![]() I’m often tempted to cave and download every dating app available as I see couples pairing off around me. Maybe hidden in those online profiles is my soulmate and I am simply missing out because of this feeling I can’t exactly pinpoint besides saying that it feels too unnatural to me. ![]() I can imagine myself swiping through the endless photos of possible matches on Tinder, and genuinely having fun doing so. Sometimes I wonder if there is someone in the world who feels the same way about meeting people, whether that meeting lasts one night or forever. Perhaps I am dreaming of a time that has passed, but for me, my old school, old-soul ideas feel more natural, less orchestrated, less forced. The romantic in me (whom I can perhaps blame on a T-Swift-drenched adolescence) will not give up on the idea of meeting a stranger’s gaze in an airport, sitting down next to someone reading your favorite book at a coffee shop, or sparking up a convo in the aisles of the grocery store with someone who also happens to be buying ice cream.Įven meeting someone during a late night of studying in the library or on a random set up for a formal would suffice. Failed dates or misleading intentions of people I don’t find a connection with also aren’t the problem.Ĭall me hopeless, but each time I am about to hit that download button I shake my head, wipe away the notes page in my phone, delete the folder of photos and concede to the doom of attempting to meet someone the “old-fashioned way” as my grandma would say. And it’s not like my mind spirals down a dark path of fear, imagining scenarios of kidnapping or stalking either. It’s not that I don’t believe in the success of the app in matching couples to what they are looking for, whether it be a lighthearted, cute and casual date, someone to fulfill them sexually, or even their soulmate. ![]() ![]() Because each time I am about to click the final step to post a Tinder profile, I hesitate, and can’t bring myself to do it. Yet, all this work (attempting to sum up my life, experiences, and personality with non-generic words and enticing photos) has gone to waste. There have been several times when I have carefully selected the most flattering photos I have in my camera roll, written and re-written a bio, and thought of who my ideal match would be if the possibilities were endless. ![]()
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