Let me get this out of the way: I love both going to the club (dancing and music are great!) and dudes (they're so cute!). But dudes absolutely ruin the club. There's a reason ladies often get in for free or cheap: Both dudes and non-dudes are happier when the dude ratio is lower. Just a small sampling of things that… » 1/28/15 4:41pm Wednesday 4:41pm

This is the tale of Tom Packer, a lonely lad from Norwich, England. Poor Tom, a man as unlucky in love as he is rich in facial hair, has been on a desperate search for his truest love - the Elizabeth to his Darcy, the Jane to his Rochester. A shivering Tom even once took the cold, winter streets of London with… » 1/24/15 12:45pm 1/24/15 12:45pm

In a new interview for the for the February issue of Harper's Baazar, Miranda Kerr waxes rhapsodic about dating and how she does it, managing to make the most mundane dating advice sound next-level bizarre. » 1/09/15 9:50am 1/09/15 9:50am

Dust off your OkCupid account and reactive that PlentyOfFish profile you'd almost forgotten about (almost); It's the new year and right now is the busiest time for online dating sites. So take a new photo and start frantically sending winks and woos to everyone you're attracted to » 1/05/15 2:00pm 1/05/15 2:00pm

After reading this story of Craigslist Missed Connection shitshow courtesy of The New York Times, it might be hard to ever jokingly mock those ads again. » 1/04/15 1:30pm 1/04/15 1:30pm

Guy leans in with a sleazy smile: "I'm sorry, but you just look so... much... like... Angela Lansbury." This video montage of very cool dudes on very cool dates is incredibly funny, and worth watching for Michelle Markowitz's reaction faces alone. » 12/16/14 1:30pm 12/16/14 1:30pm

A few weeks ago, I lent my smartphone to my nineteen-year-old cousin while I was getting my hair cut. I thought she would use it to download Candy Crush or play Words With Friends, but when she handed the phone back to me, she smirked and pointed to the Tinder icon. And then I heard the "bzzzz" of an incoming message. » 12/07/14 9:15pm 12/07/14 9:15pm

Tinder may be the laziest service the dating world has ever seen. And yet, there is at least one person in the world who thinks it could be made even easier. This acute engineer created a truly Jetsons-esque device that automatically swipes right (which means, in Tinderland, "I like your face") on every profile. Using… » 12/05/14 7:00pm 12/05/14 7:00pm

Another day, another lesson learned. Today it's this: Don't try to flirt with your customer service rep. They're paid to be nice, not read your bullshit innuendo. And one man learned that harsh truth when he tried to pick up "Jill," the woman trying to help him find a lost package. » 12/03/14 10:35pm 12/03/14 10:35pm

Wondering who the nicest, most popular man in your state is? A dating app has done some research to help you find out. » 11/30/14 9:30pm 11/30/14 9:30pm

Here's some hot tech news about a hot new app with a hot new idea: Bumble is a forthcoming app that appears to be yet another product devoted to creating "a safe and respectful community" for single women looking to find love. They're working to weed out the charming boneheads who frequent the dating apps you're… » 11/24/14 5:10pm 11/24/14 5:10pm

When a producer from The Steve Harvey Show contacted me after reading a few essays I'd published in The Huffington Post about relationships and dating, and invited me to be on the show, I didn't quite believe it to be true. I'd written "Public Service Announcement for a First Date," "Is My Dating Life Doomed?" and "… » 11/14/14 2:43pm 11/14/14 2:43pm

Tinder is a death trap of superficial judgement, and New Girl actress Hannah Simone is here to warn you about the truth. She also notes that feigning total ignorance of the English language usually works when warding off unwanted male attention. Whatever works, right? » 11/04/14 10:50am 11/04/14 10:50am