Christian Dating Apps Aren’t Just A Meme

How I met my Husband

By Grace K. Bianco

In honor of it being the one month anniversary of being married. I figured I would tell our love story.

Pretty good looking couple, am I right??

I was nineteen when I met my twenty-five year old dream guy.

I had been on dating apps off and on for a little under a year. I had tried Plenty of Fish, OkCupid, and Christian Dating for Free. I had Christian Mingle for about twenty seconds. I even got Tinder for a whole five seconds before I thought, “Hm, I don’t think Tinder is the app I am really in need of here.”

I knew my end goal was to get married, and I held my ground as I talked to MANY guys online. I became extremely picky, and my standards only seemed to skyrocket.

My bio always started with, “Hi, I am Grace! First off, I am Christian. God comes first. So, I am waiting till marriage.” I would bluntly ask guys about their feelings towards abstinence. Why waste time?? I was on the hunt for the guy God intended for me to marry.

I became extremely unbothered by ghosting. I ghosted and got ghosted. Either way, I shrugged it off telling my family, “You know I wasn’t that confident in him anyways.”

I got off of dating apps for a couple of months. One night, I cried to my dad, “I am so…