Are you currently in need of some nookie but in the midst of a Tinder cold streak? No worries, you’re definitely not alone. And thanks to an ESPN The Magazine article about the dating lives of athletes, party professional — and Patriots star — Rob Gronkowski revealed his gameplan for success:
Patriots star Rob Gronkowski tried Tinder four years ago just for laughs, he says, “and I was matching like crazy!” I tell the “chickmagnet4life” — seriously, that was his AIM screen name — I’m not faring as well. It hits him like a bolt of lightning. “You’re not killing it?” Gronk says. “You’re not doing it right.” The tight end offers two fixes: First, make like Mozgov, “Swipe right on everything. Get the ball rolling.” Second, make like Dangerfield, “Make them laugh. Just Google ‘Tinder pickup lines.'” (Sample: You must be a dictator, cuz I have an uprising.)
Gronk’s right, if you’re not a superstar athlete or blessed with good looks, you have to play the numbers game — swipe right even if you don’t want to.
Another fun tidbit from the story — baseball players kill it during spring training (and in general, probably):
“Tinder is better for an area you’re not familiar with, so that’s how a lot of guys meet people,” says Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer, who’s off the market but estimates that a third of his single colleagues are right swipers. And that number spikes during spring training, when regulars can punch out by the fifth inning. The taken might kill that time with golf and pool parties. The single guys? “They’re having lots of sex out here, and at least half are using Tinder to do it,” says a Cactus Leaguer with the Giants. “It’s like shooting fish in a barrel.”
