Is weight just ‘number’ when it comes to online dating?

According to a newspaper called Denver Post (USA), a survey conducted revealed that most women are afraid to meet a serial killer online and for the men, well its meeting a woman who turns out to be fat?

Yeah you read that right. We may say that we are part of 21^st century and we are broad minded, educated individuals but when it comes to dating or just being friends with someone who is a little overweight, online. I repeat online. Not many of us would be ok with it. No, I am not body shaming, just speaking out the truth perhaps and again not everyone is the same.

Some like me would believe looks fade it’s the person’s character is what remains and hey! Why can’t someone be fat and pretty? Why can’t someone be anorexic and beautiful ? I personally find it so weird when people say you are not fat, you are beautiful, well why can’t one be both?

Let’s look into some popular dating or socializing apps like tinder or Ok Cupid, how hard is it for a person who is NOT so confident about their body to create and build their profile online. Why? Because they will solely be judged on their profile pictures first and then comes the bio. Most of them will just swipe left looking into the profile picture only and miss looking into the bio.

We live in an era where people become models on Instagram and Facebook. Teenagers, adults have become so insecure looking at what people post online. But the truth is people are NOT what they post online. It’s merely just a part of their life.

Looks have become so important that we have forgotten what lies beyond the face, people are more than what they wear, people are more than just that body or that face.

Let’s look into what it’s like to be fat girl looking for matches on a popular dating website. First thing is she will get messages of two sorts. One, undoubtedly body shaming, being called fat and all those horrible names. The other type of messages are guys saying how she isn’t just a bag of bones and how they like ‘thick’ girls. It is all going to be based on looks and no time to look into what the girl actually is all about. What her favorite book is, what kind of movies does she watch, what series is she currently hooked onto, how her eyes sparkle when she sees a cute dog, how cute her nails have been done, how much she admires Einstein because he found out the theory of relativity that changed the whole course of physics, or how well her buttercream frosting comes out. All this is just a small part of what a girl can be. And we choose to judge a girl based on her weight?

Will there ever come a time when people will stop prioritizing looks and actually see how she or he as a person is? Looks are of course a bonus that come with the person. Imagine someone having a really pretty face and also have a good soul that comes with it. I am sure there are a lot of people out there who are lucky and privileged to have both. But our main focus is on online dating and online dating websites now. Here you are what you post. Of course you can have a catchy bio but in the end they are going to swipe right based on your profile picture first.

This is where Blind Meet comes to rescue. Why not meet? And then get to know one another?.

You may find a soulmate, a lover or a friend for a lifetime. These meets will help people overcome the stigma that is related to weight. Once they meet a girl or even a guy who does not exactly is picture perfect, in other words is underweight or overweight. They get an opportunity to look beyond their profile picture, look beyond their looks and that person can show who they truly are.

And even then if they reject that person in spite of them being wonderful and lovely in person just because they are too fat or too thin, then it’s their loss.

So start meeting and stop swiping. Try Blind Meet.