As some of you may know, there is a dating app called Tinder. Also, I am sure you are aware of my feminist view points if you've been reading the blog. However, this is simply a random thought that popped in my head that I wished to write about.
I never have any intention of ever meeting the guys I match with on Tinder. It's honestly my boredom app. If someone sends me a message, I get very obnoxious and funny and mess around with it. I never have any serious conversations.
However, I matched with a rather handsome fellow this morning and he did not stop talking to me when I got obnoxious like those guys generally do. I practically interrogated him, did not handle it very seriously at all, and yet he continued to converse with me. We ended up chatting back and forth for about two hours.
Before I continue, no, I have no plans of meeting him, this is not a love story, bla bla bla.
Tinder can get pretty angsty when it comes to the distance thing. It will tell you someone is only fifteen miles away, but it's actually more like two hundred. He lives in Nashville, and, for the most part, I reside about five hours away. Once I pointed out the distance issue, he was very honest with his reasons for having a Tinder account. He's open to a lot, but he generally is looking for casual hook ups. He was straightforward about his intentions, but pretty much not until he learned I'm not only fifteen miles away.
Naturally, I am a little irritated. He seemed intelligent, kept up with my annoying banter, seemed very interested in the conversation, did not ask me when we could meet up, appropriately flirtatious, and likes Doctor Who. He seems like a dream. However, even the good guy is just an illusion.
This is beginning to look like a rant, so let me twist it up so you don't get bored. This experience has only confirmed yet again, that the males in my dating pool are not actually interested in me, and that they think because they have a penis they can expect casual hook ups and think a girl is worth nothing unless she is on board with those intentions. However, that has been confirmed for me.
How do you feel about our society? How do you feel about the current dating game? How do you feel about casual relations/relationships? How do you feel about Tinder? Talk to me about love, baby. :-)
I never have any intention of ever meeting the guys I match with on Tinder. It's honestly my boredom app. If someone sends me a message, I get very obnoxious and funny and mess around with it. I never have any serious conversations.
However, I matched with a rather handsome fellow this morning and he did not stop talking to me when I got obnoxious like those guys generally do. I practically interrogated him, did not handle it very seriously at all, and yet he continued to converse with me. We ended up chatting back and forth for about two hours.
Before I continue, no, I have no plans of meeting him, this is not a love story, bla bla bla.
Tinder can get pretty angsty when it comes to the distance thing. It will tell you someone is only fifteen miles away, but it's actually more like two hundred. He lives in Nashville, and, for the most part, I reside about five hours away. Once I pointed out the distance issue, he was very honest with his reasons for having a Tinder account. He's open to a lot, but he generally is looking for casual hook ups. He was straightforward about his intentions, but pretty much not until he learned I'm not only fifteen miles away.
Naturally, I am a little irritated. He seemed intelligent, kept up with my annoying banter, seemed very interested in the conversation, did not ask me when we could meet up, appropriately flirtatious, and likes Doctor Who. He seems like a dream. However, even the good guy is just an illusion.
This is beginning to look like a rant, so let me twist it up so you don't get bored. This experience has only confirmed yet again, that the males in my dating pool are not actually interested in me, and that they think because they have a penis they can expect casual hook ups and think a girl is worth nothing unless she is on board with those intentions. However, that has been confirmed for me.
How do you feel about our society? How do you feel about the current dating game? How do you feel about casual relations/relationships? How do you feel about Tinder? Talk to me about love, baby. :-)