If you’re lucky enough to be doing the whole online dating thing like yours truly, you’ve probably noticed the majority apps have some version of a swipe right or left section. Occasionally I’ve been known to do what I call a “speed swipe” you get in a rhythm of going right or left and sometimes accidents happen.
A Sarah Example: Some friends of mine recently separated and are both checking out the dating scene via online. One evening I decided to browse my suggested options and started swiping left and right.
Now, let me pause and say if I’ve learned one thing about dating in this technology/social media driven society, it’s that guys will pick the most random (and occasionally offensive) picture to set as their profile default. I also understand I might be missing out on the “perfect guy for me” but there are some pictures that this girl can’t help but judge with a swipe left. I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t ran across people I know on there too. Depending on the person, I’ll occasionally, just for fun, swipe right. Others I know are such a bad idea I laugh and swipe left with ease.
This one particular evening, a picture pops up of a guy who looked familiar, but the pic wasn’t clear enough for me to say for sure who it was. Clicking on his profile, I realized it’s the husband of the couple I mentioned above. I panicked, knowing he’d be able to see that I checked out his profile, hit the back button, still panicking, and managed to not swipe right but hit the stupid check mark which does the exact same thing as a swipe right!
Screaming, I proceeded to throw my phone to the other end of the couch. Do I message him and explain what happened? Do I message her and explain that I’m not out for her ex?
WHAT DO I DO?? Do I delete my profile and pretend nothing happened?
After getting dirty looks from the cat for my freak out, I grabbed my phone and paced around my house until I could calm down. The nice thing about some of these apps, is that if you are brave enough to head back to the spot you were just in, sometimes the same faces will pop up. He did again, and I’m pretty sure I’ve never swiped left so fast in my life! Which, apparently cancelled my previous action out! Thankfully!! Don’t get me wrong, I wish them both the best, and want them to find happiness again. But I’m also smart enough to know we would not be good together, plus the awkwardness. No thanks!
Needless to say, I’m WAY more careful, and have use that feature WAY less!
Cheers!
-Sarah
