Just like in regular dating, there are flops in friend dating too
As you may have gathered by now, I have done my fair share of moving around. New places are fun – new things to explore, new apartments to make your own, new neighborhoods to wander through – but the new faces piece, well that can be tough. The solution? Bumble BFF! I began my adventure with Bumble BFF back in 2016; I had been living in Atlanta for many years and had recently gone through a breakup so was looking not to meet someone new to date but to meet someone new just to connect with, as a friend. The idea of “friend dating” seemed absurd to me but I figured I had nothing to lose so I gave it a whirl. I’ve been singing its praises ever since! I made two very good friends in ATL through the app, one of whom I am still close to despite living out in Denver now. It very much is like dating, you read through profiles, swipe ‘yes’ on the ones you think you might get along with, and then if they swipe ‘yes’ as well, you chat through the app until deciding to meet in real life. After moving out to Denver, I of course went back to my dear reliable Bumble BFF and now most everyone I know out here I met through the app.
Making friends as an adult can be hard, the only place you really meet people is at work or out at bars, and who’s to say you’ll have anything in common with people from either of these spots? The great thing about the app is it forces people to curate profiles and think about what they really want in a friend; personally, I would always swipe no on anyone who had not completed their profiles. Read More