Bumble, Tinder, Grindr, OkCupid, even things like Match.com and ChristianMingle, are all ways people can meet their future significant other. However, there is still a stigma on people using these sites. I think these places are great outlets to meet people especially in such a technological based society where everyone is constantly online or on their phones.

These apps and platforms give you a way to feel out dating options from far away, instead of getting catcalled on the downtown streets or getting creeped out by the latest weirdo at the bar. Whenever I start dating someone that I met online, I have such a difficult time figuring out how to tell my friends and family that I met that person.

It shouldn't be that way.

"We met online" should be normalized now. People shouldn't look at you any differently if you met each other online, as long as you make each other happy. We shouldn't have to make fake excuses like "we met through mutual friends." There should be no issue with online dating as long as you are safe and being respectful on these online dating platforms. I must admit there are some issues that come along with online dating such as catfishing, stalking, sexual assault, kidnapping, and murder but fortunately, that doesn't happen very often.

Here's to many more years of online dating, keep swiping and typing those clever online dating bios