theleague-app – Photo credit: http://www.brainstorm9.com.br

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, again…I know, it comes back every year with its slew of annoying ads, chocolate-stuffed teddy bears, and unrelenting pressure to add yet one more expensive purchase to your already overblown budget (and be nice too)…And if you happen to be a single woman out there, the pressure to find a date, a dress and a “good man” radar for the evening…Well, apparently, if you’re a member of the elite and are looking for a Jay-Z-Beyonce type of power couple hookup, there’s an app for that ( I told y’all, there’s an app for everything…), and no it wasn’t created by a  man…

This dating app, very conveniently named “The League“, was created by Amanda Bradford, a Stanford business grad mindful of our need to maintain the human snobbery levels intact. It targets local elites, who are either referred or invited through algorithms scanning sites like Linked In for instance, looking for “elite markers” such as what school you went to, what your professional background is, et. Translation: if you’ve waited tables for the past 6 years, have dropped out of your local community college, and are an aspiring writer who could be the Ramen noodle diet poster child, don’t hold your breath…

My $0.05: Well, well, well…I can see how a successful, busy, professional woman would want to keep her dating focus on the cream of the crop out there (and wean out potential “scrubs hanging out in the passenger’s side of their best friend’s ride”, TLC called it!). Plus the time-saving benefits from the smaller pool of candidates out there. Yet, as convenient as it may be, this app just smells a bit too much of elitism, so I’ll pass…

The Corporate Sis.