Dating Advice

Make kissing even more of a turn-on by leveling up and adding French kissing to your repertoire. While it might sound complicated, French kissing is just k

When my mother found out I had penetrative sex for the first time, I was grounded for two weeks. I was 15 and my father was sure I’d been raped. Desp

Ghosting, breadcrumbing, paperclipping, stashing… get ready to add another dating term to your vocabulary: curving. First documented by Brittany Cox of T

I climbed into bed in my tiny Shoreditch flatshare. It was 1 a.m. on a Friday night and I’d just returned home after my eighth disappointing date in a mo

While it might feel extreme to write “swipe left if you’re an Aquarius” on your Tinder profile, some people consider astrological compatibility when

Most people are terrified of “settling” in their relationships. But don’t we all fall in love with imperfect partners in the end? Susan* is a

I dated the way I drank. In binges, marked by regret and heartbreak. Never knowing when to stop.  My first kiss was at age 12. My second was at 18, th

If this were a ‘90s rom-com, and I were a beloved (relatable) Hollywood starlet, the mediocre airport bar from which I am writing would make for a superb

I met my boyfriend in the midst of a pandemic — so, as you can imagine, the context for our courtship was particularly unique. We crossed paths during th

My father fell into illness the way Ernest Hemingway described going bankrupt — gradually and then suddenly. At first, there was an accretion of mild ill

I never considered myself to be someone who would put my happiness in someone else’s hands. I’ve always been very independent; I value my space and put

Last fall, I moved from New York City to Europe to intern at a fine-dining restaurant, where I suddenly found myself struggling to blend in with a staff of

When I was 31 years old, I went through a tumultuous breakup that should have happened two years earlier. I had ignored our recurring financial disputes, h

If you were to ask me how I was doing, say, two years ago, I would’ve offered up some variation of: “I’m good!”  And I was! I had just landed