Welcome to the age of aspirational dating

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Millennials are humblebragging about their wealth to attract dates on Bumble and Tinder

‘I’ve totaled a brand new Lamborghini,’ one humblebragging singleton announced on his dating profile.

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Welcome to the age of aspirational dating, where singles are selling themselves short by over-selling themselves online and, if they get past Tinder, on a first date. In millennial speak, bragging about your wealth and social status is called “flexing” or, according to Urban Dictionary, “showing off your valuables in a non-humble way.” Trying to seamlessly work it into your dating profile as part of a larger conversation is, of course, humblebragging.

But make sure to leave the food stamps card at home!

At first, she was taken aback by his famous connections and she had never met any legendary Hollywood moguls or hung out with movie stars and, well, wouldn’t that be nice? But she soon realized he was being less than truthful about his wealth. Her first clue: She was paying for most of their dates. “I was pretty shocked when I saw a food-stamps card in his wallet,” Breheim says. “Not only was he broke but he was a liar.”

 

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Blurb from the article: she stumbled on the profile last month while watching “Vanderpump Rules,” an L.A.-based television show about a bunch of spoiled millennials. Reality television shows like “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” and YouTube GOOG, -0.23% influencers may be fueling this problem.

I don't get how they don't understand that women ARE the influencers for this behavior, not the media they consume.