You can't have a conversation about the utter failure that is the millennial generation without a grandiose and reductive statement that avoids the context of the issues you're discussing. At the Aspen Ideas Festival, an entire panel was centered around one such statement: "Kids these days, they just don't know how to… » 7/03/14 4:40pm 7/03/14 4:40pm

If you've been dissatisfied with the low intelligence of people in your dating pool, you might want to check out Match.com's latest feature: The online dating service is currently teaming up with Mensa, the global high IQ society, to romantically pair off brainiacs and nerdballs. » 6/27/14 12:50pm 6/27/14 12:50pm

Over at The Cut, Maureen O'Connor has done another deep dive into the world of dating trends, writing about "the ultimate abstinence": people who abstain from googling their dates. What she doesn't mention is that the people who are the biggest offenders on this front are hashtag "media people." » 6/23/14 3:20pm 6/23/14 3:20pm

Bad news for New York dudes on dating sites and apps who like to spice things up and set themselves apart by posing with big and probably sedated cats: you may have to legally cut that shit out. I mean, you're more than welcome to at any time, but soon it may be law. » 6/22/14 12:39pm 6/22/14 12:39pm

Want to date someone who looks a lot like your ex, but who definitely isn't your ex? Are you willing to pay big bucks to find this person? If so, then Match.com has the perfect service for you. » 6/18/14 9:40am 6/18/14 9:40am

Flirting might seem like a romantic code language that everyone but you is fluent in, but the truth of the matter — according to a recent study — is that almost everyone is really bad at it. Whether it's laying down our own flirting techniques or picking up on when someone else is flirting with us, people are… » 6/16/14 6:00pm 6/16/14 6:00pm

Once upon a time, a young prince named Joshua devised a foolproof, efficient way to find love: a mass Tinder text. » 6/12/14 10:50am 6/12/14 10:50am

A dating lesson went horribly wrong at Woodland Park Middle School in San Marcos, California when the instructor (who, let's be real, was probably just asking for a friend) requested that students stand under signs marked with romantic and sexual acts —ranging from "smiled at" to "all the way with Stephanie Kaye" — to… » 6/09/14 5:20pm 6/09/14 5:20pm

There's a dating website for practically every interest, lifestyle and faith community out there. Someone's even trying to get Mormon Match, a site for LDS singles, off the ground. But the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints apparently doesn't approve and says the name infringes on its trademarks. » 6/04/14 11:20am 6/04/14 11:20am

Why do I date white women? Black women have told me it's because I'm a sellout. The white men who can get past the mental anguish of my black penis tarnishing "their" women think I'm making some latent admission that their race has the most attractive women. White women range from those so intrigued by black men that… » 6/03/14 2:58pm 6/03/14 2:58pm

Ah, the transformative power of love: that lovely phenomenon of two hearts beating in tender unison, metamorphosing this bleak and mundane world into a reality that's actually pretty chill. According to a new scientific study, this is a measurable psychological occurrence that actually happens, and not something that… » 5/12/14 6:30pm 5/12/14 6:30pm

Now I know we ladies love our cupcakes and everything, but it never occurred to me that some would go so far as to sext one. » 4/29/14 2:05pm 4/29/14 2:05pm

Ladies! Need a refresher course on how to eat food in front of man who has asked you out? Unsure of what kind of fruit you can eat on a date? This ladymag from the 1950s has you covered. » 4/24/14 9:35pm 4/24/14 9:35pm

Over the weekend, one poor woman went through quite the ordeal. Last Thursday night, a New Jersey woman went on a first date with a man she met online. Seems pretty normal, right? Well, she decided to bring him home, and while she had her back turned in another room, buddy took the opportunity to take off with not… » 4/20/14 5:30pm 4/20/14 5:30pm