This GrubHub customer got a side of romance with her delivery. Hannah Bullerman was only expecting fried pickles and chicken wings at her doorstep — but love rang instead in the form of a “kind-eyed” GrubHub driver. “It was so unlike me. I still can’t believe I did it,” Bullerman, 25, told People of their … Read more
A woman who claims to be in love with herself can hardly Bali-eve how good life is now that she’s given up finding love online. Mimi Watt, 29, deleted her preferred dating app, Hinge, in January this year after realizing she wants to focus on her relationship — with herself. “I felt like spending time … Read more
He’s living well. A cruel remark from a Tinder match motivated a Miami man to lose a whopping 117 pounds and change his life for the better. Brody Balinski, 29, was tipping the scales at 271 lbs. and struggling to button his size 42’s when he crossed paths online with an unlikely source of thinspiration. … Read more
A British woman is speaking out about the dangers of casual sex, saying her romps with random men often ended in assault. Kitty Ruskin details her harrowing experiences in her newly-released tome, “Ten Men: A Year of Casual Sex,” which she hopes will serve as a wake-up call about the realities faced by young women … Read more
Talk about a pickup game. The city’s pickleball courts have become hotspots for Gen Zs and millennials looking to play — and find love without hitting the bars or logging on to Hinge. “There are good looking people here, so you never know what is going to happen,” said Christina Ali, 25, of the bustling … Read more
A woman flew 1,151 miles to meet a man she’d been talking to online for three years – but he never showed up and ghosted her. River Blake, 23, flew cross-country from Lafayette, Louisiana, US, to Rapid City, South Dakota, with a one-way ticket to meet her ‘date’. She says the eight-hour flight was paid … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I am a gay man who matched with another guy on a dating site two years ago this month. At first, we texted constantly. No one has ever made me feel the way he made me feel through texting alone. He displayed qualities that set him apart from anyone else I have talked … Read more
The game has changed — but Patti Stanger is still the same. Singles everywhere seem to be complaining about the dating scene these days, whether it be the deplorable state of apps or that no one knows how to pick someone up in person anymore. Enter Stanger, 62, the audacious love liaison who helmed the … Read more
A woman has revealed the pervasive thoughts she has, and the wild steps she takes to counteract them, ahead of a first date. Jordy, from the United States, took to social media to reveal she takes numerous steps to prepare a potential suitor that she isn’t thin — and her comment section was flooded with … Read more
There’s something a-bot love. Alexander Zhadan realized he didn’t need emotional intelligence to score his dream woman. All he needed was artificial intelligence. In 2022, Zhadan launched a dating experiment with ChatGPT, using the AI to find the love of his life on Tinder. Alexander Zhadan/ east2west news “I proposed to a girl with whom … Read more
A British woman has been left less than impressed with the dating scene in Australia after one man’s snarky message. Thassy, who moved from the UK to Melbourne, shared on TikTok a conversation she had with a man as the pair were planning their first date, which included the offending voice note. “So you let … Read more
A new dating theory that claims to share the formula for a successful relationship has gone viral – but experts have issued a warning about the advice, stating it could have the opposite effect. Anna Kristina, a self-titled “mindset coach”, has amassed millions of views with her recent explanation of the “black cat and golden … Read more
You’ve got no game if you’re talking about a game. New research has uncovered the biggest mistake men make on dating apps — and it’s expressing interest in sports. Researchers from CasinoZonder analyzed 23,000 Tinder profiles of single men and women, looking at the “about me,” “interests,” and “pros and cons” sections — to find … Read more
Why DIY when you can swipe right on a guy? Most NYC singletons feel they have a better chance at winning the 2024 presidential election than they do finding “the one” floating around in the Big Apple’s rotten dating pool. But rather than calling off the search and deleting all the matchmaking apps in defeat, … Read more
Does your romance need a reality check? With over 117 million singles in the US alone, according to last year’s census, there has to be a match out there for you somewhere — but your date dealbreakers could be holding you back. Keeper, a matchmaking service, created a dating calculator that shows you “what percent of men/women … Read more
It’s the first Mercury retrograde of 2K24, my babies. ‘Tis the most maligned time of the year, folks, when the planet of communication slows its proverbial roll and wreaks havoc on our travel plans and best efforts at clear communication. Mercury retrograde is a bit of a misnomer — the planet only appears to move … Read more
It’s the most maligned time of the year — when Mercury, our smooth-talking, fleet-footed planet of communication, currency, tech, and exchange, slows its proverbial roll, leaving us with brain fog, regret, texts from our exes, and the odd nude accidentally sent to the company Slack channel. Sagely or superstitiously, a recent study found that more … Read more
Singles have joked that using dating apps is like a full-time job — and that’s now true for some. Matchmaking company Vida Select has turned swiping on the apps into a career for its employees, charging clients a pretty penny for their services. The global site promises to do practically every aspect of online dating … Read more
It’s like love in the time of corona. As inflation makes going out increasingly expensive, Generation Z is saving bucks by reverting to a pandemic-era romance trend: dating people virtually. Dating app Wingman surveyed 500 people aged 18 to 27 on their dating preferences, Business Insider reported. They found that a staggering 65% preferred to … Read more
An Aussie radio host has called out hookup culture in Australia, claiming it is only benefiting men. Hannah Ferguson, who co-hosts Triple J’s The Hook-Up, got stuck into the subject alongside Dee Salmin after she was given 60 seconds to rant on the topic. “I think hookup culture is a way we’ve reframed casual sex and … Read more