This story was originally published on Passionfruit.
Even though I solidly identify as a member of Gen Z, I put off downloading TikTok for way too long. The reason, I kept telling myself, was that I already spent far too much time online. But as my friends kept sending me TikToks that ran the gamut of making me audibly laugh out loud or gasp in shock, I knew I had to just finally bite the bullet.
And I’m glad I did because, through the app, I was introduced to dating TikTok, or “DatingTok” as it’s come to be known on the platform. I started seeing dating TikToks when I began yet another situationship earlier in the year (another example of the For You Page being scarily accurate). Like this one from keytells, who laments the mixed signals we get when someone spends a ton of time with you, tells you their deepest secrets and insecurities, yet doesn’t want a relationship.
