Nearly 40% of Americans admit they’ve gone on a date for this selfish reason

Nearly 40% of Americans admit they’ve gone on a date for this selfish reason

Out on a date at a restaurant? The person across the table may be there mainly for the free food. That’s according to a recent survey by JG Wentworth, a financial services company based in Pennsylvania, which found that 39.9% of respondents admitted they have gone on a date on at least one occasion just to get … Read more

Exclusive | ‘I sleep around, but my husband isn’t allowed to’ — meet the couple in a one-sided open marriage

Exclusive | ‘I sleep around, but my husband isn’t allowed to’ — meet the couple in a one-sided open marriage

It’s like having an off-leash dog. In an effort to stay authentic to who she is while in a loving nine-year marriage, Karla Houston, 34, freely embarks on sexual escapades, while her husband remains monogamous.  The one-sided open relationship, more formally known as a mono-poly relationship, is an unconventional dynamic that works for the California … Read more

How do I tell my best friend I’ve fallen in love with her?

How do I tell my best friend I’ve fallen in love with her?

Gail Rudnick and Kim Murstein — the no-nonsense hosts of hit podcast series “Excuse My Grandma” — are The Post’s brand-new advice columnists. From family feuds to friendship fallouts, money, marriage and sex, there’s no topic too taboo to tackle, and the native New Yorkers will hash out each issue from their differing perspectives to tell the … Read more

‘Call Her Daddy’ Alex Cooper’s arc from messy hookups to motherhood is actually a good lesson for her audience

‘Call Her Daddy’ Alex Cooper’s arc from messy hookups to motherhood is actually a good lesson for her audience

Alex Cooper made a name for herself dishing all the graphic details about her lurid sex life and promoting hookup culture on her hit podcast “Call Her Daddy.” Now, she’s married and expecting a child. This has pro-family conservatives furious. Critics are accusing her of teaching younger women bad lessons about sex and relationships while … Read more

Biohacking billionaire Bryan Johnson overshares about his girlfriend’s vagina yet again — this time from her gyno exam

Biohacking billionaire Bryan Johnson overshares about his girlfriend’s vagina yet again — this time from her gyno exam

He’s at it again. Famed biohacking billionaire Bryan Johnson has once again caused a social media frenzy by talking about his girlfriend’s vagina. But this time, it’s not so much what he said that’s causing people to scratch their heads and praise him; it’s more so the bizarre, and rather uncomfortable, but informative photo he … Read more

Exclusive | Desperate male singles are paying thousands for fake photos and toxic love gurus: “becoming elite”

Exclusive | Desperate male singles are paying thousands for fake photos and toxic love gurus: “becoming elite”

After his girlfriend of two years cheated on him with an older man, Luis Pineda was left reeling. Heartbroken and confused, the 22-year-old’s quest to become a modern-day Casanova led him to Orion Taraban, a licensed dating psychologist with nearly 1 million YouTube subscribers and over 150 million views on his PsycHacks platform — who … Read more

Dear Abby: My sister-in-law refuses to believe she is being catfished and I don’t know how to help her

Dear Abby: My sister-in-law refuses to believe she is being catfished and I don’t know how to help her

DEAR ABBY: My sister-in-law, “Carla,” has had a “girlfriend,” “Susan,” for the past year who she has never met or spoken to. They only text. Carla says they plan to be married when they meet, which is canceled repeatedly. When I have asked, Carla has confusing reasons why they can’t FaceTime or speak on the … Read more

The 10 US states where you’re most likely to die alone revealed — and it’s sad news for New York singles

The 10 US states where you’re most likely to die alone revealed — and it’s sad news for New York singles

NYC singles are in a state of emergency.  The city that never sleeps is at the epicenter of the state that never marries, per devastating new data naming New York the No. 1 locale “where you’re most likely to die single.” R.I.P. to Big Apple amore.  New York ranks No. 1 as the state where singles are … Read more

‘Missed connections’ 3.0: Craigslist cupids move lovelorn pleas to social media

‘Missed connections’ 3.0: Craigslist cupids move lovelorn pleas to social media

Pursuing missed connections is nothing new — there are just more places to look. The concept’s increased expansion from Craigslist to social media — primarily Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and Reddit — is the latest push for partnership from daters who are stepping away from swipe culture in favor of analog (or analog-adjacent) methods to meet … Read more

Should I give the man who ghosted me a second chance?

Should I give the man who ghosted me a second chance?

