If you haven't read the Vanity Fair article on the "dating apocalypse" that Tinder has supposedly ushered in, you've at least heard people debate writer Nancy Jo Sales's claim that Tinder has ruined dating.
Incorporating interviews with several somethings in New York's financial district, at the University of Delaware, and at several other locations around the U.
I couldn't help but laugh as I read these hyperbolic stories. While I don't doubt that they're true to the experiences of those quoted though I wouldn't be surprised if some of the guys exaggerated a bit , they're a far cry from my own experience with Tinde r. In fact, I have never in my life had a Tinder hookup β only dates. And while the swiping usually is based primarily on looks, I view each user's photos as merely an initial filter before I get to know someone's personality.
Was I crazy? Or are articles like Vanity Fair's depicting dating apps unfairly? I turned to other American somethings to see which experience of Tinder β mine or that of Sales's interview subjects β was most common. Here's how millennials are using Tinder according to my own interviews:. Our relationship doesn't fulfill the Tinder stereotypes in that he has actually been very persistent in trying to see me as much as possible and has expressly told me he's not interested in one-time things.
And I'm constantly shocked by how many girls are shocked that guys aren't on Tinder to date. Dating is for other apps β although I do appreciate when the girl says in her profile that she's just there for dating and no hookups. Honesty is best. Also, my very close friend met her boyfriend of nearly two years who she now lives with on there, so there are definitely some people on there for serious stuff.
