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Go to Economist.com and get your first month free. This was not even a month ago, so all the small details are still fresh in my mind.

I have been using dating apps on and off for years.

I think tender sucks along with its customer

service and I was never a fan of hinge or okay-cupid. I mainly use Bumble. In my bumble bio I have my height

which is 4-11 I make a joke about being short and then I have my height, which is 4-11, I make a joke about being short, and then I have my

Instagram and snap at the bottom. Because of that, I get a decent amount of random follow

requests on Instagram. Half the time I don't follow them back. I also get a lot of random people adding me on snap, probably more on there than on Instagram.

I usually only add them back if I recognize their name from a recent conversation on Bumble or if their bitmoji looks pretty normal.

I know that sounds weird.

I deal with a lot of stupid disgusting boys on Bumble, but it's not as bad as tender.

Still, I'll often have the typical douche frat boy asking if I do hookups or sending any kind of provocative

messages.

Usually when that happens, I'll mess with them a little bit and then unmatch them.

This one time, I guess three, almost four weeks ago,

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