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The other day I was sitting on a train with a friend as she flicked through profiles on Bumble, an online dating service in which women have to reach out to men first. I watched her swipe left to reject a professional football team's worth of New York-area hipsters, jocks and nerds. Some were disqualified for being basic-looking bros with too-big arm muscles, and some for trying too hard to be hip, whether emphasizing their DJ gigs or having super hipster photos. Continue Reading

Oh hey. Remember when the world finally came up with the term ‘ghosting’, and we finally had a way to describe all the dates that had disappeared from our lives? It was great. We had a shorthand for our anguish. What a wonderful time to be alive, we said, sobbing into a plate of nachos after another failed relationship. Continue Reading

Sensitive and less emotionally intelligent people are more likely to be vulnerable to online dating scams says a study presented today at the British Psychological Society's Annual Conference in Nottingham. Lead author Dr Martin Graff of the University of South Wales said: “Perpetrators... Continue Reading

Narcissistic behaviors are often inflexible, self-centered, vain, and egotistical. No matter how nice or caring some narcissists may appear, it is important to understand that this facade is likely to fade if you challenge these narcissists, go contrary to them, or do not give them what they want wh... Continue Reading

Dating has always been an odd experience. There are rules, but nobody knows them. There are special codes, but nobody has a cipher. Yet, somehow, unless you're in your 20s, things are weirder than they've ever been.I've always felt dating was a weird experience in general, but somehow, coming back t... Continue Reading

If you're young and single, chances are you're rejecting potential dates left and right on apps like Tinder, Bumble and OkCupid.It's a brutal virtual world. Hundreds of people are whittled down to a few in minutes. In the seconds you lingered on one person's profile, four pictures and an ambiguous j... Continue Reading

A new study suggests that people should get married between the ages of 28 and 32 if they don’t want to get divorced, at least in the first five years.Before we proceed to the explanation: Don’t shoot me if you’re older than that and not married yet. These are just statistics and c... Continue Reading

When researchers asked people to tell the stories of how they fell in love, what were the eleven most common factors?Via Falling in Love: Why We Choose the Lovers We Choose:Variables That Influence Falling in Love1. Similarity in attitudes, background, personality traits2. Geographic proximity3. Des... Continue Reading

New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by professors of business administration at Harvard University, Leslie K. John, Kate Barasz, and Michael I. Norton suggests that it is better to tell the truth than to avoid the question or provide a non-ans... Continue Reading

Everybody wants what feels good. Everyone wants to live a carefree, happy and easy life, to fall in love and have amazing sex and relationships, to look perfect and make money and be popular and well-respected and admired and a total baller to the point that people part like the Red Sea when you wal... Continue Reading

There are countless ways to improve the relationships we have with our partners, but sometimes, the simplest actions can have the biggest impact. Before you sit down to set huge, long-term goals for you and your significant other, think about what you can do now, together, to ensure a fresh (and ... Continue Reading

The N.Y. Times was kind enough to report today on a new niche in the online dating industry, digital breakups. Well, it's official people, the hookup culture has come full circle. Considering today is the day couples are least likely to break up (according to Facebook) I thought I'd opine fo... Continue Reading

Warner Bros.In her new book You Probably Shouldn't Write That: Tips and Tricks for Creating an Online Dating Profile That Doesn't Suck, Lisa Hoehn of ProfilePolish.com outlines the mistakes you don't even realize you're making and offers step-by-step guidance to crafting a digital dating presence th... Continue Reading

I want a dog, but my landlady is a cat person. I’ve whined, begged and offered a hefty security deposit trying to change her mind. Keeping a dog by your side has been considered a healthy habit for tens of thousands of years. Research shows that dogs can prompt us to be more act... Continue Reading

Originally posted on Huffingtonpost.com: Unfortunately, for many of us, we've been exposed to so many unhealthy relationships in our lives that we don't know what a truly healthy relationship even looks and feels like. So here are 10 characteristics of a healthy relationship: 1. Both p... Continue Reading