You know how in these busy, super-connected times so many people ‘meet’ and fall in love online and that is the start of their happily ever after? In fact, some even met on social media and trended #WeMetOnTwitter with pictures of how it began and how it’s going. And then there are those who use dating apps to meet people. Some of these perpetually online souls are just realising that it is possible to date without using dating apps. They now want to date the ‘old fashioned way’.
To be clear the reference to onions and peaches is from a book by Louis Sachar and later movie called Holes where the spiced peaches and onions are important plot devices.
Right now with so many restrictions on movement and meeting people, the idea really seemed to resonate. Meeting at a farmers’ market was one idea.
It sounds nice, but more like the story of a teen romcom than reality.
This helpful reply explained.
This tweet had a more fanciful idea of how to meet people without the use of dating apps.
Then wait for this to happen.
This is probably based on countless real stories from many actual lives.
This is definitely the story of a TV soap.
Romeo and Juliet anyone?
This is the story of Main Hoon Na! The Major is Shah Rukh Khan and the saree is worn by Sushmita Sen!
…Because they don’t want the distraction.
Another SRK movie – sigh!
Weddings are where love stories start – others’ love stories that is.
If people are talking about SRK’s romantic films, DDLJ can’t not be mentioned.
Perhaps people are talking about deleting their dating apps because they all crave actual romance. The meeting of eyes, the irresistible tug of attraction, the conflict and the ultimate surmounting of all obstacles including familial disapproval and social divisions…dating apps don’t quite do it for us, do they.
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