‘I feel like you’d be overweight in the near future’: Man gets chewed out after dumping date for eating a salad

The ick is a complicated phenomenon in the already complex world of dating. Sometimes it arrives due to legitimate and even necessary reasons, other times it feels like a dumb game that your subconscious is playing against you. Either way, it is a very delicate topic to approach with your former crush. Often, it’s just …
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Entitled man bails after date won’t buy him sushi, is flexed on with $400 omakase: ‘He really snatched defeat from the jaws of victory’

Sushi is one of the greatest delicacies in life, and one of the most expensive ones, especially in America. For good reason, usually. You don’t really want to skimp on raw fish or you might pay a different price. Sushi, for that reason, has kind of become a symbol of wealth on this side of …
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25 Carrie Bradshaw Memes for Shoe Enthusiasts and Cosmo Sippers

With SATC coming to Netflix, the iconic 90s/2000s show has found a whole new, younger audience, proving it still has us in the same chokehold it did when it came out over 20 years ago. Okay, maybe And Just Like That tarnished its reputation a little bit, and sure, some of it doesn’t age well, …
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‘I don’t think that your so-called friend is a nice person’: Inconsiderate woman insists men pay on double date, loses best friend and boyfriend

Deciding who’s going to pick up the check can mar an otherwise nice night with the stain of awkwardness. In our current era, in the world of dating, there is no standard rule for who pays. One one hand, that’s a good thing. People can go into dates without expectations, and avoid the potential power …
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‘We’ve been dating since you were 1’: Boy mom influencer horrifies with mother-son ‘date night’ proposal

Mothers of sons can have it hard. They’ve got to raise a boy in a world where it can sometimes seem like the default expectation for men is to be entitled and selfish at other people’s expense. However, it would be wrong to say that they don’t contribute to this by occasionally cultivating weird relationship …
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Lovers argue whether experiencing your first heartbreak at 17 or 30 is more destabilizing: ‘Imagine going through your first breakup and you have to join a Teams meeting’

Nobody likes being broken up with. It is a bad situation for everyone involved, but sometimes it has to be done. If you’ve never been broken up with or been the person who has had to cut it off, you’re a lucky duck, at least for now.  Not to be the bad guy, but I’ve …
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‘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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25+ Flirting Memes for Professional DM-Sliders

Flirting is a delicate art. Back in the day, lovers would write poems, and sonnets, compose symphonies, and paint frescos to win the affection of another. Today, we send each other memes. And swipe up on Instagram stories. And say «U up?» I’m not saying we’re doomed as a culture, but I do think we …
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‘If people did this population would be 73’: Life coach claims people need to have their life together before dating, gets roasted for her high standards

Everybody has some periods of their life when they are unfit for dating. For me, that was my first couple of years of college. I wasn’t sexless for lack of trying, but I had several problems that were keeping me from finding romantic connections: I had cystic acne, I gained about 15 pounds, I had …
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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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