I first discovered the world of Tinder in the summer of 2014. I was working at a pizzeria and there was a lot of downtime. I had gotten dumped the winter before and I was ready to move on. Tinder was exactly what I expected it to be, I had never seen so many cheesy pickup lines about movies and the bedroom in my life, they were a source of entertainment.
I didn't take the app seriously, I had never met anyone from it whom I "tinder blasted" as a mode of boosting my self-confidence. I would stand at the counter at work and swipe right to everyone that came up. I would delete and re-download the app often. Probably because my ex, who dumped me, also worked at my job and I would watch him on Tinder. Tinder was almost caused by all the feelings I had towards me ex (jealousy, hatred etc.)
Finally, it was the end of the summer and I was going back to commuting to NYC for the year for school. On a late August night, I downloaded Tinder again in an effort to form some sort of relationship. I wasn't looking for anything at the time, I guess I just wanted someone to talk to. So for a second time, I carefully went over my options. I swiped left a bunch until finally I saw his face for the first time.
My boyfriend's Tinder profile was a picture of him with hair down to his eyebrows, he was in some grocery store and had a smirk on his face, the kind that you get when your mom makes you be in a family photo. Something about him stayed with me so I took a chance and swiped right. I didn't message him first because I wasn't really sure what to say. "Hey, are you here for random hookups or a relationship, cause I have no idea why I'm here..." didn't seem appropriate enough.
Thankfully he has more guts than I do and he messaged me. We talked for a week before my constant reminder of the show Catfish kept playing in my head. "What if he's not even real?" So during my first production design class of the semester I asked him if he wanted to meet in person later that night and to my surprise, he agreed.
Fast forward to a year and a half and here we are! I met the love of my life on Tinder after being completely unsure as to why I was there but I wouldn't change any event leading up to it. I'm in the happiest relationship I've ever been in.
