"It's well known that dating apps are a nightmare, that hell is empty and all the demons are on Hinge, to the extent people aren't really allowed to complain about it any more. It would sound like whining about getting run over after you couldn't be bothered to use an underpass, so you just ran across a motorway and hoped for the best."
"It's all in that bit of the Venn diagram where I couldn't work out what he/she was thinking meets I didn't know whether I was that into it, which is to say, the grey lacuna marked nothing happened. It could be a super-efficient, young-professional walk-through-a-park date, and then nothing happened, or a five-hour pub crawl, and then nothing happened. One young friend went to Spain to see a guy, and still nothing happened."
Dating apps have a notorious reputation, yet many dating failures occur without technology. Young people still go on dates that produce no romantic or sexual advancement, a phenomenon described as the grey lacuna marked nothing happened. Dates can range from efficient park walks to five-hour pub crawls or international visits and still end with no progression. Instances include a partner passing underwear under a table without subsequent escalation, and frequent repetition of such experiences among some people. Older generations often fail to understand these behaviors. The absence of any development on dates causes wasted time, wounded self-esteem, and a profound sense of isolation.
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