Cupid Tinder Match: Follow the Bouncing Ball

Reporting live from the murder scene of your dating hopes and dreams

Niki Marinis
4 min readSep 27, 2022
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Oh man! I found a folder of old drafts of my online dating story ridiculousness from before Covid times! Because the Good Lord knows I don’t fuck with online dating anymore. So please enjoy this backlog from The Before Time, in the Long Long Ago.

Guy on Tinder: His profile says he just got out of a ten year relationship. His second profile pic is with a girl. And he’s actually really good looking. And I don’t find any of these guys attractive. I mean, any of them.

Guy: Omg I think you’re gorgeous

Me: Why thank you! You’re so sweet.

Guy: …and I really like what you said in your profile

Me: Thanks for actually reading it.

Guy: You really seem like my type and fun too! I’d like to meet at my favorite murder site. Lol have you ever been to the Garage on the east end?

Me: Haha! I have. I know a musician or two in this town who’ve played there. Are they open?

Guy: I think they’re open on certain days and have limits on how late but yeah

Me: I’m down to hit them back up.

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Niki Marinis

Weird Girl, thrift store owl collector, heartbreaker, lush, aspiring adult. IG: DocJohnnyFever nikimarinis@gmail.com https://nikimarinis.medium.com/subscribe