Dating looks very different in the modern world, with people choosing to find love on apps such as Tinder and Bumble, rather than meeting while in public and approaching someone

A woman who downloaded Tinder as a joke, but didn't expect what would happen after she was sent a bizarre message. Dating looks very different in the modern day, with millions of people each year choosing to try and find love on apps such as Tinder and Bumble, rather than looking for somebody in person.

Although people can find friends and relationships in the workplace, education, or while taking part in hobbies, it's very rare for people to meet in a bar, or while in public.

But as the world starts leaning towards being online, and people become busier and busier, many have resorted to trying to find the love of their life online.

As much as you hear horror stories about dates gone wrong, people being catfished or people being left alone in a bar when they have been ghosted, there are many people who have found success when online dating.

One woman shared how she downloaded Tinder as a joke with one of her friends in 2016 and would only use the app while she was at her part-time job.

Tinder is the world's most popular location-based dating app which is designed for finding romantic matches, hook-ups and casual meetings. The user will swipe right to like a profile, or swipe left to pass it. If both users swipe right they will match and can start chatting.

The woman explained in a thread in the R/AskReddit community, how she got a bizarre three-word message from a man one Sunday while she was working.

She said: "I wouldn’t check unless I was as work. One Sunday I saw a message for a 6’4 guy saying “how’s your Wednesday” and I said “my Sunday was great thanks” and that’s that."

She went on to explain how they have been together ever since and have been married for five years.

Other people also shared their dating app successes on the thread, with many saying they met on eHarmony, a paid subscription service that matches people based on a detailed questionnaire.

One person said: "My wife and I met on eHarmony 21 years ago. I always tell people it was the best $35 that I ever spent. Seriously, though, it was a good experience. The system did a great job matching us and curating initial communication."

A second said: "Eharmony. I think the website did an uncannily good job matching us. It’s been over 15 years since we went on our first date!"

A third said: "We met on eHarmony 10.5 years ago, first date was a dream and apparently both sets of parents knew nearly right away we were going to get married.

"We discussed marriage at three weeks, engaged at three months, were married at six months, we've just had our 10 year anniversary. It was probably a bit dumb to get married so fast but oh well, no regrets!

"Funny thing is, neither of us paid a cent, we connected over one of their "free messaging" weekends and then moved to Facebook to arrange meet ups."