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Women Are Deleting Dating Apps and Opting For Calling Cards

Are calling cards making a comeback?

Melissa Alvarez
ZORA
5 min readJul 24, 2023

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We know most people on dating apps are emotionally unavailable. Why do they even get on the apps? Beats me. You’re more likely to run into an unavailable person than someone who has a secure attachment. I know this first hand. I’ve heard this from both men and women. I’m part of a Singles Collective and the men I’ve met have voiced the same exact issues I’ve been harping on in various articles. Go figure.

One guy was like, “Dating apps are terrible. I keep running into the avoidant type or the emotionally unavailable. I’m meeting people in real life now.” Isn’t that what I’ve been saying for months? Haha. So we’re all feeling this issue. Maybe it’s a maturity thing. You reach your late 20s, and want to stop dealing with people’s bullshit. Bullshit they haven’t sorted through themselves.

There are both good men and women, but we can’t seem to find each other.

Or it’s just rare to find mutual attraction and compatibility. If you have the stamina to stay on dating apps until you find the one, more power to ya. I applaud you. I was on dating apps for 10 years and I don’t have another 10 years in me. I don’t have time to manically swipe anymore.

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Melissa Alvarez
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Melissa Alvarez is a 31 year old Film Industry professional living in Los Angeles. | IG: @melannealva | © Pollyanna Productions

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