They found love in a wordless place.
In today’s bizarre digital dating world, fed-up singles are finding unique ways to find their happily ever after.
Rhode Island resident, Courtney DaCosta, was one of those people.
Frustrated by her dead-end love life, the 35-year-old took a break from swiping and instead focused her attention on something a little more productive, like playing crossword-puzzle style game, Words With Friends, on her phone.
Similar to the popular board game Scrabble, Words With Friends allows players to take turns creating words digitally.
And as they often say, you find love when you least expect it.
Upon receiving a Facebook suggestion to play the online game with a good-looking stranger, feeling like she had nothing to lose and some fun competition — and maybe flirty banter — to gain, DaCosta jumped at the opportunity.
After a few failed attempts to virtually link up to play, the duo eventually regularly engaged in word-battling with one another.
One thing led to another after DaCosta messaged the hunk, and the pair started chatting less about words and more about their personal lives.
Their connection deepened, leading to the exchange of phone numbers, hours-long conversations, and an in-person dinner at the 35-year-old’s home.
“I made my famous taco bar setup, he brought dessert, wine for me, beer for him and we laughed for hours. It was as if we had known each other forever,” DaCosta told the Daily Mail.
“After our first date, he came over the next night and then basically never left. Not in a creepy squatter way. He’d go to work and then home for a change of clothes and immediately come back with my full blessing,” she continued in the interview.
Unexpectedly, DaCosta got her happily ever after. The couple got married this past September and even had an adorable nod to how they met: a wedding cake with the Words With Friends logo on it.
While some are finding love via online word games, other singles are swapping dating apps for hiking trails.
Swipe Right Thursday Nights is the Appalachian Mountain Club’s solution to app fatigue.
This past August, a dozen singles from all over New York City went on a phone-free stroll through Battery Park to get fresh air, meet new people and maybe exchange a phone number or two.
“I’ve been through the ringer on all of them [dating apps],” Brooklynite Elena Milan, 29, told The Post. “I think the idea of meeting someone in real life, outside of a dating platform, is really appealing.”
“Here at least people don’t ghost you,” said Ishan Yadav, 22, a Park Slope resident. “I’ll be on Hinge and talk to people — and then nothing happens.”
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