‘Dating Sunday’ busiest swipe day of the year, Tinder says
Posted December 29, 2022 10:01 pm.
Last Updated December 30, 2022 6:16 am.
From losing weight to creating new habits, the New Year can mark the beginning for many people to make changes — including a change in relationship status.
According to Tinder, an app typically used for finding relationships, January may be the best time to try to find a special someone.
The group says the first Sunday of the New Year, “Dating Sunday,” is its busiest swipe day of the year.
The app allows users to swipe right on profiles that users like, and swipe left to reject others.
As the New Year begins, many people make plans and set resolutions.
Tinder tells CityNews it typically sees more singles on the app that day, and 30 per cent more matches.
But in Vancouver, one matchmaker says dating here is notoriously hard.
“It’s just generally true that people that are here don’t…engage as much with strangers. Like we stick within our groups in our comfort levels, and it’s really more challenging for people that haven’t been born and raised here,” Founder of Divine Intervention Matchmaking Susan Semeniw explained.
Semeniw shares that a key to building a relationship is paying attention to the other person.
Liz Naccarato, owner and trainer at House of Trainers says she plans on finding someone in 2023. (Sarah Chew/CityNews)
“Be present in the moment, ask really good questions…build on common ground, and do not talk about your exes or dating — leave that,” she said.
“You focus on the other person, and you can read the person and decide how much you want to reveal,” she added.
After a bad dating experience, one local says she swore off using dating apps after she says her date didn’t look like his profile pictures and lied to her.
“At the end of the night he went in to kiss me and I was like, ‘wow, this is not going anywhere,’ and on top of that…at the very end he’s like, ‘Oh, can I see you again?’ And I was like, ‘No. The date was not good. We had no conversation. We have nothing in common, and again, you aren’t who you say you are,” Liz Naccarato said.
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Although she had a bad experience, Naccarato says she hopes to find someone in 2023, and says she’s going to go on dates, good and bad, until she does.
“I think the more people you talk to, the easier it is to meet someone organically,” she said.
According to Semeniw, the best course of action is to just try to get out there.
“If you want to feel sad on New Year’s Eve, do that. But then when the calendar turns, be positive and force yourself to do something proactive, to shake things up and have a positive mindset…it just takes one person, and you can meet that person anywhere,” she said.
