Feeling Grindr fatigue? Has Tinder left you swiped out? Are you missing all of OKCupid’s arrows? Take heart in the dating app success stories gay guys recently shared on Reddit.
“Took a while but I met my current [boyfriend] on Grindr,” one commenter wrote. “We have been together nearly 6 years now. When we met, I was explicit I was taking time away from dating and hookups but was happy for friends. We were official 2 months later.”
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Or take this dude, who reverted to Tinder after striking out on Grindr. “An adorable cute boy matched with me,” he wrote. “He invited me to his house to play music. (I play guitar.) It was a pretty quick escalation, and now we’ve been together for 8 months. He’s moved into my condo. I love him very much. To the point, I think I just got really, really lucky.” (He also has advice for lovelorn readers: “Maybe learn guitar.”)
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One lucky fella, meanwhile, said he “met the perfect guy after 10 minutes” of using Grindr for the first time.
Another found love through Grindr, though not in the usual way: “I met a guy on Grindr [who was] really good in bed but turned out to be a dickhead in the end. But before I realized that, we went cruising together, and I exchanged numbers with a guy there, planning to meet up sometime. The guy I met there is now my boyfriend.”
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A different Redditor got lucky in more ways than one during an early-morning rendezvous. “Messaged an attractive guy on Grindr one morning at 6 AM,” this man wrote. “He came over, we f*cked, it was hot. 6 months later, we’re deeply in love and living together.”
Of course, there are other definitions of success, as one commenter cheekily proved. “I get laid,” he wrote. “Success.”
LostMyClothesAgain
Back in 2015 I was at a hotel and I had a great vibe from the handsome guy at the front desk. Within about 15 minutes we both got on Grindr to look for the other. After confirming what we both knew in our hearts, we chatted face to face again and set up a date. The day after the first date we both deleted Grindr and have now been married 3 years. Zero x-pics nor any hooking up. Grindr simply bridged the unspoken gap of our initial meeting.
Eldred
Oh snap! Congrats to you both. That’s awesome!
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Good on them, unfortunately I have had waaaay too many horror shows on the apps. I am very specific and all my profiles I will not reply unless you have a picture, yet continuously I get hit up with blank profiles.
I met this guy, very attractive we chatted back and forth for like two months began texting and actually speaking me on the phone and I actually begin to think maybe something serious could could come out of it.
We finally decided to meet I go to his house ring the doorbell and the fcuking cryptkeeper answers the door!! he had to be 90 years old plus. I thought it was strange that his grandfather answered the door but I asked for Jeremy, he’s like “it’s me I’m sorry the pictures I sent you were a few years old” I was afraid if I stayed any longer I would knock his dentures out. So as I’m walking back to my car he starts telling me how the water is in the hot tub is perfect….
Creamsicle
Queerty, please tell me what else happened on reddit today.
Anything good on r/gifrecipes? Did someone say something silly on r/gaymers?