TikToks About The Dating App Cycle That Are Painfully Accurate

When it comes to the people who use dating apps, they generally fall into two categories: those who have a date with the first person they match with, it goes perfectly, they start a relationship and delete all their apps, or the people who have been stuck in the dating app cycle for years.

I’ve been in both columns. When I first joined Tinder, I met someone straight away and dated them for a while, but after we split, I eventually came crawling back to the apps and I’ve been stuck in online dating limbo ever since.

The cycle of swiping, matching, messaging, then losing interest is never-ending. And it feels like the longer you’re on dating apps, the more cynical you become that you’ll ever find a genuine connection. This in turn, leads to you not getting that invested in any of your matches, which means you don’t actually make the connection you’re on the apps for — delaying any chance that you’ll be able to get off the apps.

Rinse and repeat.

It’s a pattern that’s difficult to break but it has been made even worse by some of the dating app bios that women have to swipe through. Like seriously, men are baffling creatures. If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry and these dating app TikToks are a huge mood.

TikToks about the dating app cycle that are painfully accurate:

1. When you have no one to blame but yourself.

@elisevibesat least I am self aware ##fyp ##foryou ##dating ##tinder ##bumble ##hinge ##datingapp♬ Better When I’m Dancin’ – Meghan Trainor

2. When you want compliments without committing to an actual date.

@windowsillcactusI’m in need of male validation but they scare me too much to actually hang out ##foryou ##foryoupage ##datingapp ##copingmechanism ##malevalidation♬ original sound – sammm

3. When there are too many fish in the sea.

@rachellloooo#greenscreen #voiceeffects fish boys! #fyp #foryou #foryoupage #ratethings #fish #tinder #TheHighNote♬ original sound – Rachel

4. When reading dating app bios is enough to make you want to quit men forever.

@jasminehaslostitthat’s m’girl ##ActingChallenge ##tinder ##thatsmygirl ??♬ Bella’s Lullaby – Michele Garruti

5. When the messages are just as bad as the bios.

@beckycjmusic‘would you like to have s3x with me?’ Turning tinder nightmares into piano ballads pt.1 lolz ##tinder ##unlikelyballad ##fyp ##humour ##dontstopbelieving♬ original sound – Becky CJ

6. When exchanging insults is considered foreplay.

@drphilismyboyfriendSo this is love ##tinder ##fyp ##tindertok♬ original sound – Bella

7. When you have the same conversation again and again until the day you die.

@kiwidoulovemeNew matches, same convos on dating apps ##fyp ##nyc ##foryou ##dating ##datingapp ##tinder ##bumble ##hinge ##single♬ Uncle Buck – Tova Leigh

8. When men truly have nothing to offer you, except for the audacity.

@embarrassingelleLike???? Am I not good enough for you sir?? You have 3 teeth and are double my age ??? ##tinder ##bumble ##hinge ##datingapp ##nz ##fyp♬ original sound – Elle McKenzie

9. When you’ve been swiping so long that your standards are on the floor.

@serenakerriganThe bar is in hell and buried 6 feet under ##intimacy ##datingapp ##singlegirl ##redflags♬ original sound – Steven Johnson

10. This about sums it up.

@james_ikinHow dating apps have impacted our generation ##datingapp ##dating ##tinder ##hinge ##bumble ##datingapps ##onlinedating♬ original sound – Big-Reg

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This article was part of Back On The Apps week at Punkee! A week dedicated to digging into the good, the bad, and the highly questionable when it comes to using dating apps. Find more of our content here.