"You should.."😬"Don't be.."😬"Not looking.."😬"Only want.."😬"I'm not.."😬"You better.."😬"Not interested in.."😬
Maybe I'm showing my age, but do any of these dating app demands actually work?
For lack of a better word, they feel... bossy.
"Must have this."
"Must not have that."
"No pen pals."
"No games."
"No drama."
"No kids."
"No conservatives."
"No liberals."
"No fish pictures."
No. No. No. No.
I mean, do you go to a restaurant and place an order by only listing what you don't want?
And I understand not wanting a pen pal. At some point you have to meet in person. But how exactly are people supposed to learn about each other first?
A few carefully curated photos, an AI-polished profile, and three days of texting?
And God forbid someone lives 75 miles away from the person who claims they "love to travel."
Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but a lot of us probably wouldn't exist if our great-grandparents hadn't spent months writing letters to each other.
Anyway, carry on. I'll be over here trying to figure out how people are supposed to get to know one another without talking to one another.