Hey, guys, it's Arida coming back with another swell. Continuing the series diaries of a single person, today's topic we're going to be talking about, what is your reason to date? So I'm gonna tell you guys, like, a little story time. If you guys recall, a few episodes back, I was talking about my online dating experience, and it became really popular during the pandemic, and they have all these ridiculous prompts
I've never been one to believe that I'm going to meet anybody in a club or in a bar, because that's not something I do often, and so therefore, I'm already out of my league, Alec. Out of my league, out of my zone. Now, if you're somebody who loves to go to bars every Friday night or go to clubs every weekend, then maybe you'll find somebody who fits that same level of appreciation, and there could be bonding there for sure
Oraida Levi
@TalkswithOraida · 2:40
Thank you for replying. I agree. I don't find dating apps appropriate. Hence the story time. It's not aligned with my beliefs. I feel like it's very, it's kind of like plain russian roulette when you're online because you don't really know the person. And what I loved, I loved your reply in general, but something that stuck out was when you were mentioning how you met your wife through yoga, something that you loved. It definitely resonates
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
So even though at this moment I'm not, and I don't really ever intend to be again, I know very well all the challenges and discomfort and loneliness and the emotions that swirl around as we feel inadequate. And, you know, I just know the bad side of things, right. Pretty well of being single, but I also know the opportunity, opportunistic side of it, too. And if we can just help encourage people to date themselves, it can be so revolutionary
You need an extra large because it, you know, it just keep going back and forth, back and forth. And I felt that's like what happened with the online dating. I mean, should. I mean, hard enough. It takes us forever to learn ourself, right? And so just to meet someone and not be able to see that body language, not to even be able to trust how you even met a person. So that organic always worked for me
So that's why we hear things like water seeks its own level, and, you know, you find your perfect match, but you must become that person you love on the inside to attract it on the outside because the mind becomes a magnet to draw to you exactly the perfect match of what you have going on on the inside. So thanks for your insight and thanks for your feedback. Thanks for your great replies and your attentiveness to others emotion, needs and conversation. You're doing a great job
Oraida Levi
@TalkswithOraida · 4:32
And I'm a firm believer that you're able to meet people organically. My experience on dating apps has not been great. And it's true, like, you're saying that you can't really tell body language, tone your messaging back and forth, back and forth, and sometimes people want to tell you what you want to hear. Me personally, I'm turned off by it. I'm a firm believer that back then, people meant organically, right?