so much so that I think they give an unrealistic
representation of what I actually look like. I would assume that this is the
case for many people who use the app; they just don’t look as good as they do
in their pictures.
Secondly is
the clash of intentions, tinder has a reputation of being a hook up app or even
an app where committed people look to cheat the latter I think is completely
wrong! But, I do find it difficult chatting to people sometimes when all they
want is sex and all I want is a decent conversation.
On the
flipside I do find tinder hugely entertaining and it has successful for many for
example I have heard of may relationships because of Tinder, a friend of mine
recently go to know someone and is now in a relationship with someone that she
met on Tinder , they are now happily together. I do stress please be careful
when meeting people you know from the internet in real life do you research and
if so skype them (so you know they are who they say they are) first. I myself
have had dates with people that I have I have got to know through this app.
Overall I
do think that Tinder has changed the way I think about online dating and it has
installed confidence in me thus giving me the ability to socialize more. I do not believe for one second that I will
meet the love of my life through Tinder however it has introduced me to some
awesome exiting people that I would have never met otherwise.
Always
Lauren
Twitter- @LaurenCats7
Instagram –
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Goodreads- https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/27290164-lauren
At the
moment I am reading: The Scorch Trials By James Dashner
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