Tinder Meltdown: As Told By Alexis Neiers

Tinder had a meltdown of epic proportions after Nancy Jo's OUTSTANDING piece in Vanity Fair titled: Tinder and the Dawn of the “Dating Apocalypse."

A series of tweets from Tinder accused Nancy Jo of portraying the popular dating app unfairly (though, let's face it, quite accurately.)


So, I decided to enlist the help of Alexis Neiers (who also had a meltdown back in 2010 during the short-lived reality show Pretty Wild after Nancy Jo published an article about her in Vanity Fair) to help recreate Tinder's memorable meltdown.

In case you can't see the video, you can also check it out here.

Tinder Tales: Creepsters Edition

So, I’ve been on tinder for about a month and so far here are my observations:

Some of the guys there like to collect matches. I mean, what is the purpose of a “match” if you are not going to attempt and talk to the person? Am I right? OR AM I RIGHT?

Other guys will seem extremely normal, and you'll wonder why they are even on tinder to begin with. And then you discover that they are shit-talkers like most population of men (at least from the Bay Area.) This specific type of guy on tinder is worth elaborating on a different post.

And, lastly, the weirdos. I am here to present you with three examples I came across (maybe it is better to be a match collector and never interact with these possible suitors) *le sigh*

Tinder Suitor #1

He was the first guy whose “moment” I like, and his messages were rather, hmm... interesting? I still want to give him the benefit of a doubt that he was in a sarcastic mood. 

Tinder Suitor #2

let- me- try- to- get- you- to- listen- to- my -music suitor… note to guys out there, if a girl tells you what she does for living, do not try to munch off of it… LAME

Tinder Suitor #3

The let me argue with you about your favorite bar.

*Note* I unmatched all three oh-so-very-appealing-suitors.



In all, lately I have found myself swiping left more than swiping right. I mean, do I really want to be in some guy’s match collection? What do these guys do anyway? Do they go click on their matches’ profiles? Do they show the pictures to their friends? A girl will never know...

Mindy Lahiri Is The New Carrie Bradshaw

"Guys don't break up with girls they secretly want to be with." - Mindy 

Let’s talk about the season finale of The Mindy Project for just a second. I was so excited for Mindy and her new love interest Charlie aka “I’m not a guy. I’m a man.” Charlie is exactly the MAN that Mindy needs – a caring, secure of himself and wise man. Sadly, during the season finale I was terribly disappointed, angry, sad, heck devastated!

How could Mindy have fallen for Danny Castellano AGAIN? He catfish her, he stood her up at the Empire State Building; he is selfish, controlling, and possessive! HOW?!?!?! WHY?!!?!?! Actually, I know why! For what seems to be FOREVER, tv shows, have led us women to believe that it is OK to forgive the jerk, that these men we tend to fall for will eventually get it, and they will want to be with us, full on, no hiding, no BS. But it is ALL A VILE LIE! It is! Let’s keep it one hundred percent real – we women usually fall for the sweet talk, and sadly (as a friend told me), we get “dicknotized.” Once these men whisper sweet things, what we want to hear, we automatically forget all the wrongdoing. It is frustrating and exhausting!

And, you see, Mindy did it, she fell for it. And back in the late 90s, and early 2000s Carrie Bradshaw did it too. She let go of wonderful, caring, sweet Aidan, and fell into Mr. Big’s lies. May I remind you all that HE LEFT HER THE DAY OF THE WEDDING! And, she forgave him!

I just don’t get it! Why do we (women) allow these situations to happen? And if you are reading this, and you say that you have never been in a similar situation, you are flat out lying! We have all done it. We let go of the “good guy,” the “silver fox,” only to go back to the guy who broke our hearts, the one afraid of commitment, the cheater, the liar. I mean, the list goes on!

TV shows make us believe that going back or staying with these men is OK! that, in an alternate universe, these men will change into the men we let go of – those we should have stayed with to begin with. Mindy Lahiri and Carrie Bradshaw have failed us! They were supposed to set the example for the rest of us, and not let us fall into the spiderweb of lies.

Instead, Carrie let go of perfect Aidan, and Mindy fell into the trap of Danny Castellano, and entirely shut out sexy silver fox aka Charlie.

I JUST CAN'T! I HATE YOU DANNY CASTELLANO!

 Photo Credits: The Mindy Project on FOX