Tinder: one word, six letters, infinite connotations. Please spare your jokes about the app because we have all heard them already.

The app is a more modern option for online dating that uses smartphones, as opposed to turning on an old geezer of a computer. But, as the number of users started to increase, so did the validity of the app's purpose. Its reputation is somewhat of a joke now, but so are college students' dating lives.

Yes, your girl scored a few dates here and there, thanks to Tinder. However, no amount of chick flick movies have prepared me for what I was about to encounter. Here are six lessons I learned the hard way from my Tinder experiences, that can also happen to you.

1. SOMETIMES YOUR DATE WILL DRIVE A MASERATI AND LIVE IN A MANSION, BUT WILL NOT BUY YOU A $3 ICE CREAM CONE AT THE BOARDWALK

"Let's just sit on a bench and stare and the stars and not talk," he said. I don't know what I should be more offended by: the fact he basically told me to shut up or how he's filthy rich but couldn't buy me ice cream.

2. MALES ARE VERY CREATIVE WRITERS

Some boys write such descriptive novels when messaging on Tinder that you're left thinking if you are communicating with Shakespeare reincarnated.

3. SOMETIMES MEETING AT THE HALFWAY POINT IS NOT THE BEST OPTION

One time I went on a triple date with my best friends and our Tinder dates from Pennsylvania (keep in mind I am from New Jersey). We met at a diner in a town that was considered halfway for both of us. It turned out to be located in the middle of a sketchy site with no other buildings or cars in sight.

4. IF YOUR BEST FRIENDS DECIDE TO SPY ON YOU AND YOUR TINDER DATE, THEY WILL MOST LIKELY BE CAUGHT

How he recognized their faces and knew they were my best friends, I may never know.

5. SNAPCHAT>TEXT MESSAGING/CALLING

Most of the time when you and your match decide you want to get to know each other better or go on a date, he will ask for your Snapchat, instead of your number to keep in touch. Social media really is taking over our lives.

6. GETTING CATFISHED BY A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY IS ALWAYS A PLUS

His Tinder profile and facial features read 20. But when I asked him what college he goes to, he spilled the beans and confessed that he was actually 16 and still goes to high school. "I just like older women," he said nonchalantly.

Well, there you have it, folks. Please learn from my unfortunate experiences and Tinder responsibly at your own risk!