The reverse catfish method: how I met my current boyfriend on a dating app

I've had my fair share of terrible relationships and nonsense interactions on dating apps. After my last breakup, I had decided to stop dating for a long time. The sabbatical from dating was very beneficial for my mental health, and I would recommend it.

Last year though, I was having drinks with some friends and was drunk and definitely not in the right mindspace, because I wouldn't have downloaded hinge ever again in a sober state of mind. I didn't make a profile until I was back to being sober though.

I swore that this would be the LAST time I ever use a dating app, and I was treating it more as a joke rather than a serious quest for finding love. So I had an extremely funny idea. I would only post unflattering photos of myself where I look worse than how I look in real life, instead of posting photos where I'm looking like some bombshell. Because let's be real, I doubt 99% of men on these apps care about your hobbies and interests and that you've written that you want a serious relationship.

I was feeling dubious about whether this would actually work, but one thing was clear from the start, my profile weeded out a lot of nonsense fboys and men who were looking for casual sex. They barely sent me any likes.

I did get multiple likes from men who had very similar hobbies to mine (athletics, literature).

After going on dates with two men, I've been dating one of them for nearly a year now. So maybe reverse catfishing works?

Some photo ideas for reverse catfishing if you want to try it too:

• Wearing a short dress with visible leg hair

• No makeup photo

• Photo in ugly sweatshirt and pjs

• Photo where I'm wearing a crop top and my stretch marks are very visible