New Dating App Matches People Based on Mutual Exhaustion

The new dating app Enough promises to connect adults not through shared interests, physical attraction, or long-term compatibility, but through the simple, intimate question: How tired are you?

Users create profiles by answering prompts such as “How many errands are currently ruining your life?” and “Would you describe your emotional availability as limited, seasonal, or left in another room?”

“People don’t want soulmates anymore,” said Marcy Ellman, 38, Enough’s founder and a former wellness coordinator who once cried during a printer update. “They want someone who understands that dinner at 5:45, silence by 8:10, and no questions after 9 is basically erotic.”

The app’s algorithm pairs users according to fatigue markers, including unread emails, laundry resentment, number of open tabs, and how often they say “I just need this week to be over,” despite having said the same thing every week since 2017.

Early users report strong results. “I matched with a woman because we both canceled plans we had secretly hoped the other person would cancel first,” said Brian Kulp, 44, a procurement analyst with eleven reusable water bottles and no actual hydration strategy. “Honestly, it was the healthiest connection I’ve had in years.”

Enough also offers premium features, including Parallel Collapse, which lets couples sit in different rooms and text “you awake?” even though both are clearly awake and scrolling grimly.

Critics say Enough  encourages low effort, but Ellman disagrees.

“Low effort is still effort,” she said. “In this economy, remembering someone’s name and not making them attend a vineyard wedding counts as intimacy.”

At press time, Enough had announced a new compatibility badge for users who both believe dating should begin with a nap and proceed only if nobody has to find parking.

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