Bumbling Idiots Dating

Dating apps are big business. While they can be great tools to meet new people, they can also cause harm. It’s important to be mindful that they are structured, first and foremost, to make money. This means that they don’t always have the success of the end-user in mind. In fact…. they may even work…

Sam and Evangeline break down the need for a “focus” feature in online dating apps, awkward Zoom meeting endings, putting your best foot forward when meeting for a date, questioning what a date actually is…. and one heck of a date disaster from Sam’s personal archives.

Novice online dater Evangeline reports back that experienced online dater Sam’s recent texting tips have been HIGHLY effective. Sam congratulates Evangeline on “leveling up” to being an actual dater, since she went on a second date with someone, but Evangeline assures Sam she’s still quite lost in this world. Also, ventriloquists, serenades, Applebee’s, chumming the…

Part Two of Two: The conversation continues about staying safe in online dating. Experienced online dater, Sam, wises up naive Evangeline about some of the completely avoidable dangerous situations she has put herself into. Sam shares some of her policies and best practices, as well as basic safety tips. Finally, Sam convinces Evangeline to share…

Part One of Two: This week on Bumbling Idiots, veteran online dater, Sam, walks neophyte Evangeline through some of the obvious pitfalls and dangers women can encounter. They also discuss some of the more blunt points of texting and red flags men may be inadvertently raising that cause women to back off in the match…