My Tinder Strategy
 

Swipe right. No matter what.

Can't afford to be picky, after all; some girl's bound to swipe right at me, even if it takes all year.

Any one else on Tinder?

What the hell is Tinder anyway? And why the hell are you even making a thread about it?

I think it's an App to meet people.

No reason to get so hostile...

Well he does tend to make pointless threads about things no one really cares about.

Havent most of us at some point?

I would hate to be BubblyShell22's boyfriend. I bet he wishes he were going deaf instead of blind.

Back off DB...that's totally uncalled for and you aren't going to meet someone if you talk like that to people.

Well the thing with this app is they go off looks alone, so...actually yeah, he's never gonna meet anyone.

Wow. That's really mature, DB. At least I HAVE somebody and I didn't have to go on a website or download an app to meet him. I actually met him at college.

So, its not okay to meet someone online?

I never said it wasn't. I'm just saying that he needs to stop taking cheap shots at me and the person I care about very much. With that attitude, he won't find anybody who will want him.

The problem I have is that he makes these threads and is very vague about things when he posts. All he has to do is be more clear about things, and I wouldn't have a problem with it and wouldn't be so confused as to what he means. I don't think it's wrong that he wants to meet somebody online, but he needs to be careful about those things because there are times where it may not end well. That's my two cents on that.

Next time if you can't understand something just ask...politely.

And there is nothing wrong with meeting people online It has worked for many people I know.

I wasn't being rude about it. I just asked what the hell it was? Nothing rude about asking. I don't approve of online dating as it doesn't always work out and you have to be very careful about who you meet. I'm glad I met my BF through college and it's worked out just fine. But if he wants to do that, that's his business. I wish him the best of luck.

Yep...100% not rude. Sorry Bubbly, but that seems a little rude.

Also, so what if you don't approve of online dating? It works for some people because it can be based on personality and common interests and not other more fluid aspects of relationships. Go ask Krow and his wife, who met on this very forum and have a baby on the way.

Well, I didn't intend for it to be rude. I thought it was like his other thread that he made so I was just questioning it.

Hey, I didn't say online dating doesn't work for everybody, and I did say that if it worked for him, then great. I just don't like the idea of it, that's all. It seems to me you can find those things if you actually meet people in person rather than hiding behind some computer screen. Again, just my opinion.

I wasn't really into online dating but that's how I met my fiancé. Well technically it wasn't an online dating site at all, but we did meet online and she and her family really wanted me to fly to Tx to meet everyone. The rest, as they say, is history. It may not work for everyone but I think it had a hand in bringing the two of us together. Going on 3 and a half years now. Jeez lol! So best of luck to you Dirty Blond. And I had no idea two folks met and got together as a result of this forum! That's very sweet.

Online dating is actually very underrated. As adults how often are you going to meet people outside of your job or bars?

Its not like when we were in school or College around people the same age as us that you could see on a daily basis.

Yeah, Cubed hit the nail on the head. Sure there's always a chance you'll meet someone out of the clear blue. It's how my folks met, but yeah it's rather difficult to get to know people these days in our on the go society. Glad it works for some people. Most places tend to make you pay quite a bit to join, so that was mainly why I never got into it. I was never into the bar/party sceen either, so that's another reason online dating started looking like the way to go for me. We met on livejournal, but I guess you could say we did the online dating thing. It was free in our case.

All the dating sites I see are subscription only, and its like $40 a month which is insane. That's what turns people away from them.

Statistics have shown that dating/relationships arranged via the internet have a stronger success rate because all your cards are on the table up front. You don't typically waste time realizing someone is not for you. You have to be just as careful in real life. The amount of rape and abuse that happens at college campuses is off the charts. So maybe that's the dangerous route.

"Hiding" behind a computer screen? That's ridiculously insensitive. I'd love to go on a rant, typing up a paragraph on why you're beyond rude for saying something like that, particularly in this context, but it's pretty clear it would go right over your head.