Singles Are Turning To Slow Dating
Trending News: Slow Dating Is The Latest Trend Because Swiping Sucks
Swipe, swipe, swipe – silence. Date, date, date – blah. Match – ghost. First date – flake. Need I go on?
It's been years since Tinder took hold of dating life at this point and it's gotten old. Real old. But because finding love is pretty cool and stuff, people are trying other strategies that have nothing to do with Tinder or Bumble or even online dating sites like Match.com. They're trying slow dating – and it doesn't sound like a bad plan at all.
According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, some are setting up closed groups with limited numbers to really give each person a shot. The group met several times at the bar, laser tag and for a night of jenga. Out of 40 participants, the slow dating group led to more than 12 successful dates and four couples.
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People are also calling the proverbial Yenta to make them a match. Offline dating service Three Day Rule charges $4,500 for three months of matchmaking.
That doesn't mean dating apps are out altogether. Hinge, a dating app that doesn't have swiping and it's influenced some interesting results.
The evils of dating apps is also causing some people to *gasps* go back to trying to meet people in real life.
Maybe, just maybe, swiping apps have reached their peak and we're about to see a major change?
I asked AskMen's Senior Editor Alex Manley about this and he said there is still a time and a place for swiping apps.
"At AskMen, we're far from anti-app. In many cases, online dating apps are great solutions to real dating problems people face when they're looking either for something very specific or for something fast and casual that traditional dating sites aren't really delivering."
However, Manley says changing things up isn't a plan at all.
"If you've been on apps for a long time and find yourself feeling exhausted and unsatisfied, why keep at it? Swiping the same profiles over and over again and expecting different results is its own kind of insanity."
As for slow dating, Manley says it's worth a shot. Worst comes to worst you have a fun night out trying to meet someone in person.
"The 'slow dating' trend might not be for everyone, but if you're on the fence, burnt out from too many (or too few) matches, it certainly wouldn't hurt to give it a shot. Face-to-face means fewer options, but it also means you have a shot at something that might feel a little more real -- and you know if the person you're checking out has bad breath right off the bat."
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