Online Dating

September 12, 2020

Spice Up Your Pandemic Love Life

For many people, the monotony of the last 160-plus days has depleted just about everything. You aren’t alone if you barely recognize yourself, let alone your […]
July 17, 2020

Trying to Feel Love-Worthy (While Working for a Dating App)

As fascinating as it may sound, working in customer service for a dating app tends to be repetitive and mundane. During each eight-hour shift, I often […]
February 14, 2020

Love Letter: From Worst to Best Date Ever

[Sign up here to receive Love Letter, a weekly newsletter about relationship highs, lows and woes, in your inbox every Friday.] While dating sites and apps […]
February 14, 2020

How My Worst Date Ever Became My Best

According to Rich’s Bumble profile, he was fit, with a head of mussed silver curls, divorced and, like me, almost an empty nester. At 58, I […]
January 28, 2020

Tiny Love Stories: ‘His Shirtless Picture Caught My Eye’

A Shaft of Light We were 7-year-olds without siblings, living in adjacent Montreal apartments that shared a bathroom light shaft. Margaret had curly, ruddy-brown hair and […]
January 21, 2020

I Quit Dating Apps. Five Times.

Image I Quit Dating Apps. Five Times. The story of a tortured relationship — with a happy ending. By Jan. 20, 2020 You’re 24 when you […]
January 18, 2020

Love in the Time of Trump: How Do You Approach Politics on Dating Apps?

Americans are watching an impeachment trial against their president unfold, just as the country prepares for the Democratic primaries and caucuses. We’re living in an era […]
June 9, 2017

Vows: How Long to Find the One? Five Minutes on a Dating Site

Vows By MARIELLE WAKIM Brian Rosenberg hadn’t exactly planned on proposing to Jen Bilik behind the Hitching Post, a restaurant in Santa Barbara, Calif. (In retrospect, […]
May 26, 2017

Modern Love: Wanting Monogamy as 1,946 Men Await My Swipe

Modern Love By LAUREN PETERSEN Leaving Michael’s apartment one Tuesday morning, I smiled and said, “Have a good class today.” That may not sound like much, […]
March 18, 2017

With Her Dating App, Women Are in Control

AUSTIN, Tex. — As at most tech start-ups, the fridge was stocked with green juice and cold brew coffee. Unlike at most tech start-ups, there was […]