You can tell how organized someone is when you look through their phone. For example, someone who has zero to basic organization skills will leave their apps scattered across the interface of their phone like dead leaves over a lawn. I mean, how do you people deal with that? That’s like leaving all your laundry thrown around your room because “it helps me find my laundry better.” No. I am done talking about your dirty underwear. Then, there are people with gold stars in all things neat and clean who keep their apps in categories like “Social Media,” “Business” and “Entertainment.” Apps such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram can be found under “Social Media.” In the “Business” category: banking apps, work apps, school apps... because when the apps are used we mean business. As for the “Entertainment” section, for me: Fandango, Pokémon GO, Tinder and Grindr.

For those of you who are unfamiliar, Tinder and Grindr are “dating” apps. Grindr is specifically used by gay men and has a reputation for hookups. I do not participate in hookup culture because I love myself. I am not saying if you do hookup with strangers then you do not love yourself. I am saying different people have different perspectives on what loving themselves entails. This is a whole other topic amongst itself, but I use dating apps to find guys who may be interested in my brain. I am a total advocate for seeking true love in a person. It is so much more pure and honest, but it is hard to find love in the world when everyone is looking for it in their phone.

Despite my inclination to meet guys in person, I probably check my dating apps several times a day. It is almost an addiction, "has anyone cute messaged me since I last checked?" Most of the time I tell guys no thanks to whatever they are after, because nothing is worse than sending a message and NOT getting a response. Like, did they see it? Should I send it again? What were they thinking when they read my profile? I do not care if someone rejects me. Just let me know what you are thinking and don't be rude about it. I use dating apps as time-killers mostly; I don’t download games on my phone because I HATE mindless, tedious tasks. I guess I would rather talk to strange men? The stranger, the better!

Now, for someone who is so interested in finding love why do I treat it like a joke? Maybe because it softens the impact of that lonely pit in your stomach felt by everyone who never has a Valentine. Possibly because it is easier to laugh at it than to cry because I’m single. There is a chance it will hurt less if I get rejected because it is all just fun, right? I can probably spew out a few more deep psychological reasons as to why my dating apps are in the “Entertainment” section, but the truth is this: most of the guys I find on these apps do not fit my “perfect boyf material” bill. It is entertaining to see the way they handle a simple and polite rejection, but also I am young and in no hurry whatsoever to fulfill all my wildest dreams and exotic fantasies. I prefer going with the flow and filling one day at a time. In the meantime, I enjoy cracking jokes about finding a sugar daddy or crying myself to sleep because I have a twin-sized bed.