online dating

‘Imagine trying to share your favorite sci-fi or Reddit meme with someone who doesn't comprehend... It's loneliness’ : 33-year-old woman at the end of her wits with finding a partner and is thinking about using an international marriage agency

Olivia Arocena

Promising dating app match came to an abrupt end when a 26-year-old heard one request before they even met in person: '[I'd prefer taking a month to get to know you first]'

Celeste Mello

Man goes through 3rd dates phone while she was in the bathroom, doesn't understand why she's freaked out

JR Atkinson

21 Situationship Memes Figuring Love Out One Text at a Time

Celeste Mello

Single woman uses "pretty friend's" pictures for her dating profile, then invites her altar ego as "girl support" for her next date

Ben Weiss

20 Dating App Fails That'll Make You Miss Life Before the Internet (January 23rd, 2026)

Emma Saven

32-year-old man walks out of date with 27-year-old woman when he learns she's recording the whole date on her phone: 'You were her next social media story'

JR Atkinson

22-year-old gets accepted to medical school, but her boyfriend demands she delay her dream for his comfort, forcing her to choose her future and follow her dreams: ‘This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I dreamed of this since I was a kid’

Etai Eshet

‘It’s important to me because I am changing careers to be able to retire’: New boyfriend pushes 53-year-old woman to prioritize a Thanksgiving trip to Colorado over her classes, kids, and long-term retirement plans, so she cancels to protect her future

Etai Eshet

‘I literally froze. Because that’s my ex. Like my actual ex’: Roommate brings her new situationship home without realizing it is actually her housemate’s ex, leaving the housemate wondering whether to warn her or stay quiet

Etai Eshet

‘I can barely afford to get by at the new place on my own’: Grad student moves away for school, stops paying for groceries at fiancé’s place because her budget can’t cover it anymore, but the engineer fiancé doesn’t take it well

Etai Eshet

‘If she's choosing him over a friendship of 10 years, then maybe we're not as close as I thought’: 29-year-old Jade uninvites her best friend from their "all-women" Montreal trip because she invited her new boyfriend, Ethan, who feels left out

Etai Eshet

29-year-old gets big raise, and her unemployed fiancé keeps saying “we” when referring to her income, pushing her to demand credit: ‘He didn’t get a raise. He’s between jobs right now. I’ve been covering most expenses for months’

Etai Eshet

Woman goes on first date with 26-year-old, Brad, but after a great night together, he abruptly storms out the next morning when realizing her dreamy green eyes were actually colored contacts, calling her a catfish: 'It's the same as using makeup'

Emma Saven

‘Someone's gotta keep the lights on’: Man pays full $2,800 rent and covers every expense, working 70-hour workweeks in cybersecurity, while girlfriend contributes $200 monthly and complains about him never being around

Etai Eshet

‘Out of nowhere, I get a DM from a girl saying she’s dating Jake, I didn’t respond’: 26-year-old wonders if she should have warned her 28-year-old ex Jake’s new girlfriend about his toxic behavior after seeing history repeat itself

Etai Eshet