Social networks for homosexual people are filled with married men. Many want the “best of both the worlds”, some feel suffocated in their marriages. What’s common among them, however, is the belief that dating men is not equal to cheating on their wives.
For 2019, the year of years, the best year ever until the end of this year, let us resolve not to suck at dating. This year, change how you meet people.
As a feminist, I strive for equality in every sphere, but it also leaves me in a grey area when it comes to “traditional” relationships. I want to be whisked away to a private table at the beach and dine under the stars. But I also know that if I have an ideal date in mind, I’m as capable of making it happen as he is.
Part-Queer Eye, part-Splitsvilla, and complete trainwreck, Netflix’s Indian dating reality show What The Love! is little more than another opportunity for Karan Johar to brag about the list of famous people whose numbers he has saved on his phone.
In this pandemic age, anyone you meet has to make you feel like they’re worth risking a lot more than a bad date, and to find that kind of connection over a video chat is next to impossible. And if you agree to go out, it’s Victorian throwback: A masked walk with a safe distance between you, wide enough for a chaperone to pass through.
Urban Dictionary defines flirting as “you dinking around with the opposite sex”, but for clueless Indian bros, the definition seemingly transcends to “block-worthy behaviour that will elicit at least five eye-rolls”.
I’ve never had a single sour experience on Tinder. Contrary to the shallow connections that the app is known for, I’ve managed to hone relationships that are meaningful.