I was my boyfriend's first — and only — Hinge match

The author and her boyfriend met on Hinge. Courtesy of Lauren Melnick My boyfriend, Matthew, swiped right on my profile — and then closed the app. When I saw his profile, he had some green flags I was looking for, and we started dating. We've been together ever since, which gives him a 100% success rate. On a random Tuesday night in April, loneliness paid a visit to Matthew. He'd been single for two years and was completely content with his bachelor life when he realized he missed having someone in his life, and going on a first date again didn't seem too bad. Twenty minutes later, he had downloaded Hinge and created a profile. As the left swipes kept piling up with zero on the right, his thumb suddenly stopped and hovered over one profile.