Over a pile of sushi and an afternoon glass of red, a friend mentioned another friend’s dating dilemma.
After meeting over Tinder and seeing each other consistently, a conversation was had. The I like you, I’m interested. Where is this going? The conversation that naturally comes.
And his response? “I see this going somewhere too but I don’t want to shut off the option of meeting someone else.”
The classic Next Best Thing Syndrome. Its like you are always looking around the corner for who is next. These four dates have been great, but o I have five new matches today. I need to see what they have to offer.
“I felt a really strong connection but now I’m not so sure.”
With every dating website, Tinder and any other app, there are literally hundreds of men/women in the palm of your hand. The app even asks you, upon matching with someone, “Would you like to message him/her or Keep playing?”
Yes, keep playing. Like a game.
It only fuels the syndrome.
The Next Best Thing.
Do you agree, do dating websites/app fuel “The Next Best Thing”? Disagree?