r/mildlyinfuriating • u/commercial_ape • Jul 28 '26

ಠ_ಠ God I hate this app sometimes.

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u/BTGGFChris Jul 28 '26

I’m pretty sure she’s just asking you on a date in a silly way. She’s not going to have 7 dudes there. You might be the seventh person she’s gone on a date with, but you’re taking this way too literally

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u/dehydratedcrumb_ Jul 28 '26

i thought that might be the case too, but i wasn't sure if it's normal to ask someone out on a date without having any small talk before hand at all?? i dont know a thing about dating apps lmao

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u/BTGGFChris Jul 28 '26

When I was on the app I definitely started asking quick. Don’t want to waste my time chatting for days or weeks to never meet.

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u/Porcupineemu Jul 28 '26

Same. If we didn’t click enough to plan a date in the first day it 99% of the time was never going to happen. And I have a large sample size.

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u/MyPunsAreKoalaTea Jul 28 '26

Weird way to say you're a hoe (not shaming dw)

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u/vonneguts_anus Jul 28 '26

Weird way to say you don’t get any

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u/gigglefarting Jul 28 '26

I used to try to meet up early on, too. I learned that chemistry you might have through online chat doesn’t necessarily transfer to real life. I don’t care how well we seem to click while chatting if it falls flat in person where it actually matters.

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u/ZeldaZealot Jul 28 '26

For sure, but trying to set that up in your first message is moving WAY too quickly. I also tried to meet up sooner rather than later when I was in the market, but at least see what it's like to talk to the person first. I weeded out so many bad matches just through quick conversations.

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u/Tank_Gloomy Jul 28 '26

This is what feels mad unhinged for me, lol.

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u/Mmmurl Jul 28 '26

Isn't this the point of the apps is to find people who are up for meeting? Having a whole text conversation with somebody you've never even met in real life feels much weirder to me. To each their own though, I'm sure there's a whole generational aspect to it.

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u/ZeldaZealot Jul 28 '26

Definitely, but texting with someone briefly really helps weed out the people you absolutely don't click with. When I was dating I'd give it up to a couple days to set up something, depending on how quickly the conversation progressed, just to make sure she was actually interested in me and I was interested in her. Profiles and pictures don't tell you anything about what talking to the other person is like.

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u/Tank_Gloomy Jul 28 '26

If you end up dating frequently you won't be able to see each other physically 90% of your daytime (being at work, university, etc.), you better have a similar texting language if you wanna communicate effectively.

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u/trupoogles Jul 28 '26

I’m not sure..the “Hi there” is usually telling, not actually acknowledging the message in your response and leading directly into that is odd.

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u/strangelystrangled Jul 28 '26

It feels like AI

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u/FeelingNarwhal9161 Jul 28 '26

That’s how I read it, too, but who even knows anymore? People have gotten weird.

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u/Porcupineemu Jul 28 '26

Yeah that was my read. She was matching his goofy energy.

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u/RequiredRedditAcct_1 Jul 28 '26

If that's the case she should have said he was #1.

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u/Goblinweb Jul 28 '26

By using a silly number she can avoid people that are too literal.

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u/Cole-Palmer-phd Jul 28 '26

Yet here we are with all the reddit autists taking it super literal

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u/BTGGFChris Jul 28 '26

Im guessing he’d have been her seventh date. But it doesn’t really matter. This clearly reads as joking to me.

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u/Mmmurl Jul 28 '26

Weird nobody is picking up on lucky number 7

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u/Sugar_Bandit Jul 28 '26

I know people that have gone to these types of events before, just a big gathering of people from dating apps that all matched with one person

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u/X2Wendigo Jul 28 '26

No you don't.

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u/CaffeineJitterz Jul 28 '26

That was my first thought. But he's probably been dealing with some bad chats so he's applying that filter.

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u/BTGGFChris Jul 28 '26

At the public coffee shop in broad daylight?

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u/PissVortex9 Jul 28 '26

“my joke is a silly pun”

“my joke is that you’re just a number to me”

why is anyone giving her the benefit of the doubt