Sling it!
Swipe right to like. That is the backstory many parents of tomorrow will be giving to their children.
(Backstory) Your daddy liked my picture and thought my bio that said, “If you are only looking for sex, keep on swiping” was very mature. So he swiped right at 1:37am. That day is ingrained in my mind forever. So the very next day when I opened my app, I saw a lot of guys who swiped right. Some sent dick pics and others tried to be witty asking me to have sex with them.
When I saw your daddy’s picture I almost knew right then I was going to like him. He looked nice in his picture and listed he liked a TV show that I liked too. I did like 3 other guy’s profile and swiped right to their pictures before your dads but your daddy made me laugh when he messaged me, “you look so beautiful in your picture, I farted”. So I told him I would meet him at this bar for drinks that night. It was perfect because one of the other guys I also liked was taking me out to go eat. Your dad bought me some of my favorite drinks and by the end of that night, you were conceived. It was so romantic and you were the end result of me swiping right. We tried staying together but it was hard being a family. And there was this other guy on a different app that liked my booty pics so we hooked up for a couple of months after things didn’t work out with your daddy. It was much tougher back then. You’ll understand when you get older. (The end)
Dating is dead. The 30 seconds of courage needed to walk up to a girl and ask her out has been recoded in today’s society as overly aggressive and possibly a stalker. Let’s forget that those 30 seconds are probably harder for a guy then it is to perform some stupid stunt with their friends. For others, enlisting in the military was an easier option and they never took that chance. The fear of rejection can feel monumental. And for the girls it’s become equally as hard. Their worst fears of someone they barely know is asking them out. Is he a player, a loser, an undocumented psychopath? They don’t have the security of opening up an app and finding out if he has likes, how many other people like him and if it’s ok for them to like him. Life has gotten very real in a matter of seconds.
This is also another reason everyone is searching and no one is happy. It is to easy now-a-days to re-open an app when things start getting hard or you find yourself having real conversations that scare you because you might actually need to commit to someone. Dating is dead.
Dating will eventually come back around. Sweaty palms. Nervous feelings. Not knowing what to say or when to say it. And not having the ability to re-write it a bunch of times before you send it. Taking chances on someone you know little about. And not having a fall back plan. Dating is scary. Dating may be dead, but dating will happen again.
Bring it!