I can guess your word associations the second you open this article about ‘Bumble’; it’s a dating app – desperate, thirsty, creepy, the list of adjectives demeaning the whole idea can go on. I’m not going to tell you that you have a high chance of partaking in ‘cuffing season’ through an mobile application, but I’m not going to tell you it’s wrong if you can pull that off. What I will tell you, however, is how Bumble completely changes the rules of the dating game you’re used to, and once again, letting girls get a chance to run the world. As it should be.
Besides being hot AF and a complete bad-ass, Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe co-founded Tinder, which she later sued for sexual harassment and moved on to do her own thing, her own way. Thus, the birth of Bumble. Although the concept of the application runs pretty parallel to Tinder as far as swiping, distance, and profiles go, there is a monumental difference: only girls can initiate the conversation. This is a huge power move in the world of dating, and life in general, because let’s be real: it’s 2015. Women are competing for the same jobs, pursuing the same degrees, and working as an equal player. So why is it, that we sit at our phones wondering why we haven’t received a text back? If you want to say that you can run the business world, you need to have the confidence to run your own personal relationships too. If you want to be treated like an equal, you have to play like an equal.
On the Bumble app, once matched with someone the two of you have mutually agreed upon, you only have 24 hours to swallow some confidence and say something or the connection is vanished forever. Sucks to suck. The only person you’ll be able to blame or make excuses for is yourself. Although you do run the risk of minimal rejection if your advancements don’t lead to a response, it’s not a devastating loss, due to the fact that it is a mobile app after all. If you’re the type that prides themselves on being bold, or maybe just looking to work on your overall confidence, try taking control. By allowing women to make one small step for themselves, this phenomenon is taking these 100,000 users’ small steps and creating one huge step for society, getting the Bumble app moving in all the right directions.