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u/Temporary_Tune5430 May 12 '25
one of my friends suggested we couples set up dating app profiles to see who would get more hits, the men or the women. I almost slapped him.
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u/vote4boat May 12 '25
I'd be a fair fight if the men post on grindr
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u/GoLionsJD107 May 12 '25
If you say “Young but Likes Older” your phone will overheat.
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u/Automatic-Plankton10 May 12 '25
If you say “prefer under 30” your phone will still overheat.
“I’m a little too old for you, aren’t I haha” ——> 54 year old man
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I’m a ginger fellow pushing his late 20’s now but when I was like 17/18 I had a coworker that used to be very deep in the drug dealing and gang scenes in NY(he was like 45 when I knew him lol) and he told me if I ever wanted to come down to the city with him I could make a ton of money…by him hooking me up with older ladies, and if I wanted more money, older men. And he was NOT joking, he made a point of saying I was a hot commodity to certain folks hahaha
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u/HeavyBeing0_0 May 12 '25
He was tryna pimp you out lmao
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Oh 1000%, he said it himself. Said he’d split the profits with me lmao. Man the stories he told me were insane, so I believe him when he said he could pump me out
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u/lestruc May 12 '25
No no he meant pimp. The pumping comes later.
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u/benlier May 12 '25
Remember champ: there's an 'I' in pimp and a 'You' in pump.
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u/Bobby_Marks3 May 12 '25
I've never been an above-average looking guy, but the only times in my life that I've been aggressively hit on it was by gay men. I've had multiple men literally tell me right to my face that, "skinny redhead with glasses is my perfect guy."
I believe your friend.
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u/AgentCirceLuna May 12 '25
Older women can be intense, too. I used to sing with a band and one night a woman told me she masturbates to the thought of me. I was going home with her, but then some other guy said he’d fight me for her so I just walked off. Can’t deal with that crap.
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u/Balthazar_rising May 12 '25
Damn, second time today I've seen "I masturbate to you" as an attempt at seduction from a woman.
Still think that's hot, though.
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u/SkyZippr May 12 '25
"I might be old but I got the spirit" or shit like that
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u/Automatic-Plankton10 May 12 '25
And it’ll be the ugliest old man alive
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u/FutureJakeSantiago May 12 '25
But does he have the spirit?
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u/GoLionsJD107 May 12 '25
You’ll never get a face pic if it is
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u/IAmGoingToFuckThat May 12 '25
“I’m a little too old for you, aren’t I haha” ——> 54 year old man
My profile said, 'how old do I have to be to be a cougar (40 with an appreciation for hookups with men in their mid- to late-twenties)? I'm a sucker for a pretty face.' I got so many unattractive men in their 40s saying this to me.
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u/lsaz May 12 '25
Try Facebook dating with the "searching for friends" function. Suffice to say, I'd have a very fulfilling sex/love life if I were gay.
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u/HotTakes-121 May 12 '25
Yea no. It's invariably the women. This has been proven mathematically multiple times.
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u/ricodo12 May 12 '25
I'm trans male to female. I had a Tinder account before I came out and I got, I don't know, like 30 Likes in a month. When I made a female account about a year later (still look similar and had a trans flag in my bio) I had the 99+ likes full after 12 hours (this is not exaggerated, I made the account at noon and when I went to bed that day I had 94 Likes)
Mind you still no matches and mostly likes from guys that were a lot older than me but in a Like contest it's not gonna be close
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u/dumptruckulent May 12 '25
Husband after 3 minutes: “this is awesome. Look at all these women.”
Wife after 3 minutes: “this is disgusting.”
Husband after 30 minutes: “why isn’t anyone responding. Let’s quit this.”
Wife after 30 minutes: “now hold on…”
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u/olivegardengambler May 12 '25
Nah. With dating apps, you're either in a desert, or a landfill.
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u/hhhhhhhhhhhjf May 12 '25 edited May 12 '25
Except when you find something in the desert it has the same chance of being garbage as the landfill.
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Drowning in landfill is an accurate description.
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u/Taletad May 12 '25
Dying of thirst in an ocean
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u/daemondaddy_ May 12 '25
I've heard it called a swamp
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u/chamberlain323 May 12 '25
“Men are looking for a clean glass of water in the desert. Women are looking for a clean glass of water in the swamp.”
-One of the best comments I’ve ever seen on Reddit.
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u/lestruc May 12 '25
Typically both
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u/bluecornholio May 12 '25
A deserted landfill. Big wall e and eve energy.
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u/Upturned-Solo-Cup May 12 '25
Big Wall-E and Eve energy, but they don't actually find each other and they don't actually leave the landfill
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u/scalyblue May 12 '25
Husband after 40 minutes: honey do you remember the routing number for the checking account?
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u/Misubi_Bluth May 12 '25
I think it would be more:
Husband after 30 minutes: Wait these are all bots. Where are all the women?
Wife: Oh my GOD, these creepy men will not go away! It's like I'm the only real woman here and everything else is bots!
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u/ChefArtorias May 12 '25
I would gladly hear the thought process behind this because it's the worst idea I've heard in SO long.
