Amanda141 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Hello everyone. I started using dating apps back in September, when I moved to the UK to study. I didn't know anyone there and thanks to Tinder/Bumble I was able to meet some guys and date them (not at the same time of course) : with none of them I had one-night-stand, but we hanged out for a while. I was looking for a relationship, with a guy I was really close to have it, then I screwed up, but that's another story😂 I felt that in the UK having these apps was completely normal: someone was looking just for sex, but others also something more. No one was ashamed to have it to meet new people Last week I came back to my hometown in Italy to spend the summer. I spoke to some of my Italian friends and everyone told me that basically here it's considered by 99% of the users just as a hook-up app, and girls are even embarrassed to admit they have downloaded the app! I found it weird. Here I live in a very small town where I basically know everyone. I was hoping to meet new people online, I always had positive experience using these apps in the UK but I feel here in Italy the situation might be different. I'll try to give it a go anyway, just to see if my friends are right or wrong. How do you perceive Tinder/Bumble and the rest of dating apps? Why do you think people should be ashamed of using them? I think that dating apps are just a normal consequences of the iper-techonological and fast-paced society in we live in, and I find nothing wrong using them, however others completely disagree with me. Link to post Share on other sites
Ruby Slippers Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 People who use them are fine with them and may even prefer them. People who don't use them tend to think they're undesirable. No big surprise. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
chillii Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 My ex was Italian and she wouldn't be seen dead on one. Although that wasn't about embarrassment or like , she just thought they were disgusting, not her style at all. Link to post Share on other sites
Trail Blazer Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 I think they're very popular in English speaking countries more than European countries with a more traditional or conservative culture. I wonder if they're more popular in European countries like Germany, Netherlands, Scandinavia (yes, I know that's a region) than, say, Italy, Spain, Greece etc. Link to post Share on other sites
Bluesky00 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 well most people that I Personally know that are married/long term relationships have never used dating apps, and have met their partner the old fashion way like in real life in the wild as you call it. Besides attractive people wouldn’t have a problem meeting anyone out in public. If they are on it it’s only for an ego boost 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Cookiesandough Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 I live in the USA. I've used them before, but I met my bf irl. They've always seemed a bit desperate to me. Link to post Share on other sites
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