Diary of a Gen Z Student: Here's my advice for navigating the murky waters of dating apps

Jane Cowan is a student in Trinity College Dublin, where she is in her second year, studying English.

When you think about it, dating has never been so efficient. I mean you can be filtering through any number of prospective partners at pretty much any time of day. Your train home from college? Use that time wisely: look for your future husband, wife, drinking partner, or whatever it is that you’re in the market for. I’m not judging. But you can find any type of partner on a dating app, if you search hard enough.

The dawn of the dating app has utterly changed the landscape of modern relationships. The options seem endless — and they kind of are. As far as I know, no one has ever finished Tinder or Hinge. But I’m sure many have given it a good go. There’s always more swiping to do. You have this vague belief that if you keep swiping through, you’ll always find someone better. Nice try, Dylan573! But Prince Charming is probably a swipe away. The trouble is that’s not really the case. The dating scene is definitely not overrun with princes travelling on horseback. It’s more like the Dylan573s of the world. They tend to use the bus.