If there are plenty of fish in the sea, then dating apps are an endless Vegas all-you-can-eat seafood buffet. With over 50 million Tinder users all over the world, an average of 12 million matches a day, and approximately 1 billion swipes a day, what are the chances you’d see the same face pop up on your phone multiple times? Unbelievably, it’s not as rare as you might think. Now, if you see a person you’ve matched with before, should you swipe right again? Will things be magically different this time around?
I remember the first time I https://datingranking.net/tr/chatrandom-inceleme/ re-matched with a guy on an app and I thought, “this time we’ll message each other, get together, and live happily blah blah blah.” But alas, we did not. Neither of us messaged the other and the match expired. Cut to weeks later, and the same thing happens again. I even asked a few of my friends who are particularly app-happy and they all said that they’ve experienced it, too. So, are we all just living in a bizzaro dating app version of Groundhog Day, sadly minus Bill Murray?
I connected with Meredith Golden, dating app expert, and her perspective on this subject was very refreshing. I asked Golden if you should swipe right again on a face you’ve swiped right on before and she advises, “Dating apps are great connectors but the goal is to meet someone. People only have so much time in their day, so don’t waste yours on someone that has made it clear they have no plans to meet. There are plenty of other singles who do want to meet.” If you’ve matched with this person before and perhaps even messaged, but gradually your back and forth breadcrumbed slowly into a famine, then Golden suggests, “If it never advances to meeting, it means it’s time to stop wasting your time engaging and focus on those that demonstrate interest in meeting.”
