This loving couple deleted Grindr on their wedding day & the gays are so touched

It was love at first delete.

A couple has gone viral this week for the ultimate gay romantic gesture: purging Grindr from their phones!

The duo posted a brief video on TikTok that shows them digitally committing to one another just minutes before their wedding ceremony. Set to a sampling of the Kim Petras single “Alone,” the pair tap a few fateful buttons with their thumbs and then high five.

I’ve been tryna give it to you all night
What’s it gonna take to get you all alone?

How about we take this to the next level?

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The answer is, apparently, exchanging vows.

The end of the video shows them embracing in stylish cream-colored jackets as white flower petals fall from the sky.

“Feeling so sick that they only uninstalled Grindr a short time before the wedding ceremony,” somebody posted on X.

On the other hand, we are feeling the elation!

It’s been quite the year for viral couples. When we saw these two studs high five, we couldn’t help but recall the fist bump dissected around the Gay Internet. This past summer, the influencer couple that runs the “Probably This” lifestyle account, Beau Ciolino and Matt Armato, publicly announced their breakup.

They acknowledged the weirdness of broadcasting their private and painful moment to millions, while admitting they kind of had no choice. “It feels silly to have to do this, but also kind of necessary,” said Ciolino.

Towards the end, he offers a fist bump to Armato, who reluctantly accepts.

Within hours, Ciolino became the subject of a brutal pile on. Armato attempted to stop the vitriol.

“I love Beau with all my heart! He is a good person,” he said. “We are both anxious in the video and showing it in different ways.”

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When it comes to the couple deleting Grindr, the stakes are far lower: clearly, they made the video as a joke. Still, their pledge of pic swapping celibacy brings up vital questions in dating ethics.

“The concept of deleting grindr only before getting married but not when you’re in a relationship,” somebody posted.

“The concept of waiting till the very last minute before the wedding to delete grindr,” remarked another bystander.

A common practice in the gay community, nearly one-third of gay men are in open relationships. And there is nothing devious or hedonistic about the arrangement.

The proof lies in a white bread throuple (literally) whose home decor was highlighted this week in the Wall Street Journal. We can’t think of anything that’s more Crate & Barrel!

Naturally, the throuple lives in Chicago’s North Halsted, a historic gayborhood that’s been gentrified with tasteful furnishings and baby strollers.

When it comes to polyamory, open relationships and ethical non-monogamy in general, the most important rule is communication. Every couple, or grouping, has their own boundaries.

To some, keeping separate Grindr accounts as an engaged couple only to delete them as a married couple may seem arbitrary. But in their defense, there is a big difference between being engaged and being married.

Different stages of relationships call for different rules. Maybe they will pull the real power couple move, and start a joint profile.

Open couple (two hotties)!

The customizations don’t end there. Perhaps they will play together, or maybe they will only play apart. There are also rules about hosting, proximity and time and place.

Given the couple’s public flaunting, it’s apparent they’re being truthful. That’s all that matters.

Then again, there still might be some surreptitious scrolling going on.

“Notice how one has grindr recently downloaded, and one has a bunch of apps downloaded after,” observed an expert sleuth.

The joke is on us when they start a Sniffies profile. We’re anxiously awaiting the video!

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