"There are millions of people in this country, Cillian," she’d said, nursing a pint. "You just need to cast a wider net." "How wide?" he’d challenged.
Cillian started with the big names. On Tinder , he matched with a girl who turned out to be his second cousin from Mayo. On Bumble , he waited forty-eight hours for a message that only said, "u look like my brother lol." Hinge was slightly better, until he went on a date with a "yoga enthusiast" who spent two hours explaining why the Spire in Dublin was actually a giant acupuncture needle for the earth. 100 Dating Sites In Ireland
A site for knitting enthusiasts. He didn’t know how to knit, but he did leave with a very nice, albeit lopsided, scarf. "There are millions of people in this country,
Cillian sat in his flat in Phibsborough, the blue light of his laptop illuminating a face that had seen better days—or at least, more hopeful ones. He had just clicked "Register" on Paddy’s Passion , the 100th dating site he’d joined in a single calendar year. On Tinder , he matched with a girl
By site 99, The Pale Partners , Cillian was exhausted. He had been on 42 dates, eaten enough "pub grub" to fill a stadium, and had mastered the art of the "it’s not you, it’s the Wi-Fi" exit strategy.
It started as a bet with his sister, Siobhan. After a particularly messy breakup involving a stolen Nutribullet and a shared Netflix password, Siobhan told him he was "too picky."
He tried to brush up on his Irish, but his opening line, "An bhfuil cead agam dul go dtí an leithreas?" (Can I go to the bathroom?), didn't have the romantic impact he’d hoped for.