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  • Man Changed His Height To 6 Feet 2 Inches On Bumble Dating App; Here’s What Happened Next |

    New Delhi: A software developer from Delhi reported a remarkable barrage requests in his Bumble profile changing his height to approximately 6 feet and 2 inches (190 cm) on the dating app. 

    Aman, the X user (earlier Twitter), shared the details of his social experiment in a post that’s grabbing quiet a lot of attention on the microblogging platform.

    The Delhi man claimed that he changed nothing in his Bumble profile except his height. He believes that changing his height is the major reason he managed to get nine matches within 24 hours.

    Aman asserted that “Changed my height to 190cm on Bumble as a joke. Got 9 matches in a day. Nothing else in my profile was changed,”. He added, “I’ve realised, you’re not ugly, you’re not poor, you’re not unfunny, you’re just short.”

    Changed my height to 190cm on Bumble as a joke. Got 9 matches in a day. Nothing else in my profile was changed.

    I’ve now changed it back but I’ve realised, you’re not ugly, you’re not poor, you’re not unfunny, you’re just short.
    — Aman (@AmanHasNoName_2) January 4, 2024

    It is noted that Aman was not the only the guy who got more matches on the Bumble by making minor changes, other users on X also shared their experiences of dating App .  

    There are other users who experienced this magical happening on the dating App. 

    A user wrote, “Changed my bio, wrote founder/CEO- fincap labs, bumble got flooded with matches.”

    Meanwhile, other user said, “Is height shaming (unsaid) part of body shaming? Looks like men too are judged by their body, but since they are men nobody cares.”

    Here’s how internet reacted to his comments:

    Is height shaming (unsaid) part of body shaming?

    Looks like men too are judged by their body, but since they are men nobody cares
    — Just Curious (@JustCuriousMate) January 4, 2024

    This may be true for dating apps because there’s not much else to go on other than physical characteristics and career.

    But irl my 5’5 friend easily attracts more girls than me (5’10).
    — Krishna Prajapati (@KrisPrajapati) January 4, 2024

    Changed my bio, wrote founder/ceo- fincap labs, bumble got flooded with matches.
    — Shashank Singh (@knahsahs_hgnis) January 4, 2024

    As someone who is actually 190, I am questioning myself now :D
    Happens with me on hinge, but bumble is barren


    — Akshay Sharma (@the_motonomad) January 4, 2024

    Kahan bekar me pickup lines pe focus kar rahe the batao 
    — Anu (@Escapeplace__) January 4, 2024

    An online dating application Bumble, allows users to view profiles and indicate interest by “swiping right.” If mutual interest occurs (both users “swipe right” on each other), the app registers it as a match, which ultimately allows them to engage in the  conversation. 

  • Gurugram: Bumble date spikes man’s drink, decamps with gold, cash, iPhone 14

    By PTI

    GURUGRAM: A Bumble date of a man allegedly decamped with his mobile phone, gold jewellery, and drained his bank accounts of Rs 1.78 lakh after drugging him in his house in DLF Phase 4, police said on Wednesday.

    Rohit Gupta, the victim, in his complaint said he had met a woman named Sakshi alias Payal through Bumble dating app.

    He said the woman told him she was from Delhi and was currently living with her aunt in Gurugram.

    “On October 1, she called me and said she wanted to meet me. Around 10 pm, she called me to pick her up from near Dockyard Bar in Sector 47. I picked her and then bought some liquor from a nearby shop and came to my house,” Gupta said in his complaint.

    At his house, the woman asked him to go to the kitchen to bring ice, and when he was away, spiked his drink with some drug.

    “The effect of the drug was so severe that I woke up on the morning of October 3. I found the woman was missing and so was my gold chain, an iPhone 14 Pro, Rs 10,000 in cash, credit and debit cards. I found Rs 1.78 lakh were also withdrawn through my credit and debit cards,” Gupta said in his complaint, according to police.

    The woman, who is still at large, was booked at Sector 29 Police Station on Tuesday, police said. Follow The New Indian Express channel on WhatsApp

    GURUGRAM: A Bumble date of a man allegedly decamped with his mobile phone, gold jewellery, and drained his bank accounts of Rs 1.78 lakh after drugging him in his house in DLF Phase 4, police said on Wednesday.

    Rohit Gupta, the victim, in his complaint said he had met a woman named Sakshi alias Payal through Bumble dating app.

    He said the woman told him she was from Delhi and was currently living with her aunt in Gurugram.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    “On October 1, she called me and said she wanted to meet me. Around 10 pm, she called me to pick her up from near Dockyard Bar in Sector 47. I picked her and then bought some liquor from a nearby shop and came to my house,” Gupta said in his complaint.

    At his house, the woman asked him to go to the kitchen to bring ice, and when he was away, spiked his drink with some drug.

    “The effect of the drug was so severe that I woke up on the morning of October 3. I found the woman was missing and so was my gold chain, an iPhone 14 Pro, Rs 10,000 in cash, credit and debit cards. I found Rs 1.78 lakh were also withdrawn through my credit and debit cards,” Gupta said in his complaint, according to police.

    The woman, who is still at large, was booked at Sector 29 Police Station on Tuesday, police said. Follow The New Indian Express channel on WhatsApp

  • Bhopal: Youth befriends minor girl on dating app, rapes her

    By PTI
    BHOPAL: A 14-year-old girl was raped in Bhopal on Tuesday allegedly by a 23-year-old man who befriended her through a dating application, police said, adding the accused was arrested.

    The accused befriended the girl on a dating app about a week back and called her to met him on Tuesday, Shahpura police station in-charge Chandrabhan Patel said quoting the FIR.

    After the girl came to meet him, the accused took her to his house where he raped her, the officer said.

    “A police constable and other people spotted the girl crying on a road.

    On the basis of the complaint lodged by her family members, a case of rape was registered under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and the accused was arrested,” Patel said.