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29 Dates
29 Dates
How To Turn Your Dating App Match Into A Date
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Erika W. Smith
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Somos Latinx
My Latine Culture Taught Me to Be Selfless. Polyamory Ensures I’m Self-...
Kat Lazo
Jun 6, 2023
Dating Stories
At 29, I Finally Opened Up To My Immigrant Mom About Dating
Radhika Menon
May 12, 2023
Unbothered
To Leave Or Stay? How Black Women Are Rewriting Relationship Rules
Sofiya Ballin
Apr 12, 2023
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Unbothered
Why I Advocate For Disability To Be Fun, Fly & Sexy — Just Like Me
Lauren "Lolo" Spe...
Apr 3, 2023
Can We Talk?
I Shouldn’t Have To Lower My Standards To Find Love… Right?
Moraya Seeger DeG...
Mar 22, 2023
Single Files
I Have Herpes, And Here’s How It Has Affected My Dating Life
Lexi Inks
Nov 15, 2022
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Unbothered
John Boyega Says He Only Dates Black Women — What’s The Issue?
Ineye Komonibo
Sep 22, 2022
Unbothered
Where Is The (Black) Love? A Multi-City Investigation
Ineye Komonibo
Aug 22, 2022
Dating Stories
Dating With Severe Asthma: How I Learned To Put Myself First
Lilly O'Leary
May 31, 2022
Unbothered
For Black Women, Choosing To Be Soft In Relationships Can Be Hard...
I’m the youngest in a family of six, so naturally, you may think that softness was my birthright. Youngest siblings are supposed to be wild, carefree, an
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Ineye Komonibo
Sex
I Was Embarrassed By My Autosexuality — But Now, I Embrace It
In a freshers’ week haze many years ago, I dated a boy whose bed sat parallel to a mirrored wardrobe. Once, when we were having sex, I caught my atte
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Jess Herbert
Single Files
I Married Young. I Was Widowed Young. I Never Want A Long-Term Pa...
When my husband died, I vowed to stay single in my after-life. Not because I was grieving, but because domestic partnership was something I had no interest
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Rebecca Woolf
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News
Is It Ever Okay To Out Someone From A Dating App? Even If It̵...
Ben Affleck has become an intriguing figure throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, with everything from his blinding back tattoo to his blinding love for Dunkin
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Lydia Wang
News
Heroic Woman Turned In Her Bumble Match After He Bragged About St...
There’s no shortage of dating app matches gone awry. A woman you find attractive shares that, yes, she actually likes “Live, Laugh, Love” wall art. A
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Danielle Campoamor
Single Files
I’m Single, & The Hardest Part Of Dating Is Talking About M...
Welcome to The Single Files, Refinery29’s new bi-monthly column. Each installment will feature a personal essay that explores the unique joys and cha
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Vanese Maddix
Relationships
I Love Being Single, So Why Am I Desperate For A Coronavirus Boyf...
It was only day two of being quarantined alone in my Lower East Side apartment when I got a text from Ethan, a guy I had been on a couple of dates with. We
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Serena Kerrigan
Dating Stories
The Date Where I Proposed To My Partner
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. We met in 2015, at an event for a mut
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Anonymous
29 Dates
The Date Who Brought Me A Very Unusual Gift
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. Bob* was one of two internet dates I?
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Anonymous
Dedicated Feature
The Surprising Value Of “Bad” Dates, According To Real People
Remember that one date with the “method actor” who didn’t believe in tipping? The one with the stand-up comedian who insisted on recordin
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Eliza Dumais
Dating Stories
The Date Who I Had To Hide From
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. I’d been single for a year at t
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Anonymous
29 Dates
The Date With A Very Famous Actor
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. I was 25 and living in London and had
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Anonymous
Dating Stories
The Date Who Turned Out To Be Racist
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. Like most modern romances, I met my d
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Anonymous
29 Dates
The Date Who Got Arrested
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. I’m standing in a car park, watchin
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Anonymous
29 Dates
The Date I Went On With The Wrong Twin
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. I know it sounds disingenuous to insi
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Anonymous
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Dating Stories
The Date Where I Got Catfished
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. I had just broken up with my boyfrien
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Anonymous
Dating Stories
The Date That Only Lasted 10 Minutes
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. When I matched with a 32-year-old Tex
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Anonymous
Dating Stories
The Date That Brought Me Back To Life After My Marriage Ended
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. After my marriage fizzled out, I spen
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Anonymous
Dating Stories
The Date Who Sabotaged His Career For Me (& Helped With Mine)
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. I had just quit my job to go on tour
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Anonymous
29 Dates
The Date Who Tried To Arrange A Hookup — During Our Date
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. About six months ago, I went out with
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Anonymous
29 Dates
The First Date I Ever Went On With A Woman
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. There’s a crack in the face of my g
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Anonymous
29 Dates
The Date That Was My First Date Ever
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. We were 14 years old and our saga had
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Anonymous
Dating Stories
The Date Who Still Lived With His Ex
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. I hadn’t had a date in a while. Whi
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Anonymous
Dating Stories
The Date Where I Ditched My Date & Met Someone Else
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. It was the day after Christmas and I
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Anonymous
Dating Stories
The Date That Took Me Two Years To Get Over
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. How I felt when I was with him that o
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Anonymous
29 Dates
The Date That Was My First One Sober
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. We met via Twitter. It’s not the be
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Anonymous
Dating Stories
The Date With My Crush’s Best Friend
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. I honestly had no idea he liked me. I
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Anonymous
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