>ITT: Dating in the hobbySeems like there is a tough barrier to work through when it comes to trying to keep your partner within the hobby. My ex hated cosplay and anime and it has done nothing but drive me to want to date cosplayers, more to help them afford better cosplays and all that, as well as just enjoy cons together and all that stuff. All the apps try and say that you can narrow down your search, or apps like Boo, but it just ends up being normies who either catfish or ghost. Is there an actual place or app to use that isn't dog shit? At the same time I've found that cosplayers generally want to be left alone at cons while they do their thing.
Best way I’ve found is to get their social media in just a friendly manner, not in a super hit on-ish way. After the con whenever they post a story or post about the con, respond to said story/post about how nice it was to meet them and use it to open a dialogue with them in the DMs. Start by talking shop but gradually begin to test the waters with social life things, but all within the flow of the conversation. Once you learn more about them as a person and have chatted some, only THEN do you shoot your shot, but don’t wait too long because waiting too long and then hitting on them makes you come across as disingenuous. Cosplay girls either want drunk hookups or want the long game with dm messages, talking shop and then gradually becoming more than friends if the interest is reciprocated.
>>10961579This is the way to do it.
>>10961180>Is there an actual place or app to use that isn't dog shit?The short answer is no, the long answer is that the current meta is to force Instagram into being a dating app, so basically do what >>10961579 said. But at the same time, the last girl I dated (who I'm convinced might be a regular on this board, if you're reading this hello!) was someone I met through one of the big three dating apps that fall under your dog shit description.
