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How social media complicates early dating connections

Every guy I match with eventually asks for my Instagram or Snapchat and I give it to them but then the conversation dies and I wonder if seeing my real life scared them off.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're allowing strangers to audit your entire life before they've earned the right to know you, creating premature intimacy and judgment.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.