Swiping Right to Facebook Friends

January 03, 2019 by Cazey Williams in Dating, Cazey's Column, Humor, Life In Your 20's, life lessons

Lately, I’ve found myself on Bumble. Despite assertions that I am a happy single (which is relatively true), I also find myself seeking validation and attention like any self-involved twenty-something via a cultivated dating profile. Who thinks I’m attractive and witty? Are they also attractive and witty?

Bumble, like the majority of dating apps, revolves around swiping to others’ profiles - right if I think they’re photogenic, intelligent, and have some career trajectory; left if less than cute, ultra-conservative, or have some predisposition for puppy-eared Snapchat filter selfies. (Seriously, girls - maybe guys too - don’t do that crap.)

Telling a Stranger You Love Them Without Ever Seeing Their Face

March 30, 2016 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, Humor, life lessons, Life In Your 20's

I previously wrote a post where I mentioned I deleted all dating apps off my phone and how glorious and free I felt for finding myself in doing that. But then I got bored. My roommates went to bed. I had homework I didn’t want to do and clothes I didn’t want to fold. And I already cleaned the bathroom. So I downloaded that inane app known as Tinder.

For a few minutes, I sat on my couch swiping left, right, up, down, and diagonally. I also updated my profile to say, “Looking for someone to go to awkward pregames with where you only know the host, but haven’t seen them in four years. And other activities.” I then deleted the “And other activities” addendum because it sounded a bit too suggestive (“What are these other activities?”).

Youth, Tinder, and All of the Above

December 16, 2015 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, Humor, Life In Your 20's, life lessons, Dating

I preface this post by alerting the reader to two things:

1.) I look younger than my age.

2.) I often have a sense of a humor that no one else gets. Or at least they laugh a lot less loud than I do.

On the former, I have a brother who is five and a half years younger. When I return home, the lady at our local Chinese restaurant inevitably asks, “Are you the young one or the old one?”

Run-Ins with Would-Be Lovers, Part II

July 23, 2015 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, Dating, Humor, Life In Your 20's

Last post I discussed an unfortunate side effect of using dating apps, i.e. running into someone whose profile you've seen online. This is more awkward if you happen to have actually matched with the person and then you bump into each other in public.

I'm surprised this hasn't happened more often to me. I use dating apps like magazines in a doctor's office. I'm constantly browsing when bored. But it's not like I'm about to either a.) read the full article or b.) ask for a subscription. Simply, I collect matches like a fantasy football league, and just like with football, I don't play the game. All the players are on the bench. Even me.

Swipe Right With Your Credit Card? You Can Now Pay for Tinder

March 12, 2015 by Sara Woznicki in Cazey's Column, Dating, Humor, Leisure, Life In Your 20's, life lessons, Sara's Column, Social Media

We're surprised it's not trending on Facebook yet, but Tinder - the grimier of today's dating apps - has launched a subscription service. As in, you will need to pay to swipe right if you want certain perks. You know, because you've met so many gems on Tinder that a subscription will totally be worth it.

What does this mean for us American twenty-somethings?