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Scenario

When couples use dating apps together but end up competing

My partner and I have been using dating apps for the past year to explore opening our relationship, but we keep getting into fights about who gets to message which people and when, and I think we're both secretly comparing ourselves to the matches the other person gets. We agreed this would bring us closer but it's creating weird competitions and insecurities we never had before.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people trying to share an inherently individual-oriented space discover that equality in digital desire is impossible to engineer.

Your guide for this
Laozi
Laozi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Dating apps — the examined life?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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