It's a pretty visible part of the profile on any major dating app. It's true that one could fairly easily lie about it at first, but you'd have to be committed to the lie if you're trying to get into a long term relationship. There are plenty of small things that could signal something weird about your supposed college experience, and lying about that is a good way to end a relationship even with someone who wouldn't have minded.
As you get older and especially as you get a higher status job you could start to get away with leaving off the education section of the dating profile, and then sure it probably doesn't come up until later in the relationship when it's an unimportant point. But for a trade worker like OP I could see a degree having some effect on dating app success even into their 30s.
I wish dating apps weren't the de facto way to meet people now, but where I live it's uncommon to find a couple that met outside of either dating apps or work/school. Obviously not going to college eliminates meeting at college, and working in trades one probably does not have many female coworkers. So basically that leaves dating apps. Women get a lot of swipes usually and can afford to be picky with the early screening. Hell, they might have to be picky with screening otherwise they would be bombarded by messages.
Man I'd really love to see some real disruption to the current dating app scene. But the more wholesome stuff wouldn't necessarily be a great business model I guess.
As you get older and especially as you get a higher status job you could start to get away with leaving off the education section of the dating profile, and then sure it probably doesn't come up until later in the relationship when it's an unimportant point. But for a trade worker like OP I could see a degree having some effect on dating app success even into their 30s.
I wish dating apps weren't the de facto way to meet people now, but where I live it's uncommon to find a couple that met outside of either dating apps or work/school. Obviously not going to college eliminates meeting at college, and working in trades one probably does not have many female coworkers. So basically that leaves dating apps. Women get a lot of swipes usually and can afford to be picky with the early screening. Hell, they might have to be picky with screening otherwise they would be bombarded by messages.
Man I'd really love to see some real disruption to the current dating app scene. But the more wholesome stuff wouldn't necessarily be a great business model I guess.