Woman used her male friend's online dating profile for 3 days — realized men don't have it easy at all

Dating is a serious business, especially now when people are increasingly relying on right and left swipes to find their perfect partners. Many have had some heartfelt and adventurous encounters during the fast-changing dating scene. But others have found it challenging to connect with their potential dates, leaving them discontent with online matchmaking. The same was felt by a woman after she took over one of her male friends’ profiles on a dating app. The Houston-based construction engineer and content creator, Jo—who goes by @ok.jo.anna on TikTok—was left “more depressed than ever” following the trial run using her pal Pete’s Hinge account.

In the video, Jo admitted she was stunned upon discovering the vast difference between men and women on dating apps. The content creator initially thought it would be easy to find dates using her tried and tested method. “One of my guy friends gave me permission to make a Hinge account for him because I was telling him how easy dating is with dating apps,” she said. However, Jo was warned by her buddy before she conducted this experiment. “He was telling me that it is incredibly difficult,” Jo remarked, adding that she felt it was Pete who must have made some mistakes for not getting any matches.

“I was like, Pete, you must be doing something wrong. And he gave me permission to create an account for him and just run the account,” she added. After carefully creating a profile under Pete’s name, which she felt was good enough to attract female attention, Jo was disappointed upon seeing the results three days later. “I have been a virtual boy for three days and I have never felt this bad about myself,” she admitted. Moreover, Jo ended up blaming the entire process, where men were expected to impress women, as being unfair. “I feel like a freaking loser, trying to get these girls to like me, and I’m starting to hate women. Because Pete is about a six, but I am so desperate I am liking the 2s and the 3s and even they won’t like me back,” the content creator said.

Jo went on to call out the women for setting the bar so high in their heads that very few were able to reach it. “So what level of delusion has entered women’s heads? What is going on? It is so difficult dating as a boy. I hate it,” she said. “I am on day 3 of being a boy and I hate women and I’m more depressed than ever,” Jo concluded her video, inviting reactions from people online. Among them, @lordofthefourworlds commented, “If you're losing it after 3 days, imagine 30 years.” “Try being under 5'9." It's even worse,” wrote @sanchezmex9, emphasizing the fact that a person’s physical attributes were given too much importance on dating platforms. “I just cope with it by working 110 hours a week for the last 2 years,” @fuzzyflakes sarcastically pointed out.

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