Is internet dating weird

If there's one relationship that will define my 20s , it will be my relationship with dating apps. I've downloaded and deleted every love-finding app there is more times than I'm willing to admit Online dating isn't always a disgrace. I met some awesome guys from swiping right — guys like "You'll Never Believe This Trick" Rick, who was a magician and did card tricks our entire first date. We never went out again, but I did see him at a wedding once, where he was hired to entertain the guests during cocktail hour.

The second time, I was doing it much more casually, going on every few days when I was stuck on the bus or in a particularly long bathroom line, and just seeing what was out there. And of course, this sporadic perusing was all it took for a guy in my very small, very tight knit, journalism class of 15 to find my profile, screenshot it, and post it to our group Facebook page. I know because I scroll past people I know in real life every day, as evidenced by that dude in my journalism class finding me because he was on Tinder too. The world is a big place. The internet is great and diverse and you may find someone you never thought you needed in a place you never thought to look. It does happen.

I live in Brooklyn. I feel like we probably re-met on Tinder, the only app in existence at the time. Forgive my lazy Forrest Gump reference: Online dating is like a box of those goddamn front-display-at-the-drugstore-in-February chocolates — you never know what you are going to get, but it's probably going to be dry and flavorless. The first online date you ever go on is undoubtedly the most nerve-wracking of all.

I remember the day after, when my flatmate asked me how it went. I beamed at her over my cup of tea. I met that man about 10 years ago.