So, exactly how many swipes is this going to take?
I have swiped, I have liked, and I have written many hel- los, and I swear I get stuck with all the crazies or folks who lack basic common sense. For example, you guys can think I’m wrong for this all you want, but there was a guy I matched with, and this was our conversation:
“Where are you from?” “Guyana”
“Where is that at?”
I indulged because apparently, my country was left out of geography class for many.
“It’s in South America, but it is considered part of the Caribbean”
“Yea, I think I heard of it. Y’all like Nigerian music, right?” With the invention of Google, I am sorry, but no. I’m not, nope. Seriously, even geographically that doesn’t make sense.
I get that DJs like to play Caribbean music and Afrobeats at parties, but please. . . Please, I’m just asking for a break.
I promise you this is not an isolated case. There are people embarking on phenomenal dates, in relationships for years, getting married, and I am can’t even have a decent conversa- tion. This book is all about being open and putting myself out there. For anyone who may think I’m overreacting, in 2019 I was asked out on three dates and subsequently got stood up for all three. I am a drama queen sometimes, but I usually have the receipts to back up my statements.
Dating apps have taught me some things and highlighted a few others. I think I remember when dating apps started popping up, they were slowly evolving from this weird thing that people did, into something that was on its way to being mainstream.
My first app was OkCupid, the predecessor to Tinder.
In the beginning, I was hesitant. In a way I think I felt embarrassed that in a whole university and all the intermin- gling activities, there wasn’t even one inkling of potential, so I had to step into this completely foreign world. However, I had spent almost three years in college at this point with no play in my life, so I figured, why not. It was a pretty fast trial run, though. OkCupid and I were a bust, but we broke up on amicable terms.
Excerpt From: Nikki Akinyi McKenzie. “#RelationshipStatus.”
In this article series, I share excerpts and stories from my book, #RelationshipStatus. I hope you enjoyed this post — if you enjoyed it and want to connect you can reach me here via email relationship.status.nm@gmail.com or connect with me on social: IG/Twitter: nikki_akinyi. Also, you can also find my book on Amazon — here is the link to buy it: https://amzn.to/3xf3IcB!
