There are better online platforms for finding friends.

Whether it be social media or websites that are specifically designed for people to find new friends, there are a plethora of options for you.

The trouble with joining dating apps with an interest in only finding friends is that it sends an ambiguous message to guys you meet on them.

Guys are on dating apps to hook up or find a partner.

When they meet you, they are assuming that you are looking for the same thing.

It doesn’t matter if you write that you are only looking for friends in your dating profile.

They already know that there are a lot of online platforms that are best suited for finding friends.

Being that you have chosen to be on a dating app instead, makes them believe that you are looking for more.

This makes it harder for you to make real friends on dating apps.

Even though you have made it clear in your dating profile that you are only interested in finding friends, the guys you talk to are chatting with you in the hopes that your relationship with them eventually segues into romance.

It gets aggravating when you keep encountering this.

You could have spent weeks or even months talking to a guy you met on a dating app, believing that you were building a platonic friendship with him, only to have him tell you that he is romantically interested in you.

Just like that, all that work in building a platonic relationship with him is gone and you are back to zero.

This is why it is monumentally tricky finding friends on a dating app.

The same applies for guys who are hoping to hook up with you.

They hang around for weeks or months, hoping that the so-called platonic relationship they have been building with you transitions into a friend with benefits relationship.

What a waste of your time and effort.

When you meet guys on dating apps who tell you that they are fine with being friends, you can rarely take their word for it.

Even in situations where he isn’t surreptitiously hoping to hook up or get into a serious relationship with you, he uses you as his therapist.

Lots of people join dating apps to get over a bad breakup.

When you make it known that you are only looking to find a friend, a guy who is still reeling from a bad breakup could use you as his virtual armchair therapist.

Next thing you know, he is unloading all this emotional baggage on you when all you want to talk about is lighthearted stuff.

You are nice at first, empathizing with him, but the next time you talk to him, he is bringing up yet another emotional issue he is dealing with from a past breakup.

It’s impossible to get past it and next thing you know, you are ignoring his messages.

These are just a few of a myriad of obstacles you face when attempting to find friends on a traditional dating app.

Your better options are social media or websites specifically designed for finding friends.