THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE GOOD ONE, RIGHT?
There is a paid version of this app but I don't like the price (what, it's like $40) so I'm sticking to the free version. As far as I can tell, the only difference is that you are able to see all of the men who like you at once for $40 versus only being able to see the most recent man who likes you (the others are blurred).
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| $40. In THIS economy? |
Potential “matches”:
72 and counting.
Back in my Match days, I would get messages (basically emails) from strange men on the internet. For the most part, I didn't have to do much and messages would roll in. It's not like that anymore, for better or worse (can't tell yet).
On Hinge, a person can like one of your photos or statements on your profile or they can send you a comment which is essentially inviting you to chat with them. I don't know the exact character limitation on the comments, but I think they can't be any longer than a tweet, if even that long.
And then there are roses. Apparently these are super special and you only get one rose per week. If someone sends you a rose, they are now the first person visible when you check out who has liked you, regardless of when they sent you the rose.
MALE PROFILES
Let's talk about some patterns I'm seeing with these profiles. I do expect there to be some differences from my last rodeo because I'm looking at men who are older (in their thirties and forties vs twenties and low thirties) and I am now living in TX instead of Los Angeles.
L.A. area guy profiles typically had phrases like “I love to travel the world” and “aspiring model/actor” but out here it’s a bit different.
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| I didn't say better, I said different. |
Travel is still a very popular interest, however. Almost every single guy here mentions travel in their profile. I asked it before and I’ll ask again; who are these people and why/how do they travel so much?! Don’t these guys have day jobs?! Where do they find the money and the time to just travel the world?
The typical male profile on a dating app in TX contains at least one of the following:
Shoutout to Jesus
Football
At least one dog, prominently featured in photo(s)
Photo: Smiling while holding a dead fish on a sailboat
Photo: Obviously staged golf swing at the nearest country club
Photo: Obviously staged cross fit session photo opp
Mirror selfie while lifting up shirt (why is this still a thing?! NOBODY WANTS THIS)
Photo: Looking manly while holding or shooting a gun
Group photos – Oh so I’m supposed to guess which dude bro you are among the 5 dude bros in this photo? Cool.
Lies about age – I don’t know which dude on the internet shared this hot tip but apparently a lot of guys got the memo. They’ll claim to be in their 30’s (you know, so that they show up in searches for men in their 30’s) but state their real age in their “About Me” section. Dudes… stop that. That’s like when a car company prices a car at $29,999 just so they show up in searches for “Cars under $30k” when realistically, you'll never find one under $30K on dealer lots…. c’mon man. Don’t be that guy.
I suppose if I’m continuing from my initial round of online dating, then I'll pick back up on Date 11.
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| Here. We. Go. |
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