It’s a real testament to the strength of our desire to pair off that we all continue to deal with the dating world despite kind of hating every minute of it. The hope, of course, is that the ends will justify the means but that in no way detracts from the fact that the struggle is real. At least we get some funny and bittersweet internet jokes about it, though. Maybe that’s the silver lining to this grey, panic-inducing cloud.
Here are 12 tweets about dating and relationships in the modern day that you can laugh/cry along to!
11. Crushing it
There needs to be a way to signal this.
me and my crush talked about her crush last night
— ✰V✰ (@ODpriest) May 5, 2020
10. Recommendations
That’s how you’re gonna use me? Like some kind of human algorithm?
this girl i was into asked me for netflix recommendations and i just saw her on the tl telling another nigga they need to watch the show i recommended together when quarantine is over pic.twitter.com/y9WqMWHjem
— ْ (@ctrlnomore) May 18, 2020
9. High as a kite
I’m not sure what the most responsible thing is to do here…
gf just got out of surgery pic.twitter.com/gPCnMEoe2i
— 24/7 war in your mind (@yoonogy) May 21, 2020
8. Look out
This is either being oblivious or some next level negging.
can 2020 get worse pic.twitter.com/UAeqaXt2KM
— matt (@mattxiv) May 20, 2020
7. Just eat it
Why you gotta be so food?
I cooked dinner for my gf last night and thought I did a good job, until we were watching videos on her phone and a text from her mum popped up that said “I’m sure he tried his best, just eat it”…
— Elliott Stewart (@E_StewartLittle) May 9, 2020
6. Pretty fly for a white guy
It might be time to go outside, buddy.
why did i say her?
i just…
im lonely— David : Popeyes Enthusiast (@Dav_Bew) April 26, 2020
5. Getting played
I offer unto you my biggest oof.
Girl I was dating a few months ago made me a playlist when my brother died called “Leah feel better”……. now it is called “Hannah feel better”
— Leah (@leah_leah_leah_) April 24, 2020
4. The fourth boy
This is an absolute war crime.
i was in my friends tiktok and some girl commented “omg the first three boys are so cute!”
can you guess who the fourth boy is
— temporary knicks fan (@ik2onmovies) April 11, 2020
3. Feels so empty without me
Survivalism is the new sexy.
day ??? of quarantine: a guy told me he was showering in his sink and i said “without me?”
— liz w ? (@reservoird0gs) March 26, 2020
2. Robot love
Oh, I’ll give you my credit card number. I’ll give it to you all night long.
I'm so lonely im messaging bots back on tinder
— big fella golf (@Hobojoners) March 5, 2020
1. An honest liar
No one can recover from this. This is devastation.
i still haven’t fully recovered from this pic.twitter.com/CfGIIbThBL
— bri (@briviciz) May 8, 2020
Honestly, there’s something to be said for feeling better about the entire ordeal of relationships through vicarious laughter at the Tweets of others. We’re all in this together. Alone. Separately?
What’s your weirdest dating story?
Tell us in the comments.