No, I don’t mean from strangers on creepy New Brunswick streets at night, but rather on the bus, in class, or at the dining hall. Yes, you know what I am referring to… the few dating apps or maybe just the one that you find yourself browsing when you’re bored or genuinely looking for a new “match”. At this point the most popular and pioneer of them, Tinder has been around for a few years.
First, it seemed like a fad that would have a lesser chance of catching on than “fetch”, but now it has restructured our dating lives. You’ve found just about most of your high school and peers on it, so why are you still weirded out by someone seeing you go about your swiping? It might be because in a university so diverse, large, and active you expected that you wouldn’t need the apps, that people would flock to you due to your charming laugh or smile. I know I thought that and what a reality check! It’s not that people aren’t checking you out or don’t have an interest. They’re just like you.
Having quickly adjusted to our ever so digital world they’ll wait to see you on Tinder and just hope you’ll swipe right too as a way to avoid rejection and having to approach you front and center. Because, let’s be honest, its very romantic in the movies but if you were at Hidden Grounds and some guy came up to you and tried to ask you out and you caught a few people overhearing, you’d be a little uneasy. So, what does this mean then? You know for a fact your roomie is on Tinder, perhaps your siblings, your classmates, and just about like 80% of your Facebook “friends” (excluding the parents and actual adults), get over it! No one is that interested in what you’re doing on your phone anyway.
Proudly whip out your cellular device and get to swiping and chatting as you would in the confine of your room. You’ll feel all the more confident and honestly, who cares, you do you.