Author: Rob
Rob
Rob has spent over a decade in New York City's dating scene, drawing on a vast network of friends and fellow daters to bring their stories to the page. He lives in New York City.
I’ve been meeting people via dating apps since Tinder came out in 2012. That meant that I’d been in the game long enough to notice that the apps all seem to ebb and flow in terms of the quality and suitability of the people you meet. But while I had inexplicable hot and cold streaks on Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble, OKCupid – despite having been long-relegated to the second tier of dating apps – always seemed to put me together with the most appealing, interesting people. That’s how I met Gavin a few days before Halloween in 2015.After our first…