So I’ve been on a few Tinder dates lately and the amount of trashiness I’ve encountered has made me lose hope in humanity. Yes, I know that Tinder and dating apps in general are a cesspool (I’ve outlined that many times in the past myself), but it really puzzles me how some girls don’t even go through the effort of trying to pretend they are somewhat decent... Au contraire, they have no inhibitions to proudly and shamelessly fly their red flags all over the place.

My worst experience was when I went on a date with a British girl who didn’t even pretend like she’s willing to pay for any of the drinks we ordered and instead kept ordering, expecting me to pay for everything. On our brief date, she greeted at least 3 different dudes who were supposedly “guy friends” and it was obvious there was intimacy, her phone kept flashing all night with notifications from WhatsApp and Tinder, and her place was incredibly messy and dirty (dirty clothes lying EVERYWHERE, from the main hall to the bathroom, her room and the kitchen - like who the fuck doesn’t even bother pilling dirty clothes in a basket or something??).

Up to that point, I really thought she only wanted a hookup for the night, until she threw the classic “I don’t have sex with guys on the first night” and proposed that we cuddle and sleep instead, implying she wanted us to keep dating. I really don’t get it... If you just want to hook up, I understand why you don’t even bother showing a better version of yourself, but if you want anything remotely serious, how can you honestly expect a guy to date you after all the red flags you’ve put up...?

If I went out with a girl, kept getting notifications from Tinder all night long, randomly met like 3 different “female friends” who I hug and kiss and then invited you to my place, which I didn’t even bother cleaning first (while I am drunk and behave trashy), you would be in the right to assume I am a low value fuckboy. And this isn’t the first time i’ve encountered this, it’s just that this time things were over the top.

Have men become so desperate they would rather date broke, trashy golddiggers than be single? Have women become so out of touch with reality that they don’t even realise they are giving away huge red flags? Is this just incidental? I am not going to date every girl on Tinder to find out, so I honestly hope she was just an outlier...