Millennials are showing off their wealth and status on dating apps like Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge — but it's not all it appears to be.
Many single millennials are betting that the answer is yes: An increasing number of them are bragging about their social status and wealth on dating apps like Hinge, Tinder, and Bumble in hopes of scoring a date,These wealth displays are both loud — featuring photos of singles reclining on a private jet or uncorking Champagne on a boat — and quiet — like a bio that includes a recently sold tech business or a message referring to a house in the Hamptons, Settembre reported.
"In millennial speak, bragging about your wealth and social status is called 'flexing' or, according to, 'showing off your valuables in a non-humble way,'" Settembre wrote."Trying to seamlessly work it into your dating profile as part of a larger conversation is, of course, humblebragging." But there are a few ironies behind this flex; one is that showing off your riches can backfire because it's not always subtle and almost always"filtered" — Settembre dubbed it"the Instagramization of dating."
"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," Settembre wrote."A vacation photo sitting on a yacht is worth more than ... 1,000 words, but flaunting your lifestyle may also sink your chances of a date.
Millennials are less wealthy than previous generations were at their age at any point between 1989 and 2007,
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