I also discovered, in the course of writing this story, that more than one of my friends mentions tacos in their profile. And apparently, it works! Has all creativity and originality gone out the window now? We get it. You like tacos. A lot of very boring conversations! A love of tacos to a lot of people on these apps fits in that niche of a little different but nothing too out-there. I feel people are scared to put in their bios aspects of who they really, truly are.
Unfortunately, that fear leads to a lot of identical profiles that ultimately end up backfiring. They are, of course, real people with the same complex inner lives as anyone else, with weird tics and funny-sounding laughs and family dynamics that nobody else understands.
No one can realistically be expected to include all those things on a dating profile; the platforms themselves make it practically impossible to do so. And even if they did, how pretentious would it sound? Awash in the terror of crafting a version of oneself online for the world to consume, it only makes sense that in trying come off in the best possible light, you end up looking just like everyone else. Our mission has never been more vital than it is in this moment: to empower through understanding.
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Elyse Myers shared her bizarre experience on her TikTok channel , responding to the question: "What is the worst date you've ever been on? The singer, who is now married - needless to say, to someone else - explained that that particular prize goes to a guy she had matched with online, who invited her out for dinner. She said: "This man messages me out of the blue and he goes, 'I like your face, let's go get some food. I will drive us to the restaurant together'.
He's standing outside of that. He walks up to my car and he goes, 'I've lost my keys. Can you drive us there? Did I? Absolutely not. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies.
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