It’s a Monday morning on campus and I fit right in with the living dead, luckily the living dead is the 'entire' college population. I look up. It’s in that rare moment of looking up, when I catch a glimpse of someone that looks really familiar.
But who is it? How do I, the most antisocial person know someone? I didn’t even go to a party this weekend. Yet I don’t really know them, they just look familiar. As I pass them it hits me. I haven’t officially met them... yet!
Ah yes, Tinder, the perfect and perhaps only way for a quiet girl like me to meet a guy.
The addictive app where you can browse through lots of (hopefully) single candidates. It’s like the dating process Princess Mia goes through in the movie Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (Garry Marshall 2004.) Although let's be real, her experience is a bit more glamorous with a larger screen (one of the many castle's T.V.) popcorn, and a friend and grandma cheering her and the candidates on! I on the other hand usually lounge upon my bed with a cell phone in hand.
I am quick to realize that the downside of Tinder is these now super awkward ‘moments’ where you pass ‘just a familiar face’.
It’s almost as bad as running into an ex in the hallway. At least you know your ex, but these ‘faces’ make you ponder if they have liked, disliked you or even came across your picture and profile at all!
However, these awkward moments which do happen (especially on a smaller campus) have not stopped me from searching for my prince charming while staying in my tower (My dorm room!)
