Dating App Couples Are Sharing How They Met, And I’m Suddenly Believing In Love Again

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“I met my partner on Hinge back in 2022. I had been on dating apps for a while, mostly Bumble and Hinge, and had my fair share of potential romances. They’d always end toward that three-month mark when I would ask where this was going. ‘I’m not looking for anything serious’ or ‘I’ve got to focus on my career, I can’t do that and have a girlfriend’ were the typical responses. I ended up staying on the apps, but my hope dimmed in finding a kind man who wanted to be with me as much as I wanted to be with them.”

“While I was working, I got the notification that someone liked me, I checked out his profile, and my jaw was on the floor. He was SO handsome, had the cutest dog I’d ever seen, and he liked the movie quote prompt I had on my profile (it was a Shrek quote, so I knew he had a good sense of humor). After texting for a week, we went out to dinner for our first date, and I was hooked. Funny. Handsome. Kind. Everything I was looking for. We’ve been dating for over three years now, moved in together, and I’m now a proud dog mum.” 

—24, Brisbane, Australia