Bumble is pretty much like Tinder at least from my inexperienced viewpoint. To be fair, up until now, I’d never used either and any knowledge I’ve garnered over the months (or and Bumble in 2014) comes largely from friends and, of course, the Internet (, that means you). I consider myself more of a traditional when it comes to dating, and if I’m being completely honest, I’m a sucker for movie meet-cutes, which means swiping right just doesn’t do it for me.

That said, I recently found myself trying way too hard to craft a witty but appealing bio for my Bumble profile. Hypocritical? Maybe, but it’s not what you think. Bumble lured me in, not because of my interests in finding cute guys within a five-mile radius who are DTF, but because I’m in desperate need of a BFF.

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Before I go on, let me just say that at 24-years-old, I find myself really interested in the science of adult friendships and more specifically, adult female friendships. I think it’s largely due to the fact that I’m now about two years post-undergrad, which means that my college friend group has started to dwindle some have moved away for jobs, others for marriage, or an enviable few have sold all their shit to travel the world and plague my Instagram feed with beach acro-yoga photos framed perfectly by turquoise-colored seas and captioned #livingmybestlife. Read more “I Tried Bumble BFF & Heres What Happened”