I recently dipped a hesitant toe into the pool of online dating. While scary enough on its own, I was also mildly concerned by the parade of horror stories, bad dates, and just plain weird things I had heard about from friends and veteran dating app users looking for love in the digital age. Heedless of their advice, and with a level of ignorance that was almost courageous, I dove in anyway. 

I should have known better.