What is everybody using to meet people these days? I know the usual names: Tinder, Hinge, Plenty of Fish. I can name the apps. It’s the actual dating part that has me a little lost.
Are those where everyone is now? If I want to meet somebody, is downloading one simply the first step, like putting on shoes before leaving the house?
I’m asking because dating seems to have moved so thoroughly onto a screen that I’m not sure where the in-person part starts anymore. There are all these ways to find someone digitally, but I miss the idea of getting to know somebody while we’re already in the same place, having a conversation.
Even that sounds strangely vague when I say it. Which place? What conversation? Apparently, my entire plan is to be somewhere and hope another available adult has also chosen to be there.
I’m not against the apps. I just wonder whether they’ve become the main entrance, or whether people are still meeting in everyday life and I’ve somehow missed how that works.
So where are you actually meeting the people you date? And if the answer isn’t on your phone, I’d especially like to hear it.
