I wish I had a screenshot of his profile from back then. He had a terrible tinder profile. He had one recent cute selfie as his first pic. But most of the pics were blurry and several years old. His bio was very generic something like āHi I like video games and anime.ā
I was at a point where I was playing tinder like a game. I had a suggestive bio. I meticulously picked my photos to come off a certain way. Iād swipe right on so many people just because I was bored. And almost everyone would just send some shitty perverted pick up lines referencing my bio.
Not my boyfriend though, he super liked me and immediately started a regular conversation. We started to talk every day on tinder and eventually Snapchat until we met in real life after two weeks.
We celebrate our first date as our anniversary because weāve basically been together ever since.
4d ago
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He likes to say we met on Tinder because he knows it annoys me lol. Our very first meeting was on New Yearās Eve of 2016 at a house party. He had the same name as one of our mutual friends (āSā from here on out for anonymityās sake) and I kept riffing with him about that and ended up hugging him when I left, my long hair got in his mouth and he still remembers that lol.
He was the drummer in my friendās band and Iād ask about him often; each sillygoofy funny tale made me more interested and led to a little facebook stalk session. My friend mentioned that they were going to a birthday party for one of Sās friends. I begged if they could get me an invite and funnily enough that same day S saw us walking down the street and texted them āyou and your friend look good in red.ā The invite was secured!
That night, I got all done up and went to the party and immediately got blasted on some sangria. I cornered S and talked to only him the ENTIRE party, mostly discussing a bracket my brother and I had made to determine the best disney channel original movie. He was so kind and sweet and funny and did not make a move! Which was a huge contrast compared to all the thirsty gross dudes Iād normally encounter at parties.
For the next couple months, weād see eachother around at coffee shops and exchange smiles and quick helloās. One day on a beautiful early Spring afternoon I was sitting outside at a coffee shop reading Marx for homework and saw S. He sat outside nearby me and I said āok this is silly!ā and told/asked him to join me.
We sat there for three hours as a rotating cast of characters came through. Weād see friends and they join for a spell and go on their way, the funniest addition was my friend and her 12 year old brother. I had to get to class so we parted ways and I was still surprised he hadnāt made any moves or even any objectifying comments, not that I wanted that, but thatās generally the way Iām used to men interested in me acting. I figured he had a partner, wasnāt straight, or simply wasnāt interested in me.
This was the golden days of Tinder so one night when I was trawling through the cityās singles, I finally saw S on the app. This was my shot and I was not going to miss it! A simple āswipe rightā would not do my, I used my daily free superlike and held my breath. We matched! I donāt remember the first messages but it was something like āwell, finally!ā and we planned the first date.
Apparently, he had a massive crush on me from our very first meeting and thought I was way out of his league so he wrongfully assumed my overt flirting as was just a platonic offering of friendship. We have been together ever since and are happily married and still more in love every day. He has gotten me through so much and I cannot imagine my life without him, love you my beautiful husband!!!
This is your sign to shoot your damn shot!!!
5d ago
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The first time we met to actually date was through tinder. I was in Sheffield playing a major festival š so he must have liked me while he was there playing the fringe of said festival. then we realised we had met before when weād both played a terrible gig in the pouring rain like 7 months earlier. Heād come up to me after Iād played and told me that one of my poems made him cry. Me, being not very good at tone and attempting witty banter, replied ādid it make you feel guilty?ā as the poem was about being a woman in music. he assumed I hated him and we didnāt speak again until we matched.
Oct 15, 2024
a couple weeks ago, i bumped into a friend that i say hi to every now and then, but donāt know much about. iāve always thought heās cute. we were both walking to the library to study, so we were talking and getting to know each other. i mentioned that i want to live back at home after i graduate uni because i would miss my dog (and parents) too much. then i showed him my lock screen of my dog. this song was playing (important!) and he stared at the screen for awhile and i thought that was strange because it wasnāt hard to see the pic of my dog. my delulu self thought he was trying to read the song name to listen to it later.
we ended up spending the rest of the day together, studying, trying to get to know each other while flirting, and then got taco bell for dinner (literally a date yk). he also paid for my drink at our campus cafeš„¹
2 weeks ago, we were studying together again and i asked if he had spotify. he said yes, and i said that we should make a shared playlist that blends our music (i listen to it every day). the other day this song showed up and on the side it had both of our profilesā¦ basically we both had listened to it, and itās SO CUTE because he is so observant and makes an effort to get to know me. and no i donāt think he alr knew who caroline polachek is based on what he listen to. anyway i really really like him and this might be the start of a love story pls wish me luckš¤š»
Dec 7, 2024
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I found out a friend annotates every book he reads. I donāt think I could ever do that, but I would love to read something heās annotated. More than that I would love to read a book someone has specifically annotated with me in mind.
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