We've all been there, in our bed at 3 AM on that one app that all your friends pressured you into downloading, or maybe you just got out of a relationship and decided you wanted to "give it a try", and what are we doing? We're swiping to find the love of our lives… or maybe we're just bored. The swiping continues until we are now sleep deprived or… oh wait… we found a match! But don't get too excited, it's probably not what we think it is.

After zoning out for so long and mindlessly swiping, it's inevitable that what we think is our type actually may not be. We've been swing for so long past all the people we didn't find attractive that now anything that even remotely resembles an attractive person we immediately swipe right, ultimately settling. This is very common and there is no reason to feel bad about being picky, but we all have slip ups right? We still aren't finding what we want, and even though this one match may look nice in the moment, when we go back and check our matches we find out just how cringy this person actually is. You wonder "how in the hell did I even match with them!?"

But sometimes we find that one person who is our type in every way, and that's how we learn about catfishing. Catfishing is the worst, especially when we go the extra mile to set up a date and meet this person that looks nothing like their profile, which sometimes makes you feel skeptical if you too are a catfish and just didn't know it. There are too many catfish out there for this to be a coincidence. But aside from this major catfishing conspiracy theory, it's known that unattractive people will even take pictures with their even less attractive friends making them look better in comparison. I'm sorry to break the news to you if you're just now finding this out, but now you know.

There's also a huge misconception that the date you've set up to meet your future man or woman is going to go extremely well because DANG they look GOOD! Or wow that one liner was amazing! AND JUST FOR ME!... In reality they use that one liner on everyone they swipe with and even stole it from the daily magazine they subscribe to, and their looks… let's just say we're not impressed.

When we look at their bio and see "OMG their a doctor!, OMG they're looking for LOVE, or even THEY HAVE A PUPPY!" we usually get sucked in immediately, and who could blame us for wanting that. They may look good on paper but in reality your doctor who's looking for love and has the cutest puppy ever is actually quiet, isn't interesting to talk to in the slightest, can't keep a conversation going, and actually has a cat. AKA your date was a disaster. But HEY DATING APPS AM I RIGHT?

A lot of the time we say we are too busy to meet the right person IRL, and that we just don't have time. I'm also guilty of making these excuses, and it's hard to get out of the dating app rabbit hole. There is truth to being too busy to meet people IRL, but most times this is somewhat of an excuse. These apps were made to help you efficiently find a date at your convenience, which is very tempting to say the least, because what we crave is human connection and sometimes we crave it so badly we will swipe right for just about anyone to get it.