19-year-old complains that only ugly guys swipe right on her on dating apps, male friend tells her she’s just as attractive as these so-called ugly guys: ‘She should give some of them a chance’

Dating apps make everybody jaded, from the most attractive people on the planet to the hopeless cases. We all know a couple who met on Hinge and are getting married next Spring, but we have no idea how they got from step 1 to step marriage. Were they using a different Hinge than the one …
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25 Perplexing Dating App Exchanges From the Trenches of Singledom

It can be all too easy for single people who want to be in a relationship to feel inadequate, and this date on the calendar is, hands down, one of the worst days of the year for that. While there is nothing wrong with desiring companionship and feeling sad that you don’t have it, it …
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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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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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‘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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Online Dater Calls Out Straight Edge Person’s Dating Profile, Sparks Debate About Sobriety and Relationships

Substance use can be a pretty emotive topic, and this means it is often a dealbreaker for those who are looking for love. Few desire a prospective partner who probably needs to go to Narcotics Anonymous, but by the same token most people don’t want to be with someone who is going to judge them …
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The Cringiest Dating App Encounters This Week (October 25, 2023)

A lot of people these days make a big deal about dating with intention. Those looking for romance are now meant to have a defined list of qualities that they expect in a partner, and to immediately discredit anyone who doesn’t have the same relationship goals that you do.  This isn’t a terrible thing to …
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The Cringiest Dating App Encounters This Week (October 18, 2023)

The human race are masochists. Deep down, we realize that love is vital to the wellbeing of each and every one of us, then we make it ridiculously complicated and difficult to obtain. While there are many types of affection that we can give and receive, it can’t be denied that the romantic kind is …
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The Cringiest Dating App Encounters This Week (October 11, 2023)

Yet another depressing aspect of modern day dating is how transactional the whole thing can be. It seems like every other singleton is obsessed with the traits possessed by «high value» women or men, or insist on asking the dreaded first date question «so, what do you bring to the table?». While I am the …
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