‘Just tell me you’re «busy with work and family!» I’ll take the hint’: HR-style break up message prompts debate about relationship overcommunication

Call me avoidant or emotionally immature, but there are situations in which I’d prefer to be ghosted. If a person with whom I have been on one moderately enjoyable date with goes AWOL, I would rather not have to come up with a polite response to being told exactly why they don’t like me enough …
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20+ Bizarre Dating App Prompts That Probably Didn’t Lead to Love

Hinge has made a name for itself by claiming that it is the dating app that is «designed to be deleted». This has an element of truth to it, but not all its users are taking it off their phones because they’ve found love. In fact, many of them are doing this because they just …
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‘He said he had an alpha personality’: 20+ flagrant red flags that made regular folks run for the hills

As Lisa Kudrow as Wanda Pierce in Bojack Horseman once said, «When you look at someone through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags,» which is one of the most poignantly true statements anyone has ever made, especially in an adult cartoon. When you love someone, or when you want to love someone, it’s …
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‘She has a type’: Legendary woman invites 5 dates to the same bar, lets them ‘battle it out’

Going on a bunch of first dates can get pretty boring after a while. You ask them the same questions «Where are you from?» «What do you do?» «How long have you lived here?» «What music do you like?» Over and over again until you either meet the one or get so bored that you …
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Woman tries to con widower out of a free meal, lashes out when it backfires: ‘Men are not meal tickets’

Dating apps and online dating seem to be one of those inevitable realities that nobody really enjoys but that everyone seems to get wound up in at one point or another. It’s hard to tell what someone’s intentions are on the other side of a screen. Some people are just in it for yucks, some …
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‘A random fact I love: Pickles’: 20+ ridiculous times people didn’t understand dating app prompts

It’s a well-documented fact at this point that dating apps are a miserable place to be.  For every couple that found their happily ever after by swiping right or sending a like, there are a thousand singletons who are wondering what the heck they must have done in a past life to deserve the karma …
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The Most Entertaining Dating App Cringe This Week (February 14, 2024)

Gosh, there are so many different categories of relationship status these days! It’s no longer as simple as single or taken, married or divorced. There are the couples who love posting cringe about how great they are together, and those who can’t help but post about how not great they are together. There are the …
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25+ Memes for Singles Avoiding Cuffing Season

Did anyone else not realize how much work dating would take? When I was younger, I assumed it would be easy, fun, and something that you look forward to doing. But now that I’m older, I realize how draining the whole rigamarole can be. First, there’s the whole business of finding someone who you can …
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Dude Refuses To Tell Woman His Real Name, Doesn’t Understand Why She Rejects Him

There are several important questions you should ask somebody before you go on a first date. You want to suss out a potential partner’s hobbies, values, and career before deciding to spend a precious hour or two with them. In my humble opinion, the most important question of all is, «What is your name?» If …
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‘The young and the rizzless’: Older generations question why Gen-Z seems to date less than their parents

The differences between Gen-Z and the rest of the world are well documented. Everyone knows we’re addicted to TikTok, call everyone «bestie» and love to call millennials cringe. But what are the less obvious traits of the generation? If you have a young person in your life, you might be baffled by some of their …
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