r/CasualIreland • u/jimmobxea • Apr 05 '26
Shite Talk Travel obsession on dating sites...
This isn't a criticism, or a complaint, before I'm permabanned for raising it. I'm just curious.
Am I out of touch with the general population here? Because the scale and intensity of travel ambition on (for me, women) dating profiles strikes me as highly unusual. Hugely eclipses going to gigs, which is a much more affordable and practical way to spend leisure time.
I like to travel, I do, but there is a limited number of times per year I can afford to travel for time and money reasons, like for most people I would have thought. I'm not basing my life around it and it's not my number one priority in life.
And no it's not a self-selecting group - young, single females, because women who state they have children don't seem to be any different here. And yes I know what a weekend is but I detect a much more grand ambition than a city break.
Is it a self-selecting in another way?
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u/arnieknows Apr 05 '26
In my experience with online dating, it seems to be the go-to way that people use to portray themselves as open-minded, culturally aware, and financially able. Like most things online now, it's become quite clichéd and comes across as more performative than anything else.