dating

All about dating. First dates, three years into a relationship, Tinder, and more.

The Guy Who Changed It All
We both worked at the local grocery store. I was a cashier and he was a worker in the stock crew. We we're somehow in there the whole time but didn't see each other until months after.
By Hannah White8 years ago in Humans
The Shocking Truth That Co-Dependency Stems from Emotional Abuse
Did you ever think a person could be so heartless and evil and yet you would fall for them? Codependency is a surefire way to generally get stuck in a narcissist's web. By being a good, loyal person it's easy to get blindsided and trapped in their web of strategic yet deceitful tactics.
By Silena Le Beau8 years ago in Humans
I Found Love on Tinder
The day I moved to school last year, I went to Tinder to meet new people. I didn't know anyone except for the handful of people who went to my high school. So I started using the app in the hopes that I would get invited to parties and what not. It worked the way I intended and I actually got more than I was hoping for, but in a good way.
By Kaitlynn Pownall8 years ago in Humans
My First Boyfriend
Boys, boys, boys. It all starts when a boy gives you attention and you were already insecure because society says you should be tiny, but have big boobs/butt. It’s quite hard being a young adult in today’s society, let alone a girl. I remember my first boyfriend like it was yesterday. I was 13 and it was the first time a guy even looked at me in that way.
By Ashley8 years ago in Humans
Seven Signs He's Just Not That into You...
When I first moved to Los Angeles, it was essentially an exercise in diving into the biggest dating pool I’d seen or been a part of in my entire life. After growing up in rural New England, the City of Angels provided this single girl with an overload of dating options almost immediately—and, though I’d held off for years, encouraged me to finally download all of our notoriously favorite dating apps: Tinder, Bumble, Hinge… the list goes on, and on, and on, and on.
By Julia Dumas8 years ago in Humans
Dating Is Hard, Vodka Is Easy
Ever since I moved back to the city, I have been on a dating frenzy. Some of the situations have been great and others, well that's best left to the Drunk Dating blog that I'm going to start. There's the one known as He Who Does Not Exist and then there's the Long Island Guy. But at the end of the day, you know who's always waiting for me? Smirnoff.
By Edward Anderson8 years ago in Humans
Dating in Your Thirties
Welcome to the world of “adult” dating, or so it should be. Anyone at any age knows that in this society there’s only one real way to find dates. Between working one, or in my case two jobs, raising a child, and taking care of my dog, a social life is pretty much non-existent to me. Online dating is the real name of the game folks. And there is no shortage of easy apps to join in the dating pool.
By Meagan Hagerman8 years ago in Humans
First Dates
First dates are the pinnacle of the start of a relationship. They are either a painful shortcut to the end, or the opening to a great beginning. This also means that during the first date there is a lot of stress, anxiety, and awkwardness hanging in the air. A great way of reducing this tension as much as possible is by picking the right place or activity to do for the first date.
By Aris Robinson8 years ago in Humans
The Truth About Long Distance Relationships
Nine months ago, I moved from Seattle, Washington to Los Angeles, California for college. Three months prior, I met the love of my life in my hometown. His name is Devin. I fell in love with him weeks after meeting. Our connection was the strongest I had ever felt about anyone in my entire life. He made me feel special and like we were the only two in the world. Being 18, this was all too good to be true. But it wasn't. I felt right in the world. I didn't mean to fall in love with Devin since at the end of the summer I was planning to move two states away. But everything up until the end of the summer told me to spend as much time possible with him and to follow my heart.
By Gwen Siviengxay8 years ago in Humans
Expectation vs Reality
I had an epiphany today. I seem to have them most when I am recovering from a heartbreak, and despite the fact it sucks to have to endure one to grow, never going back from the knowledge is always going to be a win. It has been a weird cycle of dumb love and fleeting moments of pure genius for me for quite a while. Had someone tell me being an adult included this, I’d have never agreed to it. I mean, who would ever willingly go into something knowing it was going to end, even if the pain made them smart for 30 minutes? Although we all have a tendency to see the bright side of every breakup with the old “It wasn’t a waste if it taught you something” adage, you are lying if you say you’d blindly jump off of every cliff you come to for a brief moment of clarity. You wouldn’t.
By Angela Brigance-Vance8 years ago in Humans
An Open Letter to Women With Romantic Issues With Men
"Dear Isaiah Mustafa: Defending Men Everywhere Against Daddy Issues" and "Chick Flicks; An Open Letter to Women With Romantic Issues With Men"
By L Stone8 years ago in Humans
Love and War Are the Same Things in Our Digital Age
It was the first time I realized playing hard to get existed outside of Katherine Heigl romcoms and the pages of Gossip Girl. Summer vacation had dawned in the tenth grade and I elected to spend mine on a student exchange in small-town Australia. My host was Mackenzie, one year my junior but leaps and bounds more experienced in everything that made up our late night conversations. Coming from a tiny, private, all-female school, I found this girl astounding; she seemed so effortless, but all at once had command of her closely-knit group of friends and boys as far as two towns over. To me, still a never-been-kissed kind of innocent, she was the messiah of all things love, sex, and bearing two X chromosomes.
By Ash Man8 years ago in Humans