32-year-old single woman refuses to date any man unless he’s an 8+, makes at least $100K, attends church weekly, is taller than her, and doesn’t have children: ‘I am trying to tell her she’s looking for a one in a million guy’

It’s sad to admit, but dating truly is a numbers game. There are so many people in this world, and no matter what way you swing it, the majority of them don’t want to date you, and you don’t want to date the majority of them. When you whittle it down to your preferred age …
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Woman ends relationship with iPad-obsessed boyfriend after he spends her grandmother’s 80th birthday celebration glued to the device: ‘I snapped’

We’re living in the age of cutting-edge technology. Millions of pieces of information are at our fingertips and our brains are in need of constant stimulation to keep us engaged and entertained. The upside of all of this is that our learning capabilities are infinite—any question can be answered with a quick and simple Google …
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‘Dating apps turn us all into HR managers’: Singles bemoan having to ‘reject so many people’ on dating apps

People hate dating apps so much that it has become hack comedy to complain about them. But that won’t stop us. Dating apps feel like the default way to date, in a world where everyone is glued to their phones and so much of our social lives is conducted online. It can feel like if …
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‘Stop being so insecure, nobody is thinking about you as much as you think’: Men in their 40s give advice to men in their 20s

Whether you admit it or not, we all want somebody smarter and more experienced than us to impart wisdom to us. It doesn’t come in the form of a wizard man appearing at the foot of your bed at night to warn you of something grave. It’s usually a much more literary manner of imparting …
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‘The back of his head was too flat’: The most ridiculously specific dating preferences singles have shared

They say that everyone has a «type.» If you’re a contestant on Love Island, it’s the first thing that everyone will ask you (and usually the correct answer is «Tall, dark, and handsome»). Most people have some idea of what they’re looking for in a partner, whether that be more surface-level things like age, height, or job …
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25+ Ghosting Memes for Surviving Being Left on Read

Ghosting is a new(ish) word for decades, possibly centuries-long phenomenon. For the happily uninitiated, «ghosting» is when one party abruptly ceases communication with another party with no warning or explanation (usually reserved for romantic encounters). But now that I think about it, you can be ghosted by almost anyone: a job, a DoorDash delivery person, …
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‘This is called a task-based interview’: Industrious woman invites first date over to help her weed her garden, date is hesitant

In the words of Carrie Bradshaw, «First dates are like job interviews with cocktails.» They’re usually stilted, awkward, and usually just a volley back and forth of questions and answers. «What do you do for work? Do you like it? Where did you grow up? Do you have any siblings?» Back and forth until you’re …
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Taco Bell employee poses as Ivy League doctor on dating app, is accidentally exposed by new relationship: ‘What else is he lying about?’

There’s nothing wrong with having a low-paying job. Heck, somebody’s got to do it. If we didn’t have Taco Bell employees, we wouldn’t have Taco Bell, and that would be a problem, wouldn’t it? Where would I get my Crunchwrap Supremes? My own kitchen? Forget about it. As a person who has had a string …
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‘The norm is being ghosted’: Man’s date-canceling text goes viral, revealing bottom-of-the-barrel dating expectations

Canceling plans is a wonderfully double-edged sword. It feels so good to have absolutely nothing to do when you were originally planning on going somewhere. It’s a rush– unbuttoning your pants, plopping down on the couch, knowing you don’t have to be perceived by polite society. But, canceling plans can also lead to hurt feelings. If one of you was looking forward to …
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‘He had a tall head’: 20+ Hilariously petty reasons daters refused a second date

The TV show Seinfeld is famous for offering its viewers trivial things over which to stop dating someone. Jerry cut it off with someone who had «Man Hands,» George couldn’t quite get over losing a chess game to a girl, and Jerry ended it with a different girl after she expressed fondness for a Dockers commercial he hated. All very petty …
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