Chicago student gets banned off dating apps, writes essay pleading for Elon Musk to buy them: ‘No company is as shockingly evil’

If you have ever used a dating app, the chances are you have a horror story or two about the experience. It’s hardly groundbreaking to say that Tinder, Hinge, and similar have been getting increasingly bad press over the past couple of years. It leaves connection-hungry singletons with somewhat of a dilemma, which they approach …
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Dishonest woman consistently asks situationship for $400 or more, expects him to pay up without question: ‘She’s scamming you’

Love, or infatuation, can sometimes shield us from reality. We put on our rose colored glasses and in the words of BoJack Horseman, «All the red flags just look like flags.» You don’t see people for who they truly are, you want to see the best in them. We think that the reason they’re not …
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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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Female Sous-Chef Dumps Man Over His ‘Toddler-Like Palate’, Declaring the Gap Unbridgeable and Their Future Destroyed

Dating is not always simple. It would seem unfair to accept someone who isn’t perfect when so many people are utilizing dating apps to find their perfect partner. The story below is an account of a confused single woman. The original poster (OP) recently went out with a man she met online. After a few …
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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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