Meta is shutting down a video speed-dating service it had tested over a good part of last year, the company informed the service’s users via a recent email. Last April, the company formerly known as Facebook confirmed it was testing a new dating service called Sparked, which was developed by its in-house incubator, the NPE […]
Flox, an app to help friend groups meet each other, is wooing college students in NYC
There’s nothing like the growing pains of new adulthood, but for college-aged Gen Zers who have spent these formative years in lockdown, it can be even more difficult to form meaningful friendships. While attending Columbia University remotely during the pandemic, first-generation college student Jamie Lee realized how this isolation was affecting her peers, especially those […]
Blind date: ‘Did we kiss? The better question is how we kissed’
Michael, 26, PhD student, meets Dom, 26, charity press assistantWhat were you hoping for?A face out of Caravaggio’s sketchbooks? A body cut from the Parthenon friezes? Hopes should outpace expectations. Continue reading…
The Love Triangle review – a pointless, painful hour of attempted threesomes
This agonising new dating show sees couples look for a third person to spice up their relationship, via dull quizzes and – worse still – English melancholyThe British should not be allowed anywhere near sex. We are too easily embarrassed and we’re unco…
I am concerned about my overattachment to men I hardly know. Can I date safely? | Leading questions
The pain of a budding romance ending is not just about what it was, but what it could have been, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-SmithI divorced from my husband over a year ago (we had been living separately for a couple of years before that). H…
The relationship sabotage scale: quantifying why we undermine ourselves in love
Developed over the course of five studies, the relationship sabotage scale is designed to give analytical rigour to a term more common in pop cultureDo you feel constantly criticised by your partner? Do you sometimes check their social media profiles? …
Blind date: ‘I thought she might ditch me for the waiter’
Lottie, 26, influencer marketing manager, meets Amber, 30, corporate events managerLottie on AmberWhat were you hoping for?A civilised evening, lots of paneer, and for my date not to be someone I’ve previously ghosted on dating apps. Continue reading…
Blind date: ‘The screaming babies on the next table weren’t exactly mood-matching’
Philip, 29, legal assistant, meets Tom, 30, assistant talent agentPhilip on Tom Continue reading…
Crash and burn: the intense and fleeting romances of the Covid era
The unspoken rules of dating went out the window as people found themselves deeply alone – perhaps it’s no surprise these couples didn’t make itOn 4 July 2020, 34-year-old Samantha Higdon, a tech worker in Austin, Texas, was swiping through the dating …
‘Now I know love is real!’ The people who gave up on romance – then found it in lockdown
Dating apps can be difficult and daunting at the best of times, and many users give up on them entirely. But for some the pandemic was a chance to reassess their priorities, and they were able to forge a much deeper connectionWhen the country first wen…