‘My vote is nurses’: People share professions that would keep them from dating someone

When you’re in your early twenties, it seems like everybody is dating everybody, no matter how incompatible their lifestyles are. I know couples with opposite work schedules but can still get together and go on at least one date per week. As you age, it gets much more challenging to plan your life around someone …
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‘This is ten times more narcissistic and toxic than whatever he did to you’: Roommate kicks out out guy who ghosted him twice, sparks heated discourse

Unlike its spooky namesake, ghosting’s existence is not up for debate. It happens all the time, to the best of us, to the worst of us. It’s so easy to ghost someone. It requires little (actually, nothing) of you and it makes a potential issue go away instantly. But if you’re on the receiving end …
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‘This is catastrophic’: Twitter users discuss the rise of online dating and the fall of meeting people through friends or at school

I won’t stand here and lie to y’all and say that I love online dating apps. It can be humiliating to sell yourself as a concept to strangers over text for several days, only to meet up and not feel anything. It’s lame that dating can feel like such a chore. I often feel as …
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Boyfriend Asks Girlfriend to Cover Bill and Tell Everyone He Paid, Sparks Debate About Money and Gender

It’s hard to know who should pay on a first date, especially between men and women. It’s nice to go even, but you also don’t want to step on anyone’s toes. I have guy friends who enjoy covering the check and see it as an expression of affection. I have other guy friends who hate …
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Man Makes the Ultimate Dating Faux-Pas, Woman Sends a Biting Reply

Dating is difficult. There are so many unspoken rules that seemingly bind us, and it can be hard to know whether or not you’ve crossed a line. What are you supposed to wear? You want to look like you put in effort, but not so much effort that it’s embarrassing. What kind of place are …
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Woman Gets Dragged for Advising Friend to Shave Her Body to Attract Men

Even in this day and age, it’s hard for women out there who refuse to adhere to idealized beauty standards. Not everyone defines femininity the same way, and yet society still tells women that there is a feminine ideal they should be striving toward. No one is inherently wrong for adhering to mainstream beauty standards, …
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People Over 26 Give Advice To Those in Their Early 20s

Being in your early twenties can be really rotten. You might be young and beautiful, but you have no idea what you’re supposed to be doing. Going from high school and college, where you’re constantly told what to do, to having no guidance can be a very jarring transition. There’s a reason people say that …
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26-Year-Old Woman Rejects Ice Cream Date Because She Thinks She’s Too Grown Up For That

So many people feel like they’re so grown up when they’re in their mid-twenties. This is allegedly when your brain chemistry is actually adult at that point, so perhaps you do magically become an adult when you turn 25. I am unsure about this because 25-year-olds are only a couple of years older than 23-year-olds, …
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26 Shy Memes About the Experience of Dating an Introvert (July 2, 2023)

Introverts may have a weird rep on the street – you know, of being too shy, too quiet, or whatnot. But if you ask us – introverts may just be the best people on earth and make the most amazing partners. Sure, we may be biased a tad since we are introverts ourselves but hear …
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17 Simple Phrases That Are Instant Red Flags When Dating

Back in the 1920s, being called «toots» was such a turn-off. It was disrespectful and misogynistic. Whenever you heard the main character in one of those old-timey movies say, «Hey there, toots!» You’d always hear the woman replay, disgusted, «I’m not your toots!» However, now, in 2023, if someone came up to you in a …
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