Ditching dating apps - ABC listen
No, there weren't more guys with ... a good date. Elsa: My general experience on the apps is pretty dire. It's so boring. It's like a desert of spark and humour. You feel very aware that you're on the meat market and you're selling yourself, and the value is your appearance. There have been times where I've talked to people ... No, there weren't more guys with contorted testicles, but there were more guys who seemed to have missed the brief on how to be a good date. Elsa: My general experience on the apps is pretty dire. It's so boring. It's like a desert of spark and humour. You feel very aware that you're on the meat market and you're selling yourself, and the value is your appearance. There have been times where I've talked to people online.You can say to the friend who introduced you to that person, hey, they ghosted me.Like, what the hell? Could you please go and talk to your friend about why they have done this to me? So that's a big one. Yumi: Then there's another very obvious one. Alyx: Imagine meeting someone and going on a date with them, not on the apps.So we went back and sat down with my drink that I'd bought, and he went on quite a bit about the last two dates he'd had with women who were really drunk, and he spent all his money on wine for them to drink. And he opened his wallet and he said, yeah, I've got all the receipts. And he showed me all the receipts. And then he went and like, I'd finished my drink. And so he was, I guess, okay to buy me one because he made a thing of it. Yumi: The plumber talked at Jenny non-stop about his ex, about her boob job that he paid for and about his work.Yumi: When Alex says flaky, she's talking about people not bothering with basic decency, like showing up for the date at all, or not following up after a date.