In our Love App-tually series, Mashable shines a light into the foggy world of online dating. It is cuffing season after all. Let's be real: Ain't nobody got time to waste on online dating.

“I wondered if you were still okay teaching me how to drive?” “I thought you were grounded.” That lie is really starting to bite me in the butt. “I-I just can’t see any of my friends.” Crap. That totally came out wrong. “I mean—” “No, you’re right,” he says, not looking at me. “We’re not friends.” Ouchy. I wish I could argue, but I can’t. I haven’t been his friend.

“Ready to do it by yourself?” he asks, gazing around the vacant lot. “Pretty sure you won’t kill anyone out here.” I want to give him a playful punch in the arm, but I’m still too nervous slash exhilarated from the drive.

Shifting from first to second to third isn’t as hard as when I come to a complete stop and start going again. I try to avoid stop signs and traffic lights. “Pull into this parking lot,” Zak says pointing out my window. I do, then park the car in a spot overlooking a giant field.

What’s your normal weekend like? I’m a competitive person. How about you? Are you a morning person or a night owl?

Ease your foot off the clutch.” Okay, so the Star Wars reference works. Darn boy knows me better than I know myself. I “feather” the clutch, my foot shaking either from nerves or the vibrating engine, and the car rolls back. I pull my foot off the clutch, startled from the sudden movement and the car lurches to a stop. “It moved!” Zak bends over, cackling between his legs. “It’s supposed to move, Zo.” He wipes tears from his eyes. My defenses pop in, but I can’t help but laugh with him, so I know he’s not going to take me seriously.

“Not like what?” “We’re not dating or anything.” He puckers his forehead and his dark eyes narrow. Whoops, maybe not the right thing to say. “You always kiss guys you aren’t dating?” Yeah, definitely not the right thing to say. I can hear the double meaning behind the question and my insides turn to mulch. “It was just a mistake. I’ve had a bad week.” That’s the understatement of the year. “Want to talk about it?” Yes.

You’re doing fine.” The car bumps off the curb as I turn onto the road. I try to remember what he said, but in my haste I put the clutch through the floor and slam on the brake. At least the car’s still running.

With the popularity of sites like eHarmony, match.com, OKcupid and literally thousands of similar others, the stigma of online dating has diminished considerably in the last decade. More and more of us insist on outsourcing our love-lives to spreadsheets and algorithms. According to the, the overwhelming majority of Americans suggest that online dating is a good way to meet people. Interestingly, more than 15% of adults say that they have used either mobile dating apps or an online dating site at least once in the past. Online dating services are now the second most popular way to meet a partner.

I think my stomach has fallen into my butt permanently as I stand at his door. I’m trying not to blow up my face, knowing how stupid I’d look if he caught me. He opens the door smiling, but when he sees me, his face falls. He doesn’t say anything. “Uh, hey.” How lame am I? He narrows his eyes.

The other person will respect you for it, you’ll relieve them of frustration or anxiety, and you’ll leave a nice legacy for yourself in their mind.

Even his Fallout shirt under his black plaid does it for me. “Zo?” I shift my eyes, hoping he didn’t notice me checking him out.

We also know how easy is in statistics, to tweak them. So, that research study needs to be more specific and supported by, a real scientific study. Second point, another 'study'?

She would be dumped right then and there. Same goes with if I put a sock in my pants to make it bigger, do you honestly think the woman who chooses me is going to stay once the truth is exposed? Hell no she won't. So why be offended by body types being listed with parts? I find that more shallow than being honest. I don't want to be with a woman who really wants a huge penis because this will affect her sexually and emotionally accepting me for my 5 1/4 inch.

Using the internet is really popular. A survey conducted in 2013 found that 77% of people considered it “very important” to have their smartphones with them at all times. With the rise and rise of apps like Tinder (and the various copycat models) who could blame them. If you want to think about as a numbers game (and apparently many people do), you could probably swipe left/right between 10 – 100 times in the span of time that it would take you to interact with one potential date in ‘real-life’.

Looking for my partner in crime Some people may even go as far as to specify they are after a Bonnie to their Clyde - or vice versa. This is an attempt to be light-hearted, says Doherty. 'It's not heavy, it's saying 'I'm a normal person, I'm interesting, I'm low-key - I don't have all these deep needs that are going to bother you.' It's a way of saying, 'Hey, I'm a jolly fellow' but there aren't a lot of ways of saying that.' It keeps popping up because most people have a limited vocabulary for expressing what they want romantically, he adds. I'm here for some good banter 'They are saying, 'I don't need anything deep,' says Doherty.