A straight gut-check

Is my dating app match actually interested?

On dating apps, interest is measured in EFFORT, not words. Stopped asking questions, replies that went from minutes to days, and never moving toward actually meeting — that's the fade, no matter how nice the messages are.

The clearest test is to suggest an actual plan. Genuine interest says yes or reschedules; a fade goes vague ("yeah we should sometime!"). Don't out-text someone into wanting you — let the effort tell you.

These are the patterns — your situation has its own details. Tell Sided what happened and it gives you a straight, private read: are you overreacting, reading it right, or missing something.

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• stop overthinking a text
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