People celebrate Valentine’s day in many different ways. Perhaps with a romantic dinner with a lover, or by sending roses to a crush, or (according to all romcoms) by getting drunk and hanging out with your cat. The least romantic thing I can think of, however, is downloading a dating app. Allow me to emphasise:
In May last year, I wrote about a new dating app called Qemistry. I believe I used the term ‘gimmick’ only once, but the entire piece was firmly against the app, which seemed to genuinely believe it was heralding the next sexual revolution by replacing photographs on dating sites with short videos. I published the
“Happy Valentines” may be a thing we hear less and less frequently as the next few years pass by. This is because many people are choosing to avoid the holiday altogether. However, this pushback against celebrating Valentine’s Day is not due to unhappiness with love but rather the opposite. Many couples are focusing more on
There are a few things most people do but don’t admit to. A lot of people speed, jaywalk, check their ex’s Instagram, pee in the shower and have picked their nose in public once or twice. Popped an experimental finger up their asshole. Honked their own boob. Wanted to tell their friend that they’ve been
The popular Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler” has cast a major light on romance scams recently. However, dating scams are much more frequent than you would think. In fact, research from the US’s Better Business Bureau suggests that as many as one in seven dating profiles are fake. These are used for dating scams which
It’s interesting to consider how our dating habits have changed in the past decade. I would argue that the currently accepted use of online dating, through sites and apps, has led to a sexual revolution that rivals the one in the 1960s, spearheaded by the newly minted contraceptive pill. Then, people could have far more
End the relationship Let’s start with the really obvious, if uncomfortable answer. You could leave them. If you have trust issues with your partner, you can collect your things and dump him/her. If you don’t trust him/her, the chances are that this relationship is not making you happy, which is really the primary purpose anyway.
It’s a complicated philosophical quirk of our legal system that the police don’t seem to be able to actually prevent a crime, but instead come in after something bad has happened. Think of the endless news stories where someone has reported a stalker multiple times, been ignored and then eventually murdered because the police failed
Veganuary. For the uninitiated – which is surprisingly few, now – it’s a campaign to try to get people to go vegan and give up animal products for January. The idea is that it will promote a healthy lifestyle, encourage people to try some new or different foods and reduce carbon footprints. Sure, it would
It’s January and, let’s face it, we’re all feeling like crap. The holidays have come and gone, the weather is terrible and there’s nothing fun to immediately look forward to. The best we can do is grab a Covid booster, knock back a vitamin D tablet and curl up with a salt lamp, waiting for
