After date number 1, diving straight into bed: the numbers don't lie

Because your 2019 was probably just as busy as ours and you might have missed that one nice article: this is one of our top scorers of this year. To enjoy reading it again with hot chocolate and cookies or with truffle chips and wine.

It's also a damn tricky game, such a date. You put on your best outfit only to have no clue how the evening will unfold.

Will you never see your date again and was that shaving unnecessary, or will you end up at his or her place anyway? It's always a surprise. But a first date is for many a bit of feeling things out, a bit of trying, maybe some kissing, if enough wine has flowed and if the conversation has hinted at more. Yet surprisingly many singles jump into bed after evening number one: no less than 26 percent finds it no issue to have sex right after a first date.

But yes, worldwide there are already about 20 billion matches on Tinder and more than 1 million dates are planned via Tinder every week. So that's also kind of asking for these kinds of scenes. That desire is just there. Have we become a bit less romantic over the years? I still remember that after a date (okay, that was in the year zero a hundred centuries ago, but still) I was dutifully cycled home by the gentleman. Because it was already dark, he cycled with me to my door. A kiss on the path, not on the gravel, because then my parents would wake up. And off he went again. Madly in love. Not at all. Nowadays, Love for a single is this:

*Takes phone*

*Installs app*

*Searches for 5 edited photos that look better than in real life*

*Gives out hearts and finds a match*

*Chats about nonsense*

*Meets up at a pub nearby*

*Drinks six wines*

*Goes home with them*

*Wakes up with a hangover in a bed other than your own*

Tinder is just good for 1.6 billion swipes left and right per day worldwide. Can you imagine? Not to sound vulgar, but this is how dating really is now. It's a bit... Dull to take it ‘easier’. I find that a shame. Because those times when cycling home together is already super exciting are fun for later. That one wild night at this and that address with this and that person, well, those are a bit less sugarsweet to tell your kids about.

So let's bring back the romance together. You can definitely meet each other via Tinder, I'm not that old-fashioned, but come on, keep that tension for at least three dates. By the fourth evening, you know that shaving is definitely necessary. The whole game gets even more fun, right?