Swipe right

From Tinder to the worst date ever to something that will make you feel bad for people (and grateful for your choices and maybe good fortune). Also: 7 other things worth a click.

My wife and I got together in 2012, which was just before Tinder became a thing.

That explains why I keep messing up a modern metaphor, since we just missed having to know if you “swipe right” or “swipe left” on apps to show that you find someone interesting or good or positive.

In case you also missed out on Tinder (not a bad thing), it’s “swipe right.” Just think of Mr. Right or Ms. Right.

Or else, think of the Massachusetts woman who “swiped right” on Christopher Castillo’s profile a few years ago.

Within hours, she found herself driving to pick him up at his parents' house in Rhode Island. It was probably a bad sign that he started drinking wine in the front seat.

Then, he asked her to stop outside a bank.

He went inside; minutes later he came out running, sweating, carrying a gun (not a typo, CARRYING A GUN!) and telling her to get moving fast!

"When she saw the blue lights of the police cruisers," a local newspaper reported, "she immediately pulled into the parking lot and got away…