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‘Bachelor in Paradise’ features its first same-sex couple

We’re seeing the first same-sex love story taking off in Bachelor Nation. It’s a big deal for this often-traditional franchise, and it’s about time. On Tuesday night’s episode, ho...

Dating apps are expanding their reach: Swipe for friends on Bumble or match-make on Tinder

Ever hand your phone over to a married friend – or your parents – to swipe through Tinder for you? Or wish you could swipe your way to a BFF instead of a boyfriend? There are alre...

Posing with a fish on Tinder makes you a bigger catch

There are plenty of fish in the sea – and on Tinder. But what do you do if you’re not getting tons of bites? If you’re a guy, you might reel in more matches with an image of yours...

These occupations get the most right swipes on Tinder

Tinder is built around the profile photo. You make snap judgments – aka left or right swipes – about someone based on their cute, kooky or creepy snapshots. But since the app star...

In romantic comedies, it's cute; in real life, it's stalking

Imagine this: A man named Ted hires a private detective to track down his prom date from 13 years ago. The detective finds her, falls in love with her, lies to Ted about the object of his af...

To be young and polyamorous in the age of OkCupid

Rachel Ruvinsky thought she was a lesbian. As a teenager, she’d fallen into a serious relationship with her best friend. She was one of the few students at her high school to be out; she joi...

Go ahead and talk politics on a first date

On a first date, would you talk about Hillary Clinton’s private email server or Donald Trump’s feud with Megyn Kelly? During an election season, politics are bound to come up – and that’s a ...

To catch the OkCupid or Tinder rush, log on from 9 to 10 p.m.

The combination of new year’s resolutions, cold weather and the proximity to Feb. 14 help make this the biggest time of the year for online dating. With all the extra fish in the ...

Double chins, bad lighting and lots of cats: This is how you look while swiping through Tinder

There’s no shortage of art projects inspired by online dating. There’s the Belgian artist who displayed Tinder profiles side-by-side with users’ LinkedIn photos. Or the woman who responded t...

Love on the spectrum: How autism brought one couple together

“Pssst!” With that one syllable, Dave Hamrick can tell how his wife is feeling. It might be a confident “pssst” if she’s happy; a quiet, deflated one if she’s feeling sad. ...

What does it take to go from 'single' to 'in a relationship'?

If you made a New Year’s resolution to log on to a dating site or app and find a significant other, how’s that going for you? Getting into a relationship takes more than just crea...

Three months without dating apps: It was harder than I expected

When my friend Abby dared me in September to delete my dating apps for the rest of the year, I was eager to let them go. At the time, I was feeling bored and overwhelmed with dati...