If someone dumps me on a first date over my phone then so be it. It actually looks like dodging a bullet.
I'd dump you for not knowing the difference between then and than.
SpaceNoodle is the real killer here
Men, proudly drag that battered and cracked android phone out on the first date, it's a litmus test for shallow people, apparently.
I went on a first date with a girl I met from work. She farted loud enough to be heard over drunken yelling and music in the steakhouse we were in, immediately after saying "I don't get embarassed".
In a couple of weeks, we will have been together for 16 years. We've been married for 14 years. We cook together every evening, we hold each other whenever we are in the same room for more than five minutes, and on the rare nights where we aren't taking each other's clothes off, we fall asleep wrapped around each other. I would have missed out on a perfect relationship if I had judged her for a phone.
the best move is to show your android phone in your profile pics so you don't get trapped with someone so shallow
Holy shit I've got some boomer energy, here:
The reason to not take out your phone isn't because someone might hate on your phone.
You don't take out your phone on a date so that you can be giving that person your full attention.
There are lots of reasons for using a smartphone beyond avoiding engaging in conversation though. Looking things up, sharing contact info, planning another date, paying for the meal/event, even going to a movie can almost require an app.
I'm not saying these would be the majority of the time or anything, but not using your phone whatsoever is more of a limitation than you'd think.
Let's face it: If they were that superficial, they wouldn't have dated me to begin with.
If they are that superficial, you dong want to date them. Use every effective "shitty person" filter you can, as quickly as you can.
I don’t think I would want to date a woman who cares what phone I use.
I dunno, I think it would be fun to discuss parts of AOSP my date and I are both familiar with.
Alternate take: Buy an Android phone and use your green bubble to weed trash people out of your life.
Use your android without concern, any girl that cares about your phone that much can self-curve herself and save you problems down the road.
Counter-suggestion (and this applies to everyone with an Android regardless of gender dating anyone else regardless of gender), do use your Android phone in front of your date because that weeds out psychos who would reject you over not owning their preferred product.
These men dodged a bullet.
Better advice: use an android phone to filter out the reactive dipshits.
This is a feature of android, not a bug. If someone is that shallow and can't consider the possible motivations of using a GASP different phone, they would be a really bad partner.
If a woman is that shallow and materialistic then the guy is dodging a bullet. Anyhow, it's a weird thing to say since "android phone" could mean literally anything from a basic $100 smartphone all the way up to a $50,000 Vertu diamond and white alligator skin. i.e. it could mean the guy is sensible with his money or even more shallow and materialistic than the girl could ever dream to be.
I think all this tells us is that Katarina here hangs out exclusively with basic bitches
I'm 100% okay with being rejected for my Android phone. My dick doesn't fit in women that shallow.
Shit advice. If my date dismisses me because of the phone I use, they are not worth pursuing.
If you are that desperate to get laid that you start tippy-toeing, consider paying a whore. Better for your mental health.
I feel like using it on the first date is actually better, as a form of litmus test to find out of your date is trash (bad).
Men, do yourself a favour.
If a girl ghosts you because of the phone you use, she's clearly too shallow to bother with, and it's worth ghosting her back.
Girls, do yourself a favour.
If you've got a problem that a guy uses a 'droid, you may want to reconsider your priorities.
Does this really matter that much in the US?. Here in the Netherlands about 70% of people had an android phone in 2022. Nobody really cares what you use, as long as you're happy using it.
iPhone is dominant in the US, but I can't believe people give enough of a shit about which smartphone someone uses for it to be a dealbreaker in finding a significant other.
Why would even want to be with someone so shallow in the first place ? If they ghost over a phone then good riddance.
Is this a thing in the US? Here the only time i care is when i dont have my charging cable with me and im looking for one (although this should be changing)
Sounds like it's just gonna save me some time. If she's gonna be that basic, I have better things to do.
Use it right away and dodge a bullet. By the third date she will expect you to buy her $600 wheels for her mac.
Nah. I'm too old for this highschool nonsense.
Sounds like the guys didged a bullet to me.
I had a guy I briefly worked with say he didn't text android phones. I laughed at him and told him that was the lamest thing I've ever heard. I was happy to never have to do anything with him.
That a good filter for shallow jerks
Guess that’s like those dating profiles that people post online once in a while where the woman demands a height, weight, and income before they even consider talking to a man. At least that’s up front and honest, even if it’s shallow.
I really don’t understand the social cache of an iPhone. It’s overpriced tech. I’d rather someone say right off the bat that they won’t talk to somebody who doesn’t have an iPhone. No need to deal with someone so superficial and interested in wasting money on shit specifically because they want it for showing off how much money they spent.
i didn't know you could use androids as fuckwit detectors in the USA. Good to know if i'm ever travelling there though....
I mean if your looking to date a high schooler this is probably a factor you'd consider. No one cares about your phone, at most just that you have one to be able to contact you.
Dodged a bullet, I'd say. Anyone who is remotely paying attention to what phone someone's using on a date is....not someone I want to be around.
Tell me youre a mouth breathing moron without telling me youre a mouth breathing moron.
Im equally likely to curb you if you use an iphone. You demonstrate herd mentality and that you dont understand technology. You spent $2k to use instagram and tiktok. Wow.
I'm a woman in the U.S. and I've never had a friend ditch a guy for using a different phone than them.
This is either fake, limited to the younger generation, infrequent enough that I've never encountered it, or regional
I know men who have a hard time getting dates, but phone choice has never been brought up as to why they're rejected
(Frankly, if someone rejects anyone for what phone they are using, the rejecting-party's clearly not worth pursuing)
The other day I got unmatched by a girl on a dating app because she wanted my WhatsApp and not a phone number. We literally had already agreed to go on a first date and then she's like "I don't use my phone much so you need to use WhatsApp" and I'm like "I don't have WhatsApp, here's my cell number: XXX-XXX-XXXX" and then she disappeared from my matches on Hinge lol
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