I Deleted All Of My Dating Apps in 2019–And I Don’t Miss The Dick Pics
Let me paint a picture for you. It’s a self-portrait (I’m not much of an artist so mind the stick figure). It’s a picture with pervasive societal judgment and disgust on one side, and ineffective routes to correct the problem on the other, and I’m in the middle, swiping on my phone. There’s no cozy place for me, just a sandwiching between things I don’t want, and can’t change. Single and actively dating women live between a rock and a dick pic. Perhaps you’ve been there? The weather is shit.
I’m a 37-year-old single woman who has been actively dating for 11 years. For the most part, I’m speaking of online dating,...
