What is it with our generation and relationships? Nothing is simple these days, nobody is ever “in a relationship” and it seems as though the word “marriage” is the newest cuss word. People are “friends with benefits,” “a thing” or my favorite “talking.” Try explaining the difference between “talking” and "being in a relationship" to your parents, and you’ll see how messed up our generation really is. Our generation has also been introduced to the wonders of online dating, which in itself is an interesting idea. Now unless you’ve been living under a rock, you have probably heard of the controversial app Tinder. And in case you just decided to uproot from your rock and make way into today’s society, Tinder is an app where people can view prospective daters and “like” them. Swipe right for like, left for dislike. If both parties “like” each other they then match and are able to start a conversation to get to know each other. Now the thing about Tinder is you get some pretty interesting people. Here is a list of some of the most, let’s go with “interesting,” Tinder lines my friends and I have received.

1. Marco:

“You lost, you know what that mean’s right?”

No Marco, I don’t, but I have a feeling you are going to tell me.

2. Jake:

“I’d love to throw you on a tortilla, slather you in sour cream, cover you in rice, chicken, cheese, lettuce, and salsa so you can be my BAErritto”

I’m serious people, this is real. At first I thought this was going in a completely different direction, but not going to lie, this was pretty creative.

3. Matt:

“Where do you stand with pop tarts?

Honestly Matt, I’ve never really thought about it, and now that you’ve asked me I'm really starting to stress out because I really don’t know. Is this something everyone has an opinion on? Should I just know without thinking about it? I mean I do love those brown sugar and cinnamon ones, but then they came out with those hot fudge sundae ones… But really where are you going with this?

4. Jake:

“You a boy or a girl cause idk from your pics”

What? No, seriously, what does this even mean?

5. Dan:

“What’s your favorite TV show? If you say the Bachelor then we might as well stop talking now”

Bye Dan.

6. David:

“Don’t you just hate it when you’re sitting at home watching tv and then a P90X commercial comes on and then you get so fired up and you start doing pushups and sit ups on the kitchen counters screaming “I’M A F---ING ANIMAL” and then your mom walks in and starts yelling at you saying things like “get a job” and “you’ll never amount to anything in life” and “this is why your father left” and then you end up storming out of the house in an emotional tirade?”

No David, I can't say I have experienced that, but it sounds like you have and maybe you should talk to someone. But not me, no definitely not me, a professional maybe.

7. Reid:

“Damn girl are u a pizza buffet? Cause I like what I see”

I feel like he definitely tried here but he didn’t quite make the mark, kinda just falls flat.

8. Nate:

“Hey there :) What would you say to a fancy candlelit dinner of hot pockets and Campbell’s chicken noodle soup?”

Okay the “fancy candlelit dinner” part sounds good, but the goal here is to get me to go out with you, what else do you have to offer?

9. Ethan:

“Do you have a history of going out with guys that are way too tall for you?”

No, but that doesn’t sound like a bad thing. :)

10. Matt:

“I wish I was an octopus so I’d have 8 hands to touch your butt with”

Funny story here, my friend, who also dabbles with Tinder a bit, once sent me this in a screenshot. When I read it, it sounded vaguely familiar. So I scrolled back about 3 weeks on my Tinder conversations and found the same exact message from the same guy. Either Matt is a robot who automatically sends the same message to every girl he matches with, or Matt is just really lazy and only has one thing on his mind… both are Tinder possibilities.

So there you have it. Tinder is interesting for sure, but you’ll never be bored!