DATING APPS ARE OUTDATED | OLD SCHOOL COURTSHIP
How To Meet Like-Minded People Without Dating Apps
Answers to “Where are all the good guys/girls?”, dos, don’ts and beyond
Note: I write for a specific audience — heterosexuals looking to be in a committed monogamous heterosexual relationship. Hope the advice in my column helps you.
Tinder, Coffee Meets Bagel, Whiz, Lovestruck, OkCupid, Bumble, Lunch Actually. Take your pick or have them all. The access to potential people we think we can meet on a plethora of dating apps is inversely proportionate to what we seek from being in relationships — Connection.
Dating apps give the wrong idea that we have more options, that by meeting those options endlessly we will find our special friend. Having more options doesn’t work in real life because they keep you distracted from what you set out looking for.
The whole purpose of dating apps is to keep you on the dating app. That’s how they’re designed. You can read this story to learn more.
Every day I read stories online as well as comments on my posts where people have lost faith in dating apps, men, women, and eventually themselves. They’re tired of their negative dating experiences and just want to have a decent time and conversation with someone reasonably sane.
