Dating App Mistakes You’re Making—And How to Fix Them with Devyn Simone
Seeing Other People
Ilana Dunn
4.5 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Devyn Simone, matchmaker, dating expert, and Tinder's in-house relationship expert, joins us to dive into the world of online dating. We discuss the biggest mistakes dating app users make—from swiping and messaging to crafting the perfect profile—and share expert tips for improving communication, emotional availability, and taking a more holistic approach to dating. Devyn also opens up about her relationship with her husband, Adam, highlighting the importance of setting boundaries and fostering authentic connections.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:04.8 | Hey guys, it's Alana and welcome back to another episode of Seeing Other People. |
| 0:10.1 | Together, we're navigating modern dating alongside experts and real-life daters who are sharing their stories. |
| 0:16.0 | Don't have a date for tonight? No problem. Come learn, laugh, and maybe even cry along with us as we navigate the dating |
| 0:22.3 | scene together. Devin Simone. Hello. Welcome to seeing other people. Thank you. Happy to be here. |
| 0:27.7 | I'm so excited to have you. I actually, fun little fact, went to DM you this morning and saw that I |
| 0:33.9 | DM'd you in August of 2021. Okay. And did I not? I didn't respond back. |
| 0:40.9 | No. Okay. Yep. And that's fine because I don't either. Yeah. Well, I feel like they get filtered. |
| 0:45.5 | Yeah. There are so many weird filters now where people, if people DM you and you haven't spoken |
| 0:50.7 | before, it's not even just hidden. It'll get in this weird. It's like hidden hidden where we can't even find it. |
| 0:55.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:56.1 | It's like so weird. |
| 1:13.9 | And then you'll get these random group chat DMs that are like, join me. Oh, all the porn ones? Yeah. Oh my God. Like a hundred a day. Yeah. Yeah. If Adam Seri's watching this, he's probably not. he's married but But if he is, please fix that. Help us out. |
| 1:15.4 | Anyways, I'm so excited to have you here. You are many things. You're a matchmaker, |
| 1:21.9 | dating expert. You are the host of the challenges official podcasts. And you are also Tinder's in-house relationship expert. I am. I do do a couple things. The people need help. Okay. You're here to help. I am |
| 1:30.1 | always here to help. Before we dive in, and I do want to dive in because there's so much for us to talk |
| 1:34.4 | about, I am so curious what brought you here. Yeah, great question. It definitely wasn't linear. |
| 1:43.4 | It was, you know, my parents, I'm from Kansas City, my parents divorced when I was two, |
| 1:49.4 | and then remarried other people not long after. |
| 1:52.3 | And I think for me, it was just, my life's question became kind of like, |
| 1:57.1 | hmm, I wonder why mom and dad didn't work and like why these new marriages seemingly, |
| 2:02.2 | like why they chose someone else, like why. And so I just became curious. And as a kid, |
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