#hinge app

Here I am thinking it was something that only happens with dating romantically.

I started messaging this guy on a dating app, because I was attracted to him. He’s a filmmaker and I felt like we would have some things in common. When he found out I was an actor and writer and had just produced a very amateur short film with some peers, he seemed to direct his full attention to me. But not in a romantic interest way, in a more ‘I find it fascinating that you’ve done something that I also enjoy, lets only discuss filmmaking for hours a day’ way. I believe our first conversation was like 4 hours long and somewhat varying in topics, but in the days following, he only wanted to talk about editing - basically going on about the projects he was currently doing, and showing them to me. There was never anymore inquiries about my personal life, not even when I tried throwing in some personal questions about him.

I accepted that this dude was not romantically interested in nor attracted to me, and I was cool with it because we discussed producing a simple short film together before I leave at the end of the year. He was really into it, but it took me a couple of weeks to write a draft script that I was happy with in order for us to begin. It seemed like up until that moment, he would check in every day and ask how the writing was going. I was starting to feel guilty about not having anything to show, but I know that forcing ideas doesn’t work for me, so I let it come naturally. 

Once I finally wrote the script, I told him we could have our first production meeting that weekend. He asked if we could get started any sooner. I scheduled a call on a weekday that got pushed back to two days later. When the time came, he told me he had to reschedule again. When the next couple days didn’t seem to work for either of us, he said he would let me know. I haven’t heard from him since and my intuition tells me I won’t hear from him again.

I could be wrong. But I could sense that he had his mind on other things. He said “I’ll let you know” in the same manner that I’ve said it to other people when I did not at all plan on letting them know.

I’m sure he has gotten busy with paid projects. Or perhaps he found someone that he actually wants to date. Either way, I’m bummed that I let another guy get me excited about them, only to disappoint me almost right away.

*views of an asexual who is as such, only interested in profile content and couldn’t give 2 shits that you’re shirtless*

“we’ll get along if you like the office” (do y’all have a script you read from??? Make it interesting, for the love of God!)

“fluent in sarcasm” (...can you not)

“getting that bread/on the grind” *insert 5-10 emojis* (words fail me. I have no words)

two word answers on everything (put some effort in, dude, c’mon)

choosing a prompt you don’t have an answer to (you only get 3, WHAT IS YOU DOING)

answering a prompt with “ask me” (fuck you)

“the dorkiest thing about me is: everything” (once again, fuck you)

answering prompts with non-answers “I bet you can’t: divide by zero” (hilarious, my heart is full)

“Bonus points if you’re *insert specific thing here*” (because that’s a huge winner: scoring systems)

Midwest: picture with a giant fish. West coast: “Let’s go hiking!/Let’s get sushi” (OK, hiking, maybe, but way to live up to cliches)

“We get along if: you enjoy being spontaneous” (laughs in introverted PhD student)

squinting in your profile picture (I feel about this how people feel about duck face)

100% “goofy” profile pics (whether or not you actually are a lovable goof, I don’t know you like that)

“sapiosexual” (it’s cute when they try to sound deep)

You said that we're getting too close too soon And you were right It had only been three weeks of me knowing you and I was already thinking of how your belly button was the first real outie that I'd ever seen And how much easier it is to clean! I mean, great for body shots, right? (Or not)

And you had just come down from the 'happiest weekend ever' You were still stuck in the "Weekender state of mind. You know, how you told me about the GIRLS in tank tops, in shorts, in bras in India!! Taking their tops off for Opeth A band, that you hadn't known the existence of, before THIS weekend Paradise. And to come from paradise down to... this? Moi?

I mean, not gonna lie, you did get me thinking about why I got so attached, so fast And why I liked you Was it your long flat face that had an uncanny resemblance to an ironing board? Or your huge ears, the first thing that I'd noticed in your profile even before your 6'3" height? Or was it your nose Long, elegant, poking against my eye as you kissed me

My fellow witches in the Piedmont area of NC USA who use Hinge dating app - watch out for this troll.

(More tea later, but I of course responded to his bullshit comment in kind)

Also i realize my comment was ableist, but I corrected myself later in the rant.