“People are seen as commodities, as opposed to individuals.” “It’s like, ‘If this doesn’t go well, there are 20 other guys who look like you in my inbox.’ And I’m sure they feel the same way-that there are 20 other girls who are willing to hang out, or whatever,” she said. But Liz, who asked to be identified only by her first name in order to avoid harassment, can’t escape a feeling of impersonal, businesslike detachment from the whole pursuit.
Liz has been going on Tinder dates frequently, sometimes multiple times a week-one of her New Year’s resolutions was to go on every date she was invited on.
E ver since her last relationship ended this past August, Liz has been consciously trying not to treat dating as a “numbers game.” By the 30-year-old Alaskan’s own admission, however, it hasn’t been going great.