From Ghosting to Going Out: How Tête-à-Tête Is Changing Online Dating

💬 The Dating Game Is Broken (and Everyone Knows It)

Let’s be honest – swiping fatigue is real.‍

We’ve turned love into a UX problem: endless scrolling, forced banter, and profiles so curated they might as well come with a warranty. The result? A generation of people who feel connected online but lonelier than ever in real life.

In Episode 48 of Every Day’s a Train Wreck, host Marley Majcher sits down with Sebastian Schmid, the Madrid-based entrepreneur behind Tête-à-Tête, a bold new dating app that’s ditching the digital noise and bringing back something shockingly rare: real human connection.

💡 The Bold Idea: Meet Face-to-Face (Yes, Really)

Tête-à-Tête isn’t another “let’s chat for 17 days before disappearing” app. It’s built around in-person meetups – think local cafés, art walks, or tapas bars in Madrid – where users actually see and feel chemistry.

As Sebastian puts it: “You can’t swipe your way to real connection. You have to show up for it.”

The app’s mission is simple but radical: to make dating less about dopamine hits and more about meaningful experiences.

📊 The Stats That’ll Make You Swipe Left on Swiping

During the episode, Sebastian drops some sobering data:

• 1 in 4 people report feeling lonely on a regular basis.
• 40% of dating app users aren’t looking for anything serious.
• And traditional dating apps? They fail to produce real-world relationships 99% of the time.

It’s not just about love – it’s about mental health, social confidence, and how we define connection in an age of constant distraction.

🌍 From Shanghai to Madrid: The Journey Behind the App

Before creating Tête-à-Tête, Sebastian lived and worked around the world – from Shanghai to Switzerland – observing how cultural context shapes the way people date. That global lens inspired him to design an app rooted in authenticity, conversation, and a dash of old-school charm.

Also? His family’s wild astrological chart breakdown during the episode is worth the listen alone. (Let’s just say Mercury retrograde has nothing on the Schmid family dinner table.)

💬 Marley’s Take: Business, Banter & Real Talk

Of course, this wouldn’t be Every Day’s a Train Wreck without a few tangents. Marley dishes out unsolicited (but spot-on) business advice, a few marketing ideas involving reality TV, and some truth bombs about modern loneliness.

The result? A conversation that’s equal parts hilarious, heartfelt, and refreshingly human.

💖 The Takeaway: Connection > Convenience

Tête-à-Tête isn’t just an app – it’s a wake-up call. Maybe love was never meant to fit inside a 280-character bio or a perfectly filtered photo. Maybe it’s supposed to be messy, funny, awkward… and absolutely in person.

If you’re dating, ghosting, or recovering from both – this episode is your sign to log off and show up.

🎧 Listen to the Episode

👉 Check out episode 48: “The Dating App That Might Actually Work  – with Sebastian Schmid”!