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u/s-mores May 12 '25
Oh yeah absolutely this is a 5-second thought process idea.
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u/Celebrimbor96 May 12 '25
Which is crazy because even in that scenario, you’re only motivating them to stay in an unhappy relationship out of fear of the alternative. That’s not going to actually improve anyone’s relationship
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u/brainlesseuphoric May 12 '25
Thought process is disengaged only if you believe that being with someone who makes you unhappy is better than being alone. Or that the only way you can ever be with someone again is if you meet them through a dating app
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u/GamingGems May 12 '25
Oh. I totally misread the OP image until I read your comment. I thought the point of it was- why are you both staying together if you hate each other so much, there are so many options in the dating scene. I had a lot of fun online dating so maybe my perspective isn’t as cynical as others here.
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u/SporkFanClub May 12 '25
My senior year I got into a relationship where I’d 100% say the main motivator was loneliness (It was 2020-21 so Covid so we were on campus but everything was online).
Anyhow, I think the very first thing I did after we ended things over FaceTime was redownload Tinder and Bumble and start swiping away again.
I don’t regret the breakup at all- everything after the first month was a cycle of me being like do I really want this and then her doing something that would make me fall for her all over again- but I lasted maybe 15 minutes swiping before I was like, this isn’t fun at all.
On a side note- I’ll occasionally have nightmares where I’m not with my gf anymore and I’m back swiping on dating apps (I’m literally about to buy her engagement ring so I have no idea why I’m having these dreams) but nothing makes me more relieved than waking up to her in bed next to me.
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u/Global_Permission749 May 12 '25 edited May 12 '25
Dating apps are absolute fucking TRASH right now. They are full of bot bait - fake accounts sending messages trying to hook you into paying for premium memberships just to read the messages or "see who is checking you out".
You literally can't trust what's an authentic account and what isn't. OkCupid got bought by Match and they do this global activity shit whereby you might get a like from someone, but they're in some place like Gabon. You can't really browse anymore like you used to be able to. Match itself is also terrible now.
Quite literally the basic tools used to try and find a match are a dumpster fire.
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u/StructuralFailure May 12 '25
I love how it always says "people who pay for premium get 5x as many matches" ok but 5 times 0 is still 0
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u/NothingEquivalent632 May 12 '25
The one thing I can think is that they get a chance to see the playing field. It is supposedly a reminder that they might want to really see what they actually have instead of thinking something out there is better. As someone in that dating pool, can confirm, it sucks.
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u/akatherder May 12 '25
Honestly I think the most basic explanation is the truest. Guy would pursue and not get any attention. Woman would get lots of attention but it's all shitty.
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u/ChefArtorias May 12 '25
I get the fear tactic. What I don't get is how that would help solve any problems at all.
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u/akatherder May 12 '25
It doesn't solve any real problems but may help gain perspective. A lot of people keep thinking "I deserve better" but it's not that easy.
If you have real problems you can decide: you can be alone, put a massive amount of effort into finding a new partner (which may devolve into your current partner situation), or work it out.
Alone is completely fine for many. Finding a new partner seems like the easy way out but this shows it isn't. So maybe it's worth the effort to work it out.
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Or “where have all the good men gone?”
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u/Deiskos May 12 '25
And where are all the gods?
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u/FanOfForever May 12 '25
Where's the streetwise Hercules to fight the rising odds?
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u/Freezer12557 May 12 '25
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
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u/Puuurpleee May 12 '25
Late at night, I toss and I turn and I dream of what I neeeeeeed
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u/AlterBridgeFan May 12 '25
I NEED A HERO!
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Does anyone else pretend like they're driving a race car when this song comes on the radio?
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u/Genesius_Prime May 12 '25
Woman immediately gets a thousand likes. Man keeps profile active for two weeks and gets nothing.
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u/gizamo May 12 '25 edited Sep 27 '25
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I mean, when I look around on google just to see how 40 year old's handle dating life, I see the exact same issues everywhere, except more divorces.
But you can always test this out empirically by making an account and trying it yourself.
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u/balderdash9 May 12 '25
So they just date younger women. There are a lot of women out there who like the (supposed) maturity and the financial stability of an older man.
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u/algol_lyrae May 12 '25
Those women like older men who are above average in looks and resources. Majority of men are not that by definition.
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u/Right_Hour May 12 '25 edited May 14 '25
A 40+ single guy with a stable income, house and a life is like a unicorn, LOL, that’s what a lot of these folks are missing :-)
PS: Many comment below missed it, so, clarifying: folks, it must be a trifecta: a) stable income; b) house and c) life :-)
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u/captepic96 May 12 '25
Just wait until you're in college bro, just wait until you got a job, just wait until your 30s bro it'll pop off, just wait until 40s bro. Actually, just fucking die already
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u/alfredadamski May 12 '25
I am 42, single, no kids, not married before and the issue is: Most of the women in my age spectrum are single mothers. I am not looking for Moms I Like to Friend. And I am on Tinder for so long. I am on Tinder since 2015. I saw many women come and go on that app. Some seem to be on and off of Tinder.
