In praise of taking yourself seriously on dating apps

One sentence that's guaranteed to make me swipe hard left is this: "I'm looking for someone who doesn't take themselves too seriously." 

Sincerest apologies to anyone with this line in their dating app profile, but if you want my advice, you should probably reconsider immediately. Your intentions were of course in the right place, but to many well-seasoned daters, this highly prevalent statement is a major red flag.

To me, this line means a number of things. It reads as code speak for "I'll make offensive jokes and say 'ugh, chill' when you don't laugh." Another possible subtext is "I won't put labels on our relationship and I'll call you a psycho if you ask me to." And what's that? I'm getting a strong whiff of "I'm emotionally unavailable." Read more...

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