Picture: Graphic By Jen Baumgardner

A Pinterest is had by me soulmate.

Well, i’ve two Pinterest soulmates me rephrase if you count my sister, so let. We once thought i ran across my soulmate that is actual through.

Like thousands and thousands of other females, we fell fast and hard for Pinterest. While sitting during my dingy, 8 x 10 family room on a sofa poached from somebody’s parents, we escaped to a digital realm of excellence, gazing as fervently inside my very very own panels whilst the brand brand new blast of artistic motivation which was constantly upgrading on my feed. Finally, here had been a place to state the things I’d suspected all along: We have great style. i really like my taste. That I couldn’t always manifest in real life: an eclectic dream home combining mid-century Danish with a slightly preppy vibe; and a cool-girl wardrobe anchored in black leather and men’s dress shirts for me, Pinterest became an expression of my singular personal style.

But I digress. Here is where we dropped in love.

It started with 14 brand new notifications, all in a line, and all through the same pinner: He’d repinned my recipe for chicken and figs, a classic fashion editorial, several crisp white sofas, among other things. We curiously clicked up to look at profile of somebody with such comparable, diverse style, and had been immediately addicted. I discovered myself repinning pretty zealously before thinking to look at whom the individual had been. To my shock, it absolutely was a man—a rarity when you look at the lady-dominated realm of Pinterest. Though Pinterest will not divulge numbers that are current it’s been reported that the breakdown between gents and ladies operates around 70/30, with 25 to 54-year-olds dominating the system, and folks with children comprising as much as half an individual base. And definitely those I follow, whom we collected mostly for house and magnificence motivation and possibly a dose that is little of ambition, skew almost completely feminine.