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No one has to be brave anymore. No one has to go up to each other at the bar anymore. There’s an app for that.

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Maybe I don’t want to find convenience in modern dating at all.

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You’re a pain in the ass and you hurt worse than hemmorhoids – Sandy, 28

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We want the happily ever after, but we don’t want to put the effort in the here and now. We want the deep connection, while keeping things shallow. We long for that world series kind of love, without being willing to go to bat.

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You really don’t want to meet anyone on an app. And it’s not that you don’t realize that it’s honestly similar to meeting someone randomly at a bar, you’re just sick of the endless swiping.

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Sex and romance can definitely still happen in the context of friendship-first dating, but they are never assumed or expected, and the top priority is always to understand and validate someone’s existing preferences and goals rather than imposing your own goals and expectations upon them.

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Your relationship is not a joke and it should not be a source of entertainment for the people in your Friends List, unless you let it.

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The Real Shark’s Tank is a deft mix of the author’s dates and research about online dating.

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It seems as though it’s getting harder and harder for people to communicate face to face because of dating apps like Tinder. What did people do before these apps? They approached each other.