‘It’s not you, it’s me’ is the gist of college student qualms with dating apps. Hook-up culture declines while young people search for genuine connection.

‘It’s not you, it’s me’ is the gist of college student qualms with dating apps. Hook-up culture declines while young people search for genuine connection.

  • Captain AggravatedEnglish
    5•2 years ago

    I never had a problem getting women back when I actually left the house. Sophomore year of high school until I got a job at the airport, I practically always had a girlfriend. This included going to ERAU, a campus with 1 female for every 8 males. I had a girlfriend within weeks of arriving on campus.

    I disappeared into that work-home to sleep-work thing for a couple years, ended up going back to school at yet another very male dominated aviation school, and I wound up with the only chick in our class.

    All the while I have never once gotten a date through a personals site or app; I have a feeling there’s a question or two on the profile that they shadowban you for the wrong answer, such as being 5’7", or I suspect being non-christian. To put this into a time scale for you, it feels weird to call them “dating apps” and not “dating sites” because I gave up on the whole idea before “Mobile First.”

    I’m single right now for one very simple reason: I don’t leave the house much.

    Edit: to those who have downvoted this comment, could you explain to me why. Let’s have this conversation.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•2 years ago

      Same here, I have succeeded in wooing partners even on social media, but getting matches on dating apps has been nigh impossible for some reason.

      • Captain AggravatedEnglish
        2•2 years ago

        I gave up on online dating before Tinder was a thing. The dating sites I did try had those as fields.

        Also…I hate religion, and that is very important to who I am as a person, and hatred of religion is an important trait I look for in a mate, so.