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The pandemic changed, well, everything. Dating was especially hit hard in the last year: Flings became non-existent, casual meetups were done over the phone and Zoom happy hours replaced awkward in-person dates. But the biggest shift hasn’t necessarily been...
We get it: Sometimes it’s hard to know exactly how she feels about you. As she’s processing her feelings in the beginning of a relationship, she’ll probably play it cool, making you question just about everything you’ve ever said...
Pictures can say a thousand words unless they’re on a perfectly curated, crazy over-filtered dating profile. When you add videos and funny prompts into the mix, you can gain a little more insight about the person in front of...
Aside from the occasional virtual date or outdoor meetup, most singles have spent the last year waiting for the day that they could safely date again. As vaccination numbers increase and COVID-19 cases plummet, singles are eager for their...
After being cooped up inside for what feels like forever, the idea of going out on a date — heck, even an awkward one — sounds like a dream. The upcoming summer has already been dubbed “hot vax summer”...
When it comes to finding love or marriage on dating apps, pictures really are worth a thousand words. Sure, they can always backfire — say, if you’re the guy who has an entire profile of group photos with other...
We’ve said it once and we’ll say it again: Video dating is here to stay. Even as states reopen and singles feel more comfortable meeting up for in-person dates, some will still choose to vet out potential matches with...
When you get the results of a Myers-Briggs personality test, it’s almost as if everything about you — who you aspire to be, how you treat people in relationships and so on — suddenly makes so much sense. And...
It’s a scary, scary world out there — and while you may be tempted to just pretend it doesn’t exist, you have no choice but to face the (sometimes) harsh truth. Interacting with strangers on a dating app? Well,...
Watch one episode of The One and you’ll suddenly start to reimagine a whole new kind of dating — one that doesn’t require endless scrolling, swiping and messaging that often leads to disappointment or worse, heartbreak. The show takes...
We may be slowly inching toward a new normal, but the dating scene is anything but. For the last year, people have turned to dating apps and sites in record numbers since the chances — ability, even — to...
Video dating is here to stay. Even once we can all safely meet up for in-person dates, there will still be a period of time — the talking phase, if you will — when we’ll rely on virtual dates...
It’s been quite the year, to say the least. The pandemic has devastated much of the world, taking away so many things that people once took for granted: daily commutes that allow us to switch off work mode, spur-of-the-moment...
You can’t swipe through a dating app without seeing some mention of COVID-19. Or masks (or the lack thereof). Or the vaccine. Take Tinder’s most recent Future of Dating report, for example: Since the start of the pandemic, they...
A lot of today’s most popular dating apps — think: Bumble, Tinder and Hinge — follow the same format: You make a profile, swipe through potential matches until you find someone who catches your eye, message them and proceed...
When I was single and excited about a potential new partner, my mother would never ask me about his name. Or his profession. Or his family. Nope, her only concern? His birthday. As an avid believer in astrology and...
Being single during the pandemic hasn’t been a comfortable experience. Without the opportunity to meet your date face-to-face, determining chemistry, connection and compatibility is challenging to say the least. Though a bummer for those actively looking for long-term love,...
Ask any single cat-owner, and they'll riddle off the 'alone forever' jokes they've heard. For whatever reason, feline companions have long been a symbol of old maids who never found their one-true-love, but one dating app is out to...
While plenty of conversations are fair game in the initial stages of online dating—the weather, your job, what you're doing Friday night—others feel a bit pushy. Like, say, women who discuss their ticking uterus. Or men who are approaching...
Not so long ago, the news of an app for men with—ahem—smaller packages went viral. After all, penis size is something men and women alike think about, but it's not exactly something that's openly discussed. Since Dinky Dating sparked...