No bonking? No baggage. A 34-year-old virgin insists she is “content” with her single status and would stay celibate than jump into bed with the wrong man. Lauren Harkins, who hails from Portland, Maine, says her abstinence gives her a benefit most other women her age don’t have: she’s free from the emotional trauma or … Read more
She’s a real trip! A Jersey girl has sparked a great date debate. Zach, a 34-year-old software engineer from FiDi, made plans for a first date after matching with a Jersey City woman on Hinge, but as soon as they set the time for the meetup, she demanded — “How am I getting there?” “My … Read more
Smash the age-riarchy. Men who get married age slower than those who do not — but the same cannot necessarily be said for women, a new study showed. The research, recently published in the journal International Social Work, took a look at how tying the knot impacted the process of growing old — revealing profound inequalities. … Read more
All the single ladies are doing alright, new research reveals. Turns out, women enjoy flying solo a whole lot more than men, a study recently published in Social Psychological and Personality Science found. University of Toronto psychologists Elaine Hoan and Geoff MacDonald analyzed data from nearly 6,000 single adults from 10 studies and the results are … Read more
Put a ring on it — not for the heck of it, but for your health. Singletons around the globe are in greater danger of experiencing mental health issues than their hitched peers, a new study has found. “Our analysis revealed that unmarried individuals had a higher risk of depressive symptoms than their married counterparts … Read more
A Trump supporter sabotaged a Manhattan dating event for Democrats by buying a bunch of tickets, then no-showing — leaving love-seeking lefties out of luck. The facilitator of Date a Dem Speed Dating got a phone call from a blocked number shortly before the event — held at The Rose on West 25th Street in … Read more
Gen Z’s quest for the perfect meet-cute has led them to the most banal setting of all: the grocery store. Singles in Spain are lining up at Mercadona stores, a popular chain of supermarkets, to pick up a few items in hopes of cooking up some organic romance. Fed up with the tireless online dating … Read more
Looking for love in the Big Apple is fruitless. Going bananas, combing through the concrete jungle for a soulmate isn’t worth the sweat, according to a new study that’s crowned NYC the top “worst” honey-hunting ground in America. “New York may have the highest population of single individuals,” said researchers from sexual fixation site, FetishFinder, … Read more
They became unbridled over the bridal blubs. Just moments after a pair of lovebirds exchanged vows, a group of guests to the “I Do’s” exchanged blows, bitterly brawling over the bride’s bouquet. “These women would win medals in wrestling at the Olympics,” teased a social media commenter, per What’s The Jam, stunned by the wanton … Read more
Maybe putting up walls can be a good thing for a relationship. Dating apps are so last decade, say the NYC singles of all ages lining up on weekends to have their photos posted on a wall in Brooklyn’s McCarren Park — in hopes of finding their next match. “It’s just a much more exciting way … Read more
Brooklynites Felecia and Ty Freely are bona fide nerds. But the clever married couple — she a seasoned techie, he a psych student at Columbia — don’t view their brainy lots in life as a negative. Instead, the perspicacious pair have wrangled their collective wit to help build community in the Big Apple — by creating … Read more
What a Jack-a–! Cora Hayes, a Sydney, Australia, native, backpacked throughout Europe when she got matching tattoos with her summer fling Jack. Like ink, Hayes thought this love could be permanent — until he ghosted on their second date. In a series of TikTok clips posted on her account @meowinthehat, Hayes unveiled the downfall of … Read more
Big Apple beauties are walking down the aisle — the produce aisle, that is. No longer wanting to be on the market, NYC sirens are flocking to Whole Foods Tribeca, hoping to hook a great catch while strolling through the store. “When the dating apps aren’t working so it’s time to look lost in Whole … Read more
New York’s dating scene is one giant red flag. The art of scouting for a significant other in the Big Apple is known to be feral and “cutthroat” — and particularly punishing toward those seeking something real and lasting. A WalletHub survey ranked the city that never sleeps rather low on the list of places where … Read more
Are you in step with your significant other? So-called “Super Synchronizers” are perceived as more attractive to others, according to a new study published in Communications Psychology — meaning those who naturally mirror their partners are probably more likely to get asked on a second date. Physiological synchrony — the alignment of heart rates, breathing patterns, … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I am single, never married. A male manager at my job is divorced. After a few weeks at the job, I realized we were both single. I have been here for about a year. This manager is flirty and appears to be into me. He acts a lot like my brother-in-law, who I … Read more
The attributes top of the list for Britain’s daters are emotional intelligence, financial stability and getting on with your friends. A poll of 2,000 adults who are dating found they’d like to see someone who can stimulate them intellectually (19 per cent) and has a good sense of style (15 per cent). Almost eight in … Read more
Women would rather accept the “singles tax” than couple up. The “singles tax” — the higher costs that singles pay financially supporting themselves — recently rose to over $7,000, according to Zillow, but women would still rather be on their own. A new study conducted by Qualtrics on behalf of Intuit Credit Karma found that … Read more
New Yorkers are the least likely to say “I do” out of all Americans, a not-so-romantic new study found. One in three adults in New York have never been married — a startling 17.4% more than the national average, according to Washington DC-based law firm Schmidt & Clark’s study, which analyzed federal census data and … Read more
There’s just something about a man in uniform. Single women in New York City are marching to dating events featuring first responders as they ditch dating apps and search for a specific type of man to be their co-captain. “It’s a different caliber of guy that you’re meeting at these events,” Amber Soletti, founder of … Read more