Gail Rudnick and Kim Murstein — the no-nonsense hosts of hit podcast series “Excuse My Grandma” — are The Post’s brand-new advice columnists. From family feuds to friendship fallouts, money, marriage and sex, there’s no topic too taboo to tackle, and the native New Yorkers will hash out each issue from their differing perspectives to tell the … Read more

Exclusive | Are you a ‘love bomber’ or a gaslighting narcissist? Experts weigh in on the toxicity of weaponizing therapy speak

Exclusive | Are you a ‘love bomber’ or a gaslighting narcissist? Experts weigh in on the toxicity of weaponizing therapy speak

Going to therapy for your mental health is a great idea. Using therapy talk in everyday conversations? Not so much. Terms like “narcissist,” “love bomber,” “trigger,” and “gaslighting” that were once only used among the four walls of a shrink’s office have increasingly made their way into everyday conversation, flipping clinically-recognized diagnoses and concepts into … Read more

Exclusive | Having an ‘off the grid’ ‘Luddite Boyfriend’ is a major green flag for single women — here’s why

Exclusive | Having an ‘off the grid’ ‘Luddite Boyfriend’ is a major green flag for single women — here’s why

In a dating world where an unanswered text can spark a full-blown spiral — and a single Instagram “like” on a hot stranger’s photo feels like betrayal — a new romantic archetype is quietly winning over New York City women: the “Luddite boyfriend.” The Luddite boyfriend is a modern lover who keeps his digital footprint … Read more

I’ve got Ozempic envy: I’m jealous that my friends can afford GLP-1s and I can’t

I’ve got Ozempic envy: I’m jealous that my friends can afford GLP-1s and I can’t

Gail Rudnick and Kim Murstein — the no-nonsense hosts of hit podcast series “Excuse My Grandma” — are The Post’s brand-new advice columnists. From family feuds to friendship fallouts, money, marriage and sex, there’s no topic too taboo to tackle, and the native New Yorkers will hash out each issue from their differing perspectives to tell the … Read more

Emotional, financial cost of long-distance love drives couples to move in together

Emotional, financial cost of long-distance love drives couples to move in together

Long-distance couples spend a combined average of nearly $7,000 ($6,888) on travel to see each other over the course of their relationship, according to new data. In a recent online survey of 761 couples who plan to move in together in the next few years, which was conducted by Talker Research on behalf of Mayflower, … Read more

Dear Abby: How do I move on after my boyfriend died?

Dear Abby: How do I move on after my boyfriend died?

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend passed away 15 months ago. I have been devastated ever since. He was my best friend, and I’m having a hard time letting go. He said he would love me even in death, and when he died, he took a large piece of my heart with him. I know I’m depressed. … Read more

Exclusive | LA singles are flocking to luxe West Coast grocer, Erewhon, to get dates: ‘Better than the apps’

Exclusive | LA singles are flocking to luxe West Coast grocer, Erewhon, to get dates: ‘Better than the apps’

Every major city claims to have the ‘worst dating scene,’ but if you live in Los Angeles, the drag of being single might as well be alleviated over a $25 Strawberry Glaze Erewhon smoothie. Desperate LA singles, fed up with dating apps, are now scouring the aisles of the luxe grocery chain for their happily-ever-after … Read more

Dear Abby: My son refuses to believe he’s an alcoholic

Dear Abby: My son refuses to believe he’s an alcoholic

DEAR ABBY: My 32-year-old son has an alcohol problem. He and his wife refuse to accept reality and continue to be social drinkers. My son deals with his problem by putting his head in the sand. He refuses to talk to us or answer any of our texts or calls.  When he does decide to … Read more

He wants to bring his kids on our first date — how do I say no without wrecking everything?

He wants to bring his kids on our first date — how do I say no without wrecking everything?

Gail Rudnick and Kim Murstein — the no-nonsense hosts of hit podcast series “Excuse My Grandma” — are The Post’s brand-new advice columnists. From family feuds to friendship fallouts, money, marriage and sex, there’s no topic too taboo to tackle, and the native New Yorkers will hash out each issue from their differing perspectives to tell the … Read more

NYT podcast celebrates cougars ‘objectifying the hell out of’ young guys — only in a psychoanalytical way, of course

NYT podcast celebrates cougars ‘objectifying the hell out of’ young guys — only in a psychoanalytical way, of course

Older women are dating younger men more often. Over the past two years, according to the dating app Feeld, men who are exclusively looking to date older women increased by 64%. This stat raised an eyebrow with the women of the New York Times Opinion podcast, who decided it was a subject ripe for some … Read more

My parents won’t accept my boyfriend because he isn’t my religion — do I choose him or them?

My parents won’t accept my boyfriend because he isn’t my religion — do I choose him or them?

Gail Rudnick and Kim Murstein — the no-nonsense hosts of hit podcast series “Excuse My Grandma” — are The Post’s brand-new advice columnists. From family feuds to friendship fallouts, money, marriage and sex, there’s no topic too taboo to tackle, and the native New Yorkers will hash out each issue from their differing perspectives to tell the … Read more