Dating

What is ghostlighting that is leaving people heartbroken?

People are having trust issues because of a new, unpleasant dating trend. Ghostlighting is the act of ghosting someone, then reappearing to gaslight about why they ghosted you

Forget red and green, watch out for beige flags in a relationship. What are they?

The dating world is full of flags – there’s red that warns you the run the other way, green is what one should look for, and now comes the beige. Unlike its red cousin, a beige flag is not a deal breaker, but it cautions you about behaviour that may give reason to rethink the relationship

Why credit scores are the most popular feature on dating apps

Singles have discovered a new dating trick that entails disclosing their financial situation through credit scores on the dating app Hinge. According to the theory, a score of less than 500 indicates typical wealth. Anything more than that suggests that the person has a huge pocketbook

Let’s Talk about Love: The dangers of love bombing, now recognised as a sign of abuse in the UK

It’s 2023 and navigating the dating world is hard. Now, the UK has identified a new toxic trend in relationships called love bombing and tagged it as emotional abuse. But what does it actually mean? What are the signs of being love bombed?

Single this Valentine's Day? Dating surrogates are just for you

Fake dating or fauxmance is not a new concept and has actually done wonders for the rom-com market. Now, people in real life are hiring fake dates, known as dating surrogates, before they go on the real ones. But, who are they and how do they help?

Man uses Tinder to find sisters ahead of Raksha Bandhan

A man shared his experience of how he used Tinder to find two women who agreed to be his sisters ahead of Raksha Bandhan in the last two years.

The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On review — What it means to be in love in the time of Netflix dating reality shows

Is Love Blind? Is it Too Hot to Handle? Or is it about Dating Around? Netflix seems to have made up its mind with its newest dating phenomenon: it is a social experiment.

Love in the time of algorithms: Would you let artificial intelligence choose your partner?

With AI-systems as matchmakers, in the coming decades it may become common to date a personalised avatar.

A 'halal' app for dirty fantasies: How 'Tinder for Muslims' is also feeding fetishes far removed from its original intent

Minder is described as an app for “awesome Muslims to meet each other” — basically, to find potential spouses. But there's a lot else going on on the "halal" app.

The Queer Take: Dating apps promised a world of possibilities, but may have caged us further instead

Dating apps are the new impasse in the possibilities for conversations, coming together, and coming.