Visits: 24 He spoke English. She spoke Spanish. After the couple was set up on a blind date, an A.I.-powered lip-dubbing app helped them form a connection. In June, LeRoy Romero drove four hours from his hometown, Peoria, Ariz., to …
True Love. Is There a Hack for That?
Visits: 23 Disenchanted with dating apps, some users have taken to blaming — and gaming — the mysterious algorithms that power them. If you play Call of Duty, you may be aware of an online ecosystem rich with “cheats” — …
The Women Who Are Giving Dating Apps the Summer Off
Visits: 25 Summer is the season where romantic encounters heat up. Some singles are logging off to see what’s out there. Divai Brown, a 39-year-old lawyer from Harlem, has lived in Dublin for about 15 months, working in financial regulations, …
‘Ghosting,’ ‘Orbiting,’ ‘Rizz’: A Guide to Modern Dating Terms
Visits: 21 The way we talk about relationships has drastically changed in recent years. Here is a glossary of some of the most popular words and phrases you should know. Picture this: You’re currently single and “cobwebbing” in the aftermath …
How the Language of Therapy Took Over Dating
Visits: 25 In a time when emotional maturity is highly desirable, almost everyone is “doing the work.” When Lauren Scott was bored, dating became a remedy. It could be draining, droning and repetitive. At wine bars and picnics and miniature …
Looking for Nice Jewish Guys With ‘Standards’? Click Here
Visits: 35 Just in time for the holiday snuggles, there’s a new matchmaking service that promotes itself, half seriously, as a “membership-based dating app for Jews with ridiculously high standards.” It’s called the Lox Club, and to join, you have …
Love Letter: He Had Her at Sourdough
Visits: 29 Many extroverts have gone to extreme measures for a social fix during the pandemic. Albertina Coacci, a self-proclaimed people person, turned to daily phone calls with strangers to pass the time while in lockdown in Italy. What started …
Seeking a Partner for the End of the World
Visits: 54 It should be no surprise that the coronavirus has changed dating in America. Many experts, along with daters themselves, say that daters have become more likely to couple up, to lower their standards and to do what they …
How to Date During a Pandemic
Visits: 29 Dating is a complicated and often clumsy dance even in the best of times. Add in mask-wearing directives, social distancing and fear of a highly contagious virus for which there is no cure, and you get… well, an …