Raise your hand if you have a love hate relationship with online dating and dating apps

Throughout our dating journeys, we encounter all sorts of individuals. Every interaction, whether successful or not, acts as a mirror, revealing all our strengths and vulnerabilities. Just think about the process of evaluating potential partners and how it forces us to confront our preferences, values, and the kind of relationship we truly desire. In the pursuit of love and long-term happiness, we often come face to face with our insecurities, deeply rooted fears of rejection , abandonment, and…

It's no secret that being the introverted partner in a relationship can sometimes be a challenging experience

There's an odd smell in the air. No, it's not the smell of a home-cooked email. No, it's not the smell of a late-night pizza delivery you forgot you ordered and then didn't pick up while it was still warm because you fell asleep on your couch. The smell we're talking about is the smell of desperation emanating from the wild world of online Tinder messaging. These days, people are getting more and more direct online, which in theory is a good thing but in practice, it's just plain old weird. The…

Makes you feel like you're part of the friend group

Every dating experience (the good and the bad) serves as a valuable lesson

You don't need it to have fun

Online dating is a double-edged sword

For the chronically romantically challenged.

Can't keep my hands to myself....I mean I could but why would I want to?

Dating isn't exactly an easy science. You can't predict what people are going to be like in person when you're swiping through the apps, and you certainly can't predict what someone's standards are going to be. Even if it seems like everything looks good on paper, you never really know until you start actually speaking to your date. We all know that the way in which someone presents themselves on an app is very different from how they actually think, speak, and act. Moreover, people also tend n…

Introverts unite... but separately in your own home

At the end of the day, many of us experience multiple relationships, each one teaching us valuable life lessons

Servers have to deal with a ton of unwanted nonsense on the job, but one perk of the job is that they get a front row seat to a wide variety of date nights gone wrong. From awkward first dates that turn out to be full of red flags to full-on marriage proposals that turn out to be complete failures, it seems like servers have seen the full range of possibilities that can occur on a date. Not to persuade people not to go out to dinner, but when someone says, “Just go out with them! What's the wor…

Therapy and relationships go hand in hand

If you're seeing a consistent source of disappointment, we recommend giving online dating a shot