What to do and what not to do on Tinder in Townsville
Staying as an eternal optimist while searching for Prince Charming can be hard and even harder when you throw 21st century technology into the mix.
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Staying as an eternal optimist while searching for Prince Charming can be hard and even harder when you throw 21st century technology into the mix.
Tinder is marketed as the ultimate matchmaking dating tool but is it more effort than it is worth?
For Generation Z, they have never picked up in a nightclub or bar before and the dating app is literally the only avenue they have used to find ‘the one’.
Twenty-four-year old writer Danaella Wivell returned home to Townsville six months ago after living in Cairns for three years and Mount Isa for three months.
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Ms Wivell has been an on-and-off Tinder user since she was 18 years old and has been on about 50 Tinder dates.
Only two dates resulted in a romantic connection that unfortunately did not stand the test of time.
Ms Wivell said Tinder dating in Townsville was a mash-up of her two former North Queensland homes.
“Mount Isa has people who are ready to jump into getting married and having kids, it is very family orientated,” she said.
“Cairns is very much backpackers so if you want to go on a single date with a guy from Sweden, you can but it won’t lead to a relationship.
“Here in Townsville there is a good mix of personality types and people wanting different things so there are people who are looking to settle down and then there are people who just want to date,” she said.
The former JCU graduate said she was looking for Tinder profiles that were genuine and original.
“A lot of the time I am bored with what I see when guys reuse pick-up lines that I have seen a thousand times or they have a jokey bio that you have seen on 20 peoples other profiles,” she said.
Ms Wivell reveals her deal-breakers when window shopping turns to swiping right on Tinder.
“I like a cool picture of a guy on the beach or a hike or doing something that looks interesting instead of a mirror selfie,” she said.
“Great pictures are where they are not wearing sunglasses and they are smiling and it has to be a good quality photo because pixelated photos throw me off.”
For Ms Wivell her ultimate date night with a Tinder match includes meeting on The Strand or heading to a special event to make it memorable so it is not just another coffee meet-up.
“There are some ‘date’ offers I’ve had to turn down straight away over the years,” she said.
“Fellas, don’t ask ladies to come straight to your house to meet you for the first time, no night time hiking and no strange, desolate locations because people want to feel safe on a first date.”
Despite the matching setbacks, Ms Wivell said she was hopeful of finding her forever match on the app.
“I’m open to the idea of meeting “the one” absolutely anywhere and stranger things have happened and I am totally open to meeting my husband on Tinder,” she said.
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