43 Relatable Memes About the Painful Realities of Online Dating and Digital Romance

If you've been around the online dating block for as long as we have, you've probably picked up on a few things along your journey. These hard-earned insights serve as the ultimate experience and life lessons that we later use to navigate the rest of our journey. They may require some adaptation and getting used to, but the faster you do it - the better it will be for you. 

At one point or another, we've all been catfished or misled, be it with fake profiles or heavily edited profile pictures. It's one of the most painful realities that can leave you feeling deceived and disappointed. But like with anything else in this lifetime, practice makes perfect. After a few encounters with misleading profiles, your instincts become so good that you start to detect inconsistencies and red flags from a mile away. 

With that being said, we invite you to scroll through this huge list of memes about all the other painful realities we experience while out and about in the dating scene. 

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