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You never know, you could meet your soulmate while you're swiping left or right in your pajamas... or you could just swipe left forever.

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12 Girls Revealed What Made Them Immediately Swipe Right Or Left On Guys' Profiles

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Tinder... it's been around for a while (or so it seems). But what actually makes a girl swipe right or left on a guy? And how quickly is that decision made?

I asked 12 girls to give me one reason they swipe right and one reason they swipe left, based on their immediate evaluations of a guy's profile. Here's what they said.

Immediate Swipe Lefts

1. If he doesn't look good/similar in every picture (or looks good in just the first picture)

2. If every picture is a mirror picture

3. If every picture is him by himself

4. Every picture is him flexing/showing off how much he works out

5. If it says he wants a girlfriend

6. Kids - doesn't matter if they're his or not

7. Their bio is longer than 2 sentences

8. Every single picture is a group pic

...meaning you don't know which one they are because the same few guys are in every picture.

9. Every picture is them holding a huge gun/hunting/holding a dead animal

It looks a little intimidating... like are you going to be holding it when you meet up too?

10. Can immediately tell he's not your type

Sometimes, you just know.

11. Raunchy tattoos

12. Pictures with other girls - especially ones of him hanging all over another girl

Immediate Swipe Rights

1. If it looks like he likes to have fun

Girls want to see that you go out and have friends and that you're not just playing Fortnite all the time.

2. If he looks good in every picture

3. If he has a well-rounded group of pictures

4. If he has a good joke in his bio

5. If it says he's looking for something serious

Some girls are looking for that, so just make it clear.

6. Dog pictures... lots of pictures with his dog.

7. If they're involved on campus/in Greek life

8. They have a nice smile

9. Interesting bio - but not their whole life story

10. Tattoos

11. They're fit/it's easy to tell that they care enough about their appearance to look presentable

12. Height is above 5'10"

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12 Girls Revealed What Made Them Immediately Swipe Right Or Left On Guys' Profiles

You never know, you could meet your soulmate while you're swiping left or right in your pajamas... or you could just swipe left forever.

Immediate Swipe Lefts

1. If he doesn't look good/similar in every picture (or looks good in just the first picture)

2. If every picture is a mirror picture

3. If every picture is him by himself

4. Every picture is him flexing/showing off how much he works out

5. If it says he wants a girlfriend

6. Kids - doesn't matter if they're his or not

7. Their bio is longer than 2 sentences

8. Every single picture is a group pic

9. Every picture is them holding a huge gun/hunting/holding a dead animal

10. Can immediately tell he's not your type

11. Raunchy tattoos

12. Pictures with other girls - especially ones of him hanging all over another girl

Immediate Swipe Rights

1. If it looks like he likes to have fun

2. If he looks good in every picture

3. If he has a well-rounded group of pictures

4. If he has a good joke in his bio

5. If it says he's looking for something serious

6. Dog pictures... lots of pictures with his dog.

7. If they're involved on campus/in Greek life

8. They have a nice smile

9. Interesting bio - but not their whole life story

10. Tattoos

11. They're fit/it's easy to tell that they care enough about their appearance to look presentable

12. Height is above 5'10"

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All names should be "unisex names."

1. Communicating via email can be awkward.

2. Appointments usually accompany weird looks.

3. Introducing yourself to someone is never without a hitch.

4. You’ve probably thought about changing your name.

5. You’re often asked why you have the name you do.

6. You get excited when you meet someone of your gender with your name.

7. You feel awkward when you meet someone of the opposite gender with your name.

8. You’ve had someone say to you, “I knew a [your name], but they were [your opposite gender].”

9. You’ve heard a bad joke/pick-up line or two about your name before.

10. People are surprised when they see you.

11. You’re extra sensitive to other unique or unisex names.

12. You’ve fought with your parents about it.

13. All things considered, you’re happy your name makes you unique.

You know that all of these things apply to you. You'll just never tell.

I get it... I'm pale.

1. At least I can't lose you in a crowd!

2. Oh my goodness your skin is like glow-in-the-dark.

3. Can't you just get fake tan?

4. Do you tan or just burn?

5. Your kids are going to look like Casper the Friendly Ghost!

6. *holds arm against your arm* Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. *holds pale arm against another pale arm* Aw, at least you're darker than her!

8. I laid out by the pool almost every day over break!

9. I haven't used sunscreen since I was, like, five.

10. *adjusts selfie lighting to their face* Oops, where'd you go??

11. *after working out* Your face is SO red!

12. *wears white* Look! You're all one color!

13. You need to get some sun.

14. Aren't you excited for summer?

The struggle bus is real.

1. Child prodigies:

2. Hearing other musicians in the practice room next door and accepting that you will never be as talented as them:

3. That anxiety that takes over before every performance:

4. Taking a million 0 credit classes:

5. When there's a paper due the next day, but you have to attend yet another concert in order to pass a 0 credit class:

6. When your friends try to encourage you after a performance, even though you are criticizing everything in your mind:

7. Knowing that there's always that one professor during juries:

8. The oh-so-attractive band/choir uniforms:

9. Realizing that a college campus is maybe not the best atmosphere to finish your latest composition:

10. Hearing "Oh, you sing opera? I LOVE Phantom of the Opera!" for the hundredth time:

11. When people think finals week is a breeze for you.

12. When you're drowning in the stress that comes with 18+ credits (and not to mention all those 0 credit classes) and people ask you how you are:

13. When it all comes down to it, though, you know that at the end of the day, music is your passion:

Because you need it in your life.

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6. holds arm against your arm Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. holds pale arm against another pale arm Aw, at least you're darker than her!

10. adjusts selfie lighting to their face Oops, where'd you go??

11. after working out Your face is SO red!

12. wears white Look! You're all one color!