So while you were probably fast asleep dreaming, or out making the most of your long weekend, I was wide awake navigating the most obnoxious dating app in the entire world for the purpose of this review.
But, look, as someone who has juggled as many as six dating apps at a time over the past four years that I've been single it's a lot of admin , I thought I'd give it a shot. Plus - I'm starting to consider myself somewhat of a dating app connoisseur, so, really, I had to do this.
This is the part where a dedicated panel of experts from Oxford we assume decide whether your school is bougie enough to be part of the app. While the app already has a list of schools it automatically allows, if your school isn't on the list provided, you can add it in manually and someone will do the grunt work of figuring out if it's the real deal. Because heaven forbid anyone from a state school accidentally wind up on the app. Rather than simply choosing a snappy bio and connecting your Instagram and Spotify to get swiping with like-minded individuals, Toffee is tailor made for the specific things private school people allegedly care about.
Firstly, I wasn't aware I only had six primary interests; partying, adventure, the city? People interested in other things including music, family, current affairs, politics, travel, fashion and food are probably lying about going to a private school and somehow beat the system. I actually once went to Nandos with a guy from Tinder and it was the best date I've ever had. So having to specify my preference for an "entree, main, dessert and cheese course" seemed a little Who is having a full four-course dinner on a first date?
Is this normal? Don't get me wrong, I'm into my food. But I'm confused about the relevance. Do we have to eat the meal we've detailed? Does a chef from Toffee make the food and send it to us for our date?
