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Years ago, before it was considered acceptable or even typical for a guy’s Instagram account to resemble, I got my first flirtatious DM from Peter. Here, I recount the biggest lessons below.* While ruminating over my past double taps and DMs, I found that I learned many lessons from four key relationships. My inner Carrie Bradshaw conjured these questions: “Did I subconsciously curate my Instagram account to double as a dating profile? Can a ‘like’ really lead to love? I couldn’t help but wonder, can I find a true connection when the truth has a filter on it?” With no planned agenda to find men through social media, somehow Instagram turned into my new dating app addiction.Īfter several failed connections on Instagram, I felt the need to put pen to paper (or I should say fingers to keyboard), pondering what I could have learned from these digital encounters. I deleted the apps off my phone, almost like a conscious uncoupling, questioning if I was the problem or the total strangers I found on the apps. Two years into using all social media apps that rhyme with “inder,” I have yet to find a partner – just a case of chlamydia (that was fun!).
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SEE ALSO: How Brooklyn became an international queer mecca He said “I love you” by month two, and self-assuredly proclaimed he fell out of love with me by month six. It all started with the first man I ever fell in love with, found on the now irrelevant ancient app of Ok Cupid. Almost every guy I’ve dated I met through a social media app.