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The Hottest Dating Trends You'll See In 2021
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Online Dating
Reddit’s Dirtiest Pick-Up Lines Will Make You Blush
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Online Dating
Hinge Is Making It Easier To Date From Home With This New Feature
While most of us remain sheltered in place and socially distanced, it’s as good a time as any to get swiping on the dating apps. Hinge saw a 30% incr
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Online Dating
Hinge Will Pay You $100 To Go On A Date — Yes, Really
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The Date That Only Lasted 10 Minutes
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. When I matched with a 32-year-old Tex
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The Date Who Tried To Arrange A Hookup — During Our Date
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. About six months ago, I went out with
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Dating Stories
The Date Who Still Lived With His Ex
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. I hadn’t had a date in a while. Whi
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Anonymous
Dating Stories
The Date Where I Ditched My Date & Met Someone Else
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. It was the day after Christmas and I
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Anonymous
Dating Stories
The Date That Took Me Two Years To Get Over
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. How I felt when I was with him that o
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Anonymous
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The Date That Was My First One Sober
Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. We met via Twitter. It’s not the be
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Online Dating
I Met My Boyfriend On TikTok — & Other Stories Of Online Love
Stephen Hawking once said that we are all connected by the internet, like neurons in a giant brain. With this, I concur — and would even posture that thi
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Dating Stories
The Date With My Crush’s Best Friend
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The Date Who Told Me He Loved Me…On Our First Date
He was 25, a guitarist (although not, to my knowledge, of any particular skill or renown) and French (to the extent that his dad was born in Toulouse befor
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The Date Whose Girlfriend Was In A Coma
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Dating Stories
The Date Where I Got Dumped
We’d been dating for about three months when he said he wanted to take me on a special date. He said he wanted to surprise me. He certainly did. He dumpe
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Dating Stories
The Date Who Asked Me The One Question I Couldn’t Answer
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The Date I Met On Public Transport & Married
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The Date Who Got Cold Feet, Maybe Because He Was Engaged
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The Date That Was Very Mediocre But Became A 9-Year Relationship
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Dating Stories
The Date That I Thought Had Died
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Dating Stories
The Date Who Asked Me For A Refund
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Anonymous
Dating Stories
The Date Who Was Really After My Best Friend
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Dating Advice
Cause-Playing: Another Dating Trend To Dread
If you’re single and dating, you’ve probably been ghosted at some point. You might have been haunted (that’s when a ghost keeps lurking your soci
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Curving: Another Terrible Dating Trend
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