Tired of swiping through online dating profiles and the catfishing and ghosting that can come with it? You’re not the only one, in fact, dating app burnout happens to so many people, the CEO of Hinge even admitted in a new interview that it’s a common problem. But some singles are ditching the apps and turning to a surprising source to search for a partner - Google Docs.
The new trend has daters deleting dating apps like Tinder and Bumble and creating a resume of sorts in a shared doc that’s posted publicly on the Date Me Directory. It’s like a database of all these docs that’s easily searchable for potential matches to read and then they can reach out to those they’re interested in on social media or email.
The Date Me docs are “long-form, earnest dating profiles for serious romantic partners,” according to the directory.
- Users include their gender, age, what they’re looking for in a date, location, special interests, dealbreakers and icks, contact info and other details they want to reveal.
- New Yorker Steve Krouse created the Date Me Directory in 2022 and he went on to find love after pinning his profile to the top of the site.
- The directory estimates that its users are 70% male, 30% female, which Steve thinks is partly because men “feel safer exposing themselves romantically publicly” and that “women can get too much attention when they publicize that they’re looking to date.”
- He explains that some women have shared their doc on the directory then later made it private after the response became too much, adding that a “Bumble-like pattern” where women contact men first could also be a “healthy way forward.”
Source: Metro
Scott's Thoughts:
- Why not? People probably have a better chance of success using the Date Me Directory than just meeting a random person in a bar!
- I never heard of this Google doc directory before!
- I probably wouldn't post a date me resume but I might check out the others.