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The Date That Took Me Two Years To Get Over

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The Date That Was My First One Sober

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The Date With My Crush’s Best Friend

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The Date Who Told Me He Loved Me…On Our First Date

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The Date Whose Girlfriend Was In A Coma

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The Date Where I Got Dumped

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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

Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. I hate the idea of being judged by my

The Date That Was Very Mediocre But Became A 9-Year Relationship

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The Date That I Thought Had Died

When we matched online, I was experiencing the death of a seven-year relationship. The last time I was single, dating involved falling into people in

The Date Who Asked Me For A Refund

A few years ago, I went on a date. We met up at a local bar for some drinks and he seemed pretty normal, but very boring. I wasn’t feeling a spark (parti

The Date Who Was Really After My Best Friend

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Cause-Playing: Another Dating Trend To Dread

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Curving: Another Terrible Dating Trend

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Here’s What Tinder’s New Safety Features Will Look Like

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I Deleted All My Dating Apps One Year Ago

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Stashing Might Be The Worst Dating Trend Yet

You might have been ghosted, breadcrumbed, or paperclipped. But have you ever been stashed? Even if you haven’t heard the term, you might be familiar wit

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