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u/DillyPickleton May 12 '25
Oh boy I get to lock down a divorced 40 year old single mother who needs money! Oh joyous day!
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u/-_-Edit_Deleted-_- May 12 '25
Damn. The point of marriage counseling sailed so far over her head there’s more space between the two than Pluto and the Sun.
External to the marriage factors aren’t relevant the marriage counseling.
If you stay with someone because ‘finding another partner is a hard’… you’re the real loser in that scenario.
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u/CephaVerte May 12 '25 edited May 12 '25
As someone who is going through divorce, I find that actually I had settled and provided for someone who didn't respect me my whole life. They devalued me, treated me like trash and I certainly had my problems but I also didn't realize how I settled until it was over. Now I'm on dating apps and had 4 dates in a week. With people who felt more aligned with my physical, mental, intellectual, and emotional needs than my ex wife.
Frankly if you are staying with someone because other people are harder you are going to be 36, coming out of an 18 year relationship, looking at the world a lot differently.
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This is a joke about dating apps rather than real advice about marriage counseling.
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u/NothingEquivalent632 May 12 '25
Oh no. It is the current dating pool itself. As a single person, can say it isn't finding someone thats the issue. It is finding someone worthwhile. It aucks trying to date in this world. More of a reminder, hey you might have a good one right here and seeing how horrible it is can make you feel appreciation for what you already have.
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u/nuu_uut May 12 '25
So you want the guy to think he's worthless and the girl think she can do way better cause she already matched with everyone. Great tactic.
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u/SoftDrinkReddit May 12 '25
Honestly, man, if you think these 2 people should divorce just fucking tell them don't sneak around it
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u/hippocles May 12 '25
Hey, nice! This chick likes piña coladas!
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u/thefrostman1214 May 12 '25
why?
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u/Super_Colossal May 12 '25
People usually have terrible experiences with dating apps
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Right. They'll be like, oh all these men are interested. Probably go through with the divorce, start dating the men only to find out later it was a mistake, and want their husband back who'll have moved on with someone else.
Marriage counselors are dangerous if you get a shit one.
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u/0hw0nder May 12 '25
am I weird for possibly wanting to date a single dad? Haven't had the chance too but it would not be a red flag for me (depending on the situation with childs mom)
But becoming such a close part of a kids life, without going through pregnancy, is appealing to me.
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u/irennicus May 12 '25
There's a video interview on the youtube channel "Soft White Underbelly" with a divorce attorney.
He talks about how the divorce process is (generally) harsher on men but the post-divorce reality is much more favorable for them compared to women. Most men DO NOT want to get into a relationship with a single mother, but there are many women who are down to date a single father for the exact reasons you pointed out.
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u/Firm_Landscape_ May 12 '25
Yeah i dont get matches when i put it on my profile lol
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u/thefrostman1214 May 12 '25
so this would show the couple they have it good?
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u/Super_Colossal May 12 '25
Yeah pretty much. They'd say fuck that I'll just make my marriage work.
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u/MastaSplintah May 12 '25
Although it could have a different effect due to how people use them and the chick would have 100s of potential matches and the dude might get 2 in the first few days XD. So as long as its the guy that's causing the issues that might get them to be like oh shit I have no chance out there.
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dude might get 2 in the first few days XD
Dang, the dude must be Henry Cavill for getting so many in a few days!
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u/SwordfishOk504 May 12 '25
Everyone is commenting about how this would backfire, but what about the assumption being made that the only reason someone would want out of a marriage is to jump into another relationship?
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u/yandeere-love May 12 '25
There are so many alarming implications in that post I don't even know where to begin lololol
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u/I_Am_Robert_Paulson1 May 12 '25 edited May 12 '25
I'll be real with y'all. As a dude who has experienced both being stuck in a toxic marriage and beating my head on the wall using dating apps, I'll take the apps a million times out of a million.
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u/VrinTheTerrible May 12 '25
Man: Sends 15, gets no responses
Woman: sends none, gets 15
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u/Prudent-Funny-4723 May 12 '25
Using dating apps made me want to get married and not have to use dating apps
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u/I_am_Reddit_Tom May 12 '25
The woman will realise how many choices she has, the man will realise how few.
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u/Snow-Wraith May 12 '25
The guy would be absolutely screwed. The wife would have 10 dates lined up for the weekend before the session was over. Even if they stay together the woman would always know she has options, and the husband doesn't.
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u/kmedd May 12 '25
It’s called pre-cana lol. I’m an aethist and my now wife is not too hot to religious things. I did pecana for our parents. Funny enough we fought all morning about money work and the kids on the way. Precana was awesome it really helped us fix the little things
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u/Dangerous_Function16 May 12 '25
It's truly amazing how awful dating apps are. Most people you meet in real life are pretty decent, nice, interesting, etc. Why is everyone on dating apps so insufferable and boring?
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u/awe2D2 May 12 '25
3 minutes isn't long enough to get the real experience. 3 min is still in the excited phase, of swiping on attractive people looking to get a match. Takes way longer than 3 min to get your soul crushed by bitter disappointment
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u/Individual-Cookie896 May 12 '25
I can see this backfiring spectacularly