dating

Fires don’t burn forever on their own, but they do for those who keep fanning them. So no, you don’t always have to like your partner. But you can find new ways to smoke out negativity, and keep your love ablaze.

New dating app Badoo allows you to choose your next date based on whether they look like the celebrity of your choosing. Here's why that's a problem!

When a Tinder lover ghosted me cold after a month, I fell into a deep depression. There was no accountability in the digital dating world, where you had zero real-world mutual friends to tie you together.

Because dating burnout is real and I want to make sure you’re worth my time before we date.

I find that clarity is the key to getting the exact heterosexual intercourse you want. Part of this involves taking the gloves off around discussions of my body. So, I said it in the ad:
“I weigh 250 pounds.”

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When men’s dating preferences were observed, the age of women they expressed interest in never (never!) deviated from the early 20s.

My phone is now silent by design, but I’m still nostalgic for the days when single people met off-line. I long for genuine closeness and sustained concentration, including my own. I’ve become a person who is perturbed if I text and receive a phone call in reply. I’ve gotten lax in making in-person time for people when I have the ability to consume snippets of their lives online between Netflix originals.