Marie Claire, How to Break Up with Dating Apps

Create dating karma

Do some matchmaking of your own and set up a friend. “I’ve gone on dates with people who were great, but not great for me,” says Lisa Holden, a 30-something single woman in New York City.

“When there’s no one out there I’m interested in, I go through my dating history and look for folks I can set up. I once went on two great dates with a guy who was awesome and ended up connecting him with a friend of a friend and they hit it off. It felt great to make a love connection for someone else, and I have to believe it did good things for my dating karma.”

Try Speed Dating

“Speed dating has been elevated and I’ve had success with a company called CitySwoon,” says single-girl Holden. “For a small fee, they make it easy for singles to show up at a bar and get instantly matched for brief conversations. It’s an efficient way to have a handful of dates in one night.”

If you’re going to do 10 dates in a single night, wear your favorite outfit and if you can, opt for a blowout or maybe swing by a makeup counter. You’ll enjoy the experience so much more if you look and feel your best.