Kristine Ramirez

Making friends as an adult is hard, but like everything else, most things these days can be helped by the internet. Kristine Ramirez, a personal concierge from Miami who’s spent the last year traveling the country in a camper van, seems to have cracked the code with Tinder. After what she describes as “feeling stuck in the same loop back home,” Kristine sold her condo, donated most of her belongings and hit the road alongside her adorable senior dog, Max. The next step in her U.S. adventure was signing up for Tinder to meet people along the way. “The experience has opened my eyes to so many incredibly different ways of life. I, never in a million years, would have been exposed to such hyper-local adventures had it not been for the app,” says Kristine, who cautions that not all Tinder meet-ups have been pleasant. “I’d be lying if I told you the entire journey was rainbow and butterflies, or that every new friend was an absolute gem.” Kristine is still on the road, still making friends and chronicling it all on her Instagram, @KristineDidIt. Her adventures crisscrossing the U.S. have made her a bit of an expert on the subject of spontaneous platonic relationships, and she’s sharing her tips with us here. —As told to Virginia Gil 1. Always say yes! If there is one major takeaway from my Tinder escapades, it is to always say yes to new adventures. Often times we overthink things and the fear of the unknown leaves us paralyzed. Saying ‘yes’ to adventure has led me to anywhere from