How many local dating apps do you know? We suss out the top dating apps in Singapore and bring you stories from the insiders
In a world where online dating as become as common as toast, it is no wonder people are now finding (and losing) love much quicker. We went sniffing around and managed to dig some stories out. Are you ready to be both horrified and curious?
From girls who initiate sex to guys who throw hissy fits, we recount the interesting stories:
Tagged
Tagged is the reigning choice for army men. Tagged is notorious for their slew of easy girls and desperate men. If all dating apps were restaurants, Tagged would be a sleazy Tuesday bar down a dirty, puke-filled alley. No I am not kidding.
From Jessica,
“Tagged has the occasional gem. I met this guy, Christian. He was an undergrad from NTU a sports model for a local magazine. What is a guy so qualified doing on Tagged?! I thought he was kidding until I met him in person.
I never lusted for anyone more. I kept dropping my utensils and playing with my hair because god he was so handsome and so bloody charming. But as usual, all beauty are traps and it turned out he had some serious daddy issues, having never spoken to his dad in 10 years despite living underthe same roof. I felt the urge to save him from his predicament and I tried but failed. Still, it was a good run!”
Moral of the story: Find the catch before you get trapped
From Jonathan,
“This one girl infuriated me.
I was on Tagged and met this girl. She had a lot of photos with just her face. Now that is both good and bad – good news, she is 80% a legit girl. Bad news, she is most likely fat. She gave me her contact easily so I ran a quick search and all her Instagram posts were face-only. She was terrific with her make-up and angling. I was infatuated and fell over myself asking her out.
When she caved in, she had an odd request – she wanted to meet in a cinema theater directly. I agreed (anything to get her to meet me) but planned to wait outside for her. I was sipping on my coke when I saw a very familiar face coming up the escalator. But face down, nothing was familiar.
She was not the “chubby size six” girl she claimed she was. Damn, she looked like she ate the chubby size six girl and eight of her family members. I was so turned off. How can photos be so deceitful?! I saw her approaching and stone me, but I picked up my call, put on a worried face and rushed to the lift. I told her my pet fish died but it was my libido that died that day.
When you write it, please make me sound less cruel. Maybe leave out the part about eating her family.”
Moral of the story: Men would rather run over than own feet than have a first date with a fat chick
Paktor
Paktor has the highest rating out of all the apps available. Many of them attest to its user-friendliness and how it feels more authentic compared to their sketchy counterparts. Two stories stood out beyond the rest. Charlize and Eric will take over from here!
From Charlize,
“I was scrolling through Paktor. At first, I thought there was a glitch since I kept getting matches but only 1/3 of them messaged me. Anyway I found this guy, Jason. Believe me, he was super carefully sieved out already so I was sure he was not a creep.
The minute he got my whatsapp he started to pester me once a week, even when we have nothing to say to each other. At one point, I gave in and we met for coffee. In real life, he was lanky and reasonably cute, but that changed when he opened his mouth. He can’t carry an intelligent conversation to save his life. I mean come on; he thought Ebola is a shoe brand! Damn.”
Moral of the story: Familiarize yourself with shoe brands before meeting online women (we’re kidding)
From Peng Hui,
“I rarely get matches on Paktor. All the girls here are of a certain standard so they like to diao qi lai mai (put themselves on a pedestal) and neglect messages. One of the girls that replied me was this chick named Shahirah. I never tried dating outside my race but she was more spontaneous and chatty than the other Chinese girls who replied so I was attracted to her.
Two weeks later I managed to pry her number out of her and we went out for coffee. Excuse the cheesiness but she stole my breath. She was much prettier than her photos and considerably fatter but that is a small issue. Can’t believe I got lucky!”
Moral of the story: Always choose your second best photo as your profile picture!
Tinder
Tinder is pretty much like Paktor except with more international love. It seems that local expats are more comfortable using Tinder as compared to Paktor. I supposed that makes sense, perhaps they associated “paktor” with actual wall-climbing and balcony-jumping. A girl who can scale walls definitely sounds scary.
From Yu Hui,
“I installed the app after my girlfriend introduced her Tinder match to us. I paid not much attention to it, replying only occasionally. One of my matches happened to be at Zouk the same time I was so I dropped him my number and casually asked if he wanted to get a drink. He agreed and I expected him to call, but instead he asked me what I was wearing to identify me.
Out of nowhere, someone put their arms around my waist from the back – it was him. Except that he was at least 10cm shorter than what I expected and not the muscular stud his photo was. I screamed at him to get his hands off and he shouted back, “What the f***, that was supposed to be romantic, you ruined it la!””
Moral of the story: Romance is not dead, but romance means different things to different people, so be wise!
From Keith,
“I was scrolling and found this very sweet-looking girl. She was very initiative despite her shy-seeming exterior. It was the first time a girl asked me out. She suggested to meet at Bishan Park, which is surprising since most girls will request for a crowded place for a first date.
We met up at West Coast Park instead so I prayed throughout my 1.5 hour bus trip that she was not a secret serial killer. As it turned out, she was a lot shorter and chubbier than her photos. We did have a lovely conversation until she started stroking my thigh after laughing at a lousy joke I made. I was quite taken aback – wait, is hitting on girls supposed to be that easy?!
I did not contact her again after that day. Girls that are too initiative scare me.”
Moral of the story: Men never believe anything too good to be true (kidding again!)
My faith in humanity died and restored in equal turns when I was talking to these six folks and I am sorry if I did the same to you! In any case, I would say online dating isn’t that bad. If you can’t get a good date, at least you get a great story!
By Nicole Lee
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