The move-on generation

Welcoming you to the blog with a photo of Kartik Aryan because he is (apparently) the poster boy of something I discuss further in the blog. I know I'm a few days late, but hello March! My Twitter crush followed me back, so it has been a good month so far. I managed to travel a lot in February but the Covid-19 outbreak has already dampened my future plans. But hey, I am not complaining. Better safe than sorry and all that.

As goes the norm, I have a new term for you — Doxing. It is used when someone searches for your private information, and publishes it, usually with malicious intent. I cannot stress enough on why one should share too little on social media. This also goes on to explain why my Instagram is locked, and why this blog has no photo of me! I have recently learnt that you can lock your Facebook profile too.

I have noticed that a new generation has emerged, it's called the move-on generation, and I am a proud member. So is Kartik Aryan, if you care. I am at an age where I have all kinds of friends — some are newly married, some will soon, some have found the one, some are in a toxic relationship, some are overlooking the red flags, some are at loggerheads with their parents because of their relationship, while some, like me, are unperturbed. But many of who belong to the last but one category swear that if things move the other way, they would move on in a jiffy. After all, we belong to the move-on generation. We rate self-respect over mama's boys who can't even stand up for their partners. We have plenty of options, thanks to the dating apps (and matrimonial sites for people with conservative parents), so we assume that we could find someone better at some point in future. Maybe in three years from now, I could tell you if this approach works!

I wanted to explore a fun story, so I got back on a dating app. It took me just 15 minutes to uninstall OkCupid. But if you are looking to date men with bios such as 'If you like water, you already like 60 per cent of me', then OkCupid is the right place for you. I did right swipe one person, just to tell him that he misspelt sapiosexual in his bio. Thought an actual sapiosexual man would like it. Too bad, he didn't 'right-swipe' me back before I uninstalled, unlike 90 other men who had too much of free time. I do not have the guts to try Tinder, so sorry, I have no fun story for you this time! Don't tell me about Bumble and the numerous other options I could try, I have given up on men already. Maybe I don't like water as much.