Update 2: At least Apple was kind enough to refund my money. I’m glad I learned my lesson the easy way. No more dating apps ever again for me!
Update: Thanks all for your overwhelming support. I really needed these words of comfort. Besides this, I live a very lonely isolated life and it's difficult to meet new people. Regardless of being very active, working out a lot and doing a lot of social activities. I will try to reply everything, but I have definitely read everything!
I’m 33M and last night I downloaded Tinder again after deleting it for the 100th time. In a few hours I got 16 likes, but not a match. So I decided to go ahead and pay for one week to see these matches. Literally all of them were fake accounts. Not a single one of these 16 were real.
I broke down in tears, because my dating life hasn’t really been good. As a POC it’s even more difficult. Then, as the idiot I am, I went ahead and spent money just to find out all of it is just a scam. I don’t know how to deal with this anymore. Meeting in real life is basically non existent in this day and age.
I’m just so over with life itself. My self esteem is completely down the gutter. I wish there was an easy and painless escape out of this life.
Then don't use them. You'll never find love on a dating app. I speak from experience. The natural way is best: go out and meet someone.
Just go out where exactly? That advice is like if I went to a doctor for an issue and the doc just said "just go take a pill".
That's not true. I actually had a 5 year long relationship with someone I met on a dating apps. They were different 7 years ago. More real people, more moderation, less ridiculous prices and also people were more kind and empathic towards each other. The last year is a damn roller coaster of self doubt and insecurity.