Taylor had never had a girlfriend before he met Katie. The 25-year-old had used dating apps for four years, but says he’d never hold his interest in one person long enough. There was always more swiping to do
Taylor Tapiki had never had a girlfriend before he met Katie Price. The 25-year-old had used dating apps for four years, but says he’d never hold his interest in one person long enough. There was always more swiping to do.
When they eventually met in May after much texting and some video calling, 22-year-old Price says they “gelled even more” and have been together ever since, unfazed by the two-hour distance between where Price lives in Newcastle and Tapiki in Sydney. One in three of these respondents also said they were now less concerned about physical appearance and more interested in personality.
“It’s a totally different concept for dating... We’re seeing a huge amount of importance placed on conversation that perhaps [people] skipped over before in the rush to go out for drinks and dinner.”“Previously there was a real hookup culture, people were swiping and getting straight to the bedroom,” she says. “You shouldn’t be swiping on 100 people a day because then you go into the paradox of choice and that’s overwhelming and you’re just looking for the next best thing.
It's not the first time the concept of “slow dating” has gained traction. Five-year-old French app Once, which permits users to have only one match per day, is thought to have coined the term.
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