According to data from Match.com, January 3rd is the best day for online dating of the year! Hooray! Now instead of wanting to throw your phone into the river after every gross message from a dude, you can have three times the amount. In all seriousness though, perhaps this is a good thing? Maybe it […]
I have the dating app Tinder downloaded on my phone, but I only use it to play a game called “How many times can I swipe left in 60 seconds?” My current record is 44, but that’s because I take it seriously and don’t swipe left on every dude who pops up on the screen. But […]
I have an inveterate aversion to the unexpected. I hate surprise parties. I conduct extensive consumer research before I purchase anything, from new shoes to vacuum cleaners. The idea of plunging blind into a situation fills me with a mounting dread, a gnawing in the pit of my stomach knowing that I have no say […]
When you come from a small town, or from the peaceful, leafy suburbs of Bumblefuck, Western Australia (like I did), dating in any big, cosmopolitan city can be a strange and troubling experience. It can also be a lot of fun. Here are my six rules for getting the most out of dating in in […]
If you’re relatively new to online dating and busy weighing up the pros and cons of embarking on this venture, perhaps you’re balancing issues such as coming across insincere people with the possibility of really connecting. But like many things in life, there’s only one way to truly find out how you could benefit from […]
I can’t sleep. See, I was messaging this guy “Marc” on OKCupid for about a week before moving onto texting for two more weeks before finally meeting up. Before then, conversation was fun and intelligent and more than just, “What’s your favorite movie?” There was dogma, politics and metaphysics and even intellectual discussions on sex. […]
While online dating is interesting and fun, online interaction is in some ways more difficult to navigate. Hence, the change from traditional to online dating is not always going to go as smooth as you would like it too. Hence, in this article, you will be able to read about some rules that will help […]
Kicking and screaming, dragging my feet all the way, after more than four years offline, I finally joined an online dating site. I was trying to avoid it, but I decided that, while I was was meeting guys in person, I wanted meet a wider variety of guys. I am happy to say, that so […]
The other day, my friend and I got into a discussion about whether or not it was appropriate to use a picture of her and her boyfriend as the lock screen on her phone. “It’s a cute picture, but I feel weird,” she told me. “I don’t know if I should keep it up.” “Do […]
