This is the saddest app yet: The ironically-titled Happy Couple, for partners who don’t actually want to talk
Between hooking up on Tinder and breaking up via text, here's an app that lets you avoid interacting face to face
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(Credit: Blackzheep via Shutterstock)Once upon a time would-be lovers spent their time getting to know everything about each other in order to determine whether their interest was compatible on levels larger than lust, and to showcase how enamored they were. Questions were asked and observations were made with the fervor of a pirate on a treasure hunt, ultimately leading to the hope of happily ever after. In the digital age, it seems nobody has time for that — you know, learning about a person IRL rather than trawl social media accounts — but we do have apps for it.
We’ve grown accustomed to starting relationships via apps like Tinder and Hinge, and are more than happy to hide the digital evidence of relationships once they’ve ended, but what about the stuff in between? You know, that span of time between the meetup and the break up? Ah, yes: the actual relationship where you do things with a person you like and sleep with, help make each other better, that whole bit.
A new app called Happy Couple is now available to help couples get to know each other in the form of digital quizzes. Each day, each partner answers five different questions for their partner that spans six different topics, and then answers questions for themselves. The app features 1200 quizzes, and asks questions such as “how does *insert partner name here* keep track of tasks on his/her plate?” Other questions include “how does my partner feel about monogamy?”
Gulp.
Call me crazy, but it feels slightly off center to use an app to to ask whether someone you’re in a committed relationship with believes in being in a committed relationship.
According to Glamour, “Happy Couple forces couples to put in the effort to get to know each other that is often neglected once a relationship deepens.”
But how deep can a relationship actually be if details of your partner’s system of values isn’t known? (My guess is it’s about as deep as a shower.)