The dating game is tough. While – yes –
dating apps and having your profile public means you're more likely to meet some interesting people and maybe even go on a few
dates with some of them, using the internet to meet people also has its own unique problems.
One of them is that of getting gross, creepy messages from people who send
inappropriate comments and other vulgar things. I mean, pre-internet days, guys didn't give girls polaroid versions of d**k pics, did they? In any case, most of us know how to brush them away and say "no thank you", but never has it been as good as this.
Meet Bridget Nickerson.
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At a glance, you can tell the Floridian's got a killer sense of style and a whole lot of confidence as embodied in her bold hair colour choice (that she absolutely
rocks, by the way).
Under all that, it seems she's also got a sharp sense of humour, which comes in handy when creeps send her unwanted DMs.
Yesterday, Bridget posted a series of photos to Twitter, showing a conversation she had with someone over Instagram. The stranger did the classic "give a generic compliment before BAM! turning the conversation to X-rated territory". Have a read at what Bridget wrote in response, and pay attention. This is how to do it.
She started off by playing along, even suggesting they "role play". Next, she adds another character into the scene to spice things up.
Oooh... the suspense.
Wow, no-one saw
that coming. Shrek in a threesome? It's a legitimately horrifying thought.
After the "friend" the guy was kissing turned out to be Shrek, it seemed he no longer wanted to play along. Bridget tried to coax a reaction out of him, but it seemed she'd shut him down. Someone pointed out that he might've had a chance if he had of laughed it off and gone along with the joke.
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Bridget also wrote she wished he would've been into it too, but nope, without a word, it looks like this guy admitted defeat and left the arena.
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After sharing the screenshots on Twitter, her "Shrexting" tactic has gone viral. The tweet has reached over 253,000 likes and has been reshared 112,000 times. The comments on it are pure gold too.
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If you're faced with a similar shrext in the future, man up and get creative with it, will you?
