A 32-year-old Singapore woman has turned to TikTok to find potential marriage prospects after spending more than S$1,000 on premium dating app subscriptions.
Dionis Liaw said she had been actively dating since March and had used several platforms, including Coffee Meets Bagel, Hinge, Bumble, Facebook Dating and Matchcatch.
After months of dating, Liaw said she felt she had exhausted the available options on the apps and decided to try a different approach.
In a TikTok video posted on Sept 14, she jokingly announced that she was “outsourcing” her search for a husband to the platform.
The video quickly attracted attention and had received more than 135,000 views by Sept 17.
Rather than simply asking viewers to introduce her to someone, Liaw created a matchmaking form for interested men. The form asks about their background, relationship goals, views on marriage and children, and communication styles.
Liaw stressed that the form was not designed to select a husband. Instead, she said it was a way to identify people who might be compatible enough for a first date.
She explained that her frustration with dating apps was not necessarily the lack of potential matches, but the difficulty of discovering important differences in long-term goals only after spending time with someone.
Liaw said she prefers to establish compatibility earlier, particularly on issues such as marriage, children and communication, rather than spending months with someone before discovering that they want different futures.
She described herself as separated with no children and said she is dating with the intention of getting married. She hopes to have two children and is looking for someone who also wants marriage and a family.
Among the qualities she is seeking are financial stability, ambition, a provider mindset and being a non-smoker. She also said she would like someone who likes cats and communicates well.
The form contains around 20 questions, including whether applicants are comfortable dating someone who is separated but whose divorce has not yet been finalised.
Liaw said she had received about 79 submissions by Sept 17. Some appeared to be serious applications, while others seemed to have been submitted as jokes.
Despite the mixed responses, she has already spoken to several applicants and has a first date arranged.
Her unusual matchmaking effort has given her search for a partner a much wider audience, turning what began as frustration with dating apps into an unexpected social media experiment.
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