What does your dating app profile include? You’ve likely detailed your height, maybe your love of an Aperol Spritz, and definitely your star sign. But what about your credit score?
A TikTok user recently posted her (very impressive) credit score to her Hinge profile, and the responses she received from men were rather surprising. Shan, a 24-year-old accountant who goes by @spreadsheetshan on the app, posted the video which has been viewed over 1.3 million times.
Responses ranged from the impressed (“Great flex”), to the horny (“I am aroused”), and even the big question (“Holy s***, marry me”).
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Of her responses, Shan told Buzzfeed: “I had the idea of adding my credit score to my Hinge because I wanted my profile to stand out and attract guys with similar priorities. I felt like a guy that would find my credit score impressive, would also be someone that prioritised his finances.”
While it’s a good idea in theory, after all dating apps are all about attracting someone that you could see yourself with long term, should our finances really make women more attractive to men?
It goes without saying that money is an important aspect to any relationship. It can fund how you live, it can cause rifts and resentment when one party earns more than the other, and it can cause mutual joy when you both begin to earn more of it. Financial compatibility is a cornerstone of any relationship, especially during a cost of living crisis when we’re having to weigh up what to prioritise spending our laboriously earned cash on.
The old money aesthetic is timeless and classy, but wholly unachievable for the average person.
For some, money is a key factor in deciding who your future partner will be. Women who marry men with piles of cash have long been labelled “gold diggers” (and it’s always just women, this label is never given to men), but women also relied on men for money for centuries because we literally were not allowed to make our own. So perhaps this is why – now that women are becoming increasingly financially independent – that a financially stable woman is appealing to a heterosexual cis man.
The problem is, we’re still nowhere near equality. Men are still out earning women in almost every sector, as recent research found that men are still earning more than women at 80% of British companies. Official data from the Office for National Statistics also found that the gender pay gap stands at 14.9% in favour of men.
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Women are also less likely to be considered for a promotion, with just 87 women being promoted to senior level jobs for every 100 men. So it’s no wonder that just 51% of British women feel that they are financially independent, and a smaller amount (34%) can say they are financially confident. This is without taking into account the amount of women who either pause or stop their career if and when they have children, all but stunting their financial independence.
Being a financially independent woman is liberating, yes, but a relationship is all about love and equal partnership. If he reacts to your credit score but not your carefully thought out joke on your dating app profile, then you’ll know how to sort the boys from the men.
