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The Date With My Crush’s Best Friend

The Date Who Told Me He Loved Me…On Our First Date

The Date Whose Girlfriend Was In A Coma

The Date Where I Got Dumped

We’d been dating for about three months when he said he wanted to take me on a special date. He said he wanted to surprise me. He certainly did. He dumpe

The Date Who Asked Me The One Question I Couldn’t Answer

He was my first dating app date, six weeks after I left a five-year relationship. We went for a drink and played some bar trivia. He was a musician and loo

Meet The Creators Of Amazon Dating, A Parody Site With 10,000 Rea...

Yesterday, a website called Amazon Dating took over my Twitter feed. It looks and smells like Amazon, only instead of delivering search results for Alexa-e

by Anabel Pasarow

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The Date I Met On Public Transport & Married

Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. It was a Friday night eight years ago

The Date Who Got Cold Feet, Maybe Because He Was Engaged

Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. I hate the idea of being judged by my

The Date That Was Very Mediocre But Became A 9-Year Relationship

Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. “Take me to your best local bar

The Date That I Thought Had Died

When we matched online, I was experiencing the death of a seven-year relationship. The last time I was single, dating involved falling into people in

The Date Who Asked Me For A Refund

A few years ago, I went on a date. We met up at a local bar for some drinks and he seemed pretty normal, but very boring. I wasn’t feeling a spark (parti

The Date Who Was Really After My Best Friend

I should’ve guessed he wasn’t the one the minute he said he listened to Nickelback. It was the afternoon before the date and our texting was ge

Cause-Playing: Another Dating Trend To Dread

If you’re single and dating, you’ve probably been ghosted at some point. You might have been haunted (that’s when a ghost keeps lurking your soci

by Erika W. Smith

Here’s What Tinder’s New Safety Features Will Look Like

If you’ve ever been on a date with someone you met on an app, you’ve probably had a well-intentioned friend or family member ask you, “Are you sure i

by Erika W. Smith

I Deleted All My Dating Apps One Year Ago

“ I just want to tell you that I’ve had enough.” NSYNC, Bye Bye Bye, 2000 One year ago this month, I deleted all of my dating apps. No fanfare, no ch

by Shani Silver

Stashing Might Be The Worst Dating Trend Yet

You might have been ghosted, breadcrumbed, or paperclipped. But have you ever been stashed? Even if you haven’t heard the term, you might be familiar wit

by Erika W. Smith

How To Get Through An Intimidating First Date

by Kasandra Brabaw

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The Secret To Finding Love On Bumble, According To 3 Couples

It’s a tale as old as online dating apps themselves: You swipe right, you match, you strike up a conversation, you plan a first date — and sometime

by Andrea Cheng

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If You Want To Date More In 2020, Make Sure You Open Your App Today

If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to date more, make sure you’ve downloaded your dating app of choice, uploaded your best photo from New Year’

by Erika W. Smith

Dating Sucks. Here’s How To Make It Better In 2020

It’s been about a month since I last went on a first date. I thought the night went well, but it turns out I was the only one who thought so — at least

by Erika W. Smith

Sharon Stone Got Kicked Off Bumble Because People Couldn’t Believ...

Will the real Sharon Stone please stand up? Turns out, she’s been hanging out on the dating app Bumble, but, unfortunately, no one believes her. R

by Shannon Carlin

Get Ready To Swipe: Channing Tatum Is Allegedly On A Dating App

Channing Tatum is single and (reportedly, allegedly, suspectedly) ready to mingle. Since he and Jessie J parted ways earlier this month, Tatum has supposed

by Sarah Midkiff

I’m Never Checking My Luggage Again Thanks To This Fashion ...

Imagine, for a moment, you’re walking into the airport. Crowds are swarming around the check-in booths, and the line to drop off a bag is nearly out

by Jessica Andrews

Men Keep Asking Me If I Want Kids On The First Date – Why?

Everything is moving so fast. We eat fast food, wear fast fashion and expect our shopping to show up on our doorstep in less than a day. We take Uber

Is This The Dating App Queer Women Have Been Waiting For?

View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Knight-Reiters (@theknightreiters) on Nov 2, 2019 at 7:04pm PDT Travel enthusiast @renegadepilgrim (aka He

by Rosie Hewitson

From Kittenfishing To Zombieing: The Dating Terms You Need To Know

by Erika W. Smith

Inside L.A.’s “Ethical Non-Monogamy” Dating Scene

Jay and Cait’s love story began sweetly, if typically. They met in Philadelphia, fell in love, and moved in together. A few years later they packed their

by Lexy Lebsack

Bumble Continues Its Fight Against Unsolicited Nude Photos With A...

In September, the state of Texas passed a law that criminalizes the unsolicited sending of sexual photos via text, DM, AirDrop, email, social media, and da

by Anabel Pasarow

Famous Single Women I Want To Be When I Grow Up

“Charlotte, we’re Jewish.” – Cher as Rachel Flax, Mermaids, 1990 The best thing about heroes is that they’re extremely personal. I don’t ha

by Shani Silver

Paperclipping Is The Latest Annoying Dating Trend

From ghosting to breadcrumbing to benching, sometimes it feels like we need an entire dictionary of words describing annoying dating behaviors. Well, someo

by Erika W. Smith

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