The Modern Romance on Tinder

When technology changes our lives, it changes love too.

Laura Lian
The Junction
3 min readJan 6, 2019

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Photo by Gilles Lambert on Unsplash

Sep 15, 2017

13:52

DYLAN: Hi Ashley!

16:08

DYLAN: R u playing hard to get by not responding to my msg?

16:24

ASHLEY: Ooops sorry! My phone was muted! 😔 Nice to “meet” u Dylan.

DYLAN: Okay. Now it’s my turn to play hard to get.

ASHLEY: What?! Lol.

18:31

ASHLEY: So….you are not gonna reply now.

DYLAN: Ooops sorry! Phone’s muted! 😃

ASHLEY: You are an ass.

DYLAN: I am not, but I do enjoy a good one.

ASHLEY: Shut up lol.

DYLAN: So you wanna grab a drink tgt tonight? 9pm?

ASHLEY: Oh too bad. I already have dinner plans…

DYLAN: Excuseeeeee.

ASHLEY: LOL WHAT?! No I do have plans tonight with my friends…

DYLAN: Okay okay I get it. See ya.

ASHLEY: wtf?

Sep 18, 2017

10:09

DYLAN: Hey…

DYLAN: Sorry for being a dick last time.

10:44

DYLAN: U still sleepin?

11:12

ASHLEY: It’s ok. Sorry, just woke up.

DYLAN: A wild night out?

ASHLEY: Yeah…a bit too wild perhaps…

DYLAN: LOL it’s never TOO wild.

ASHLEY: Anyways…do you still wanna grab that drink this weekend? I’m free 😃

DYLAN: I am actually going on a biz trip later this week.

ASHLEY: Oh cool! What do u do?

DYLAN: Cars, audit, research, semiconductors…I’m just saying words until u r bored. U?

ASHLEY: Parties, events, cocktail, performances…not as exciting as it sounds though.

DYLAN: So….you are a stripper!

ASHLEY: LOL I WISH. Just in entertainment industry, the normal kind.

DYLAN: 😔

ASHLEY: LOL WHAT?!

DYLAN: Sad. I thought you were and that was why I swiped.

ASHLEY: srsly?

DYLAN: fa sho

ASHLEY: You better be joking now.

Oct 15, 2017

02:49

DYLAN: Life is crazy.

03:01

ASHLEY: U r crazier.

03:17

DYLAN: I’m at a dance club. U?

03:21

ASHLEY: Barrrrr!!

03:27

DYLAN: U know what? I like you.

03:31

DYLAN: I feel that you could be special.

03:37

DYLAN: I don’t know. I just don’t.

03:42

DYLAN: I mean, afterall all who knows anything?

03:58

DYLAN: R U still out?

10:41

ASHLEY: I passed out.

13:02

DYLAN: Dude I’m so hungover right now, like insane.

13:27

DYLAN: Also for the msg last night…I was drunk lol.

14:01

ASHLEY: Whatever, Dylan. Whatever.

Nov 11, 2017

01:48

ASHLEY: DYLAN YOU ARE A PUSSY.

02:02

DYLAN: How unexpected! Typical Ashley!

02:11

ASHLEY: U don’t know shit about me so shut up.

02:20

DYLAN: U MAD?

02:42

ASHLEY: No I’m not. JK. U out?

02:48

DYLAN: Yeah drinking with my buddy. Y?

02:54

ASHLEY: Wanna fuck?

03:11

DYLAN: Sure. Where?

03:27

DYLAN: U still there? I’m about to head home.

03:39

ASHLEY: Changed my mind. Bye.

Dec 25, 2017

00:14

ASHLEY: Merry Xmas!

01:24

DYLAN: R u drunk again?

01:32

ASHLEY: NO! I was just being nice but forget it.

01:37

DYLAN: Chill out! I’m drunk! Wanna fuck?

01:43

ASHLEY: I’m out of town.

01:59

DYLAN: Ha! Don’t make it sound like if you were in town you’d be DTF.

02:15

ASHLEY: U know what? This is the last time I text u.

02:33

DYLAN: Partyyyyyyyy!!!

Jan 1, 2018

00:03

DYLAN: Happy new year.

Feb 14, 2018

19:52

DYLAN: Happy V’s Day!

DYLAN: And by V’s Day I mean vagina.

20:39

DYLAN: Oh come on that’s a joke.

DYLAN: You really not gonna talk to me anymore Ashley?

21:09

ASHLEY: What do you want?

DYLAN: Talk. I want to talk to you.

ASHLEY: About what?

DYLAN: About me asking you out for dinner, in a serious way.

ASHLEY: Is this some sort of prank?

DYLAN: No, I mean it. Yes or no?

22:31

ASHLEY: If you asked me four months ago I would have said yes.

DYLAN: What happened now? You got a boyfriend?

ASHLEY: No. It’s just….the timing is all off.

DYLAN: WTF does that mean?

23:57

DYLAN: Gnite.

May 4, 2018

09:17

ASHLEY: May the force be with u!

Jun 29, 2018

00:38

DYLAN: How have you been?

Jul 1, 2018

14:28

ASHLEY: Great! How about u?

Jul 19, 2018

12:51

DYLAN: I am doing well. Very well.

Aug 20, 2018

22:03

DYLAN: I went on an awkward tinder date tonight. It’s so stupid.

22:18

ASHLEY: Tinder is stupid.

22:25

DYLAN: Totally agreed. And dating is stupid too!

22:31

ASHLEY: Yeah tell me about it.

22:38

DYLAN: So do you still wanna fuck?

22:42

ASHLEY: Yeah I guess it’s time.

[The end.]

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Laura Lian
The Junction

Chinese writer living in New Jersey. I write fiction, humor, and sometimes China stuff.