{"id":434105,"date":"2025-12-08T21:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/434105\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T21:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:22:09","slug":"dallas-influencer-takes-viewers-inside-the-citys-dating-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/434105\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Influencer Takes Viewers Inside The City’s Dating Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may not recognize her by name, but you probably know the tiny red cups held by Elsbeth Weempe and the many shirtless eligible bachelors<\/a> in her viral, short-form Elsbeats on the Streets videos on social media. With more than 40,000 followers on her Instagram page<\/a>, the self-proclaimed \u201cdating journalist\u201d \u2014 though she admits she\u2019s not a reporter and the title is more of a marketing tool than anything else \u2014 has made it her mission to give hope to Dallas daters by interviewing them on the Katy Trail.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The two-ish minute-long videos feature the tanned, toned, fit and ready, and she usually pulls them right off the trail, still sweaty. Weempe, a born-and-bred Dallasite, is intense with little intonation; she\u2019s a straight shooter, knocking out the questions you wish you could\u00a0ask on a first date, but might not have the immediate courage to ask.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHave you ever been in love?\u201d \u201cWhat are your real intentions in dating?\u201d\u00a0Or one of her most frequently asked questions: \u201cWhen was the last time you asked someone on a date?\u201d Sometimes the videos are refreshing, sharing various perspectives on dating trends, like experiencing swiping fatigue from online dating. For some, it\u2019s a noble effort, particularly in a city that has been outspoken about the challenges of dating around here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Her content offers a unique peek into the Dallas dating scene, or at least one corner of it. By and large, Weempe\u2019s subjects are wealthy, white, conventionally attractive men and women. It\u2019s a criticism her viewers have pointed out, and while there is some diversity within her content, Weempe says she\u2019s giving her audience what they want.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m very diverse. I\u2019m very open to that,\u201d she tells us. <\/p>\n

Weempe has been asked about her selective subject pool beyond the comment section as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe [reporter from a TV news station] asked, \u2018Do you ever interview normal-looking people?\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018I want to get views,’\u201d she says. \u201cPeople watch Hollywood because it\u2019s good-looking people.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the only time Weempe has been criticized in that way. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very middle school\u2026,\u201d said TikTok user @kbdally14, peeved by Weempe\u2019s content. \u201cCan we mix it up a little? Why aren\u2019t you asking any gays <\/a>any questions?\u201d<\/p>\n

To her credit, Weempe has interviewed people of all ages, genders, abilities and sexualities, but the non-straight and non-white remain the stark minority of her coverage. She even reached out to the aforementioned critic, offering to interview him on her page. She says he flaked.<\/p>\n

Still, she says she wants to expand, aware of the gaps and particularly seeking opportunities to cover lesbian dating issues, but the numbers don\u2019t lie, and her engagement remains high when she interviews attractive men, especially those with less than kosher things to say.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMy most viral video has almost three million views,\u201d she says. \u201cThere are over 3,000 comments of people hating him, but he\u2019s like, \u2018I don\u2019t mind being the villain.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The Men of The Katy Trail <\/p>\n

In that particular video, now sitting at 3.3 million views, a shirtless 31-year-old broker named John walking the trail in flip flops says he asks someone out every single day, preferably women with \u201colive skin.\u201d He then says his primary concern when dating in Dallas is if a woman will bring \u201cpeace or chaos\u201d to his life, a filter that many women in this city don\u2019t pass, he alleges. Weempe giggles at this. John clarifies that in his experience, women expect a lot from men, but he wonders what they bring to the table. John then says that wanting a first date staged over a nice dinner is a red flag.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The comments might suggest that toes out on a gravel trail, a supposed dating roster of potentially 365 women and describing your type as a skin tone is a red flag. But Weempe thanks him for \u201cespressing\u201d himself regardless.<\/p>\n

In another video<\/a>, we\u2019re subjected to Pete, a 28-year-old salesman. He\u2019s in the market for a \u201csubmissive, Godly, unvaccinated woman.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Weempe asks him to repeat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cUnvaccinated,\u201d he says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But that isn\u2019t what she meant. She was more curious about \u201csubmissive.\u201d With a cheeky grin, she asks what he means, pushing back on his proclaimed distaste for \u201cboss babes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s against women\u2019s nature,\u201d he tells her. \u201cI just think that bossing a man around is outside of a woman\u2019s nature. Boss babes are women that do not want to submit to male authority in their life, whether that\u2019s your father, or your pastor or your husband. I think that just leads to problems. And I think if you look around the world today, you see it everywhere, where a lot of women do get to do whatever they want to do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

While a man who doesn\u2019t believe in women\u2019s free will may sound unappealing, Weempe said Pete\u2019s email, listed in the video\u2019s caption, has been flooded with over 60 wife applications. The comments were mixed with takes ranging from \u201che\u2019s going to make a great husband\u201d to \u201cthis is fucking insane\u201d and \u201cChristian female here\u2026 I cringed the whole time.\u201d <\/p>\n

There truly is a lid for every jar, as they say. Weempe says it\u2019s her due diligence to portray even the most extreme viewpoints.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing a journalist, you have to be neutral, so I\u2019m open to all types of views,\u201d she said. \u201cSo I\u2019m not like, \u2018I don\u2019t want this person on my page.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Weempe does not have any formal training in journalism and self-publishes all her content. But honest and courageous reporting remains a pillar of ethical journalism practices for all journalists, so we\u2019ll acknowledge the commitment to depicting Dallas daters accurately.<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s not necessarily an entirely accurate portrayal of Dallas\u2019 diverse dating pool, anyone who\u2019s swiped left on an app more than five times in a row can attest to the city\u2019s large population of traditional men. However, statistically, Dallas, a city of 1.3 million people, is approximately 36% white, and similarly, 36% of the city\u2019s residents make more than $75,000 a year. But there are still the other 64% \u2014 you don\u2019t need us to do the math for you on that one. \u00a0<\/p>\n

When asked if she has decided to prioritize the upper echelon of Dallas society, the inaccessible 1 percent-ers who are a degree of separation from the Jones family, revel in privilege and have vacation homes in Aspen, Weempe answered simply.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYes. I\u2019m in it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

And we\u2019re all on different algorithms, to be fair.<\/p>\n

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