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Get a year of eharmony on sale for 25% off (only $15.95 a month) with this promo code

sudshr47 January 24, 2019

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Did you know that the best time to find a date is during January and February?

The beginning of the year is a hot bed (no pun intended) for online dating and coupling because singles set their new relationship goals for the new year, the weather is perfect for cuddling, and nobody likes to be alone on Valentine’s Day. In fact, the first Sunday in January was actually to most popular day of the year for online dating sites.

Simply put: There are a lot of singles out there looking for love right now.

If you’re ready to meet someone special for 2019, or just need a new Netflix and chill partner, eharmony is offering 25% off — or $15.95 per month — for a year-long subscription when you use the promo code EHCODE12. (It would usually cost you $19.95 per month, so this is a sweet deal.) Read more…

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The best dating sites to find a connection this weekend

sudshr47 November 19, 2018

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Ah, online dating. If you’ve dated in the past 20 years, you’ve likely encountered one – or all – of the myriad dating sites in some form. 

And as we’ve increasingly moved our lives online, digital dating has allowed us more freedom to meet others however we choose.

With so many options, it can be really tricky knowing where to find the best crop of potential mates. Each of the dating apps out there has features that will matter differently to you depending on your lifestyle, what you want, and what’s most important to you. Read more…

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Gender stereotypes are still alive and well in the online dating world, study says

sudshr47 September 27, 2018

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Women, if you think it serves you well to write the first message after matching with a guy, you’re wrong. Men, if you think that financial success is irrelevant in dating, you, too, are mistaken. At least if we are to believe the numbers.

Online dating may have practically revolutionised how we date in modern society, but apparently traditional gender roles still dictate how men and women engage in online courtship. 

In a major new study from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), researchers have looked at data from 150,000 – exclusively cisgendered, heterosexual – users on the dating site eHarmony over a 10 year period in the UK. Their findings show that both men and women still exhibit gender stereotypical behaviour when dating online.   Read more…

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I watched HBO’s Tinder-shaming doc ‘Swiped’ so you don’t have to

sudshr47 September 12, 2018

Have you ever wanted to see one of your “hate-reads” stretched out to feature-film length? If so, you’ll want to watch HBO’s new documentary, “Swiped,” which takes a depressing, trigger-inducing and damning look at online dating culture, and specifically Tinder’s outsized influence in the dating app business. The film evolved from journalist Nancy Jo Sales’ […]

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OkCupid review: A fun, hip dating site that’s way less lame than the competition

sudshr47 September 7, 2018

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Let’s just cut the mushy bullshit and get straight to the point: Online dating can truly suck. Don’t get me wrong — the help is seriously great when you start to feel like you’re #ForeverAlone, but the entire process of creating a dating profile and dealing with less than ideal matches can be cumbersome.

You’re forced to answer fake “deep” questions that everyone lies about anyway, deal with creepy dudes and girls who think it’s cute to terrorize your inbox, and navigate sites that just do not have what you’re looking for.

Here’s the thing though: OkCupid is about to be your new best friend.

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My Hinge match invited me to dinner and blocked me as I waited for our table

sudshr47 August 24, 2018

It was a Thursday night and I had a date. Or, so I thought. 
Instead, I had an experience of something so strange that I’ve decided it needs a name: “cloaking.” 
I grabbed my backpack, donned my headphones, and blasted my pre-date anthem (A…

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You’re probably trying to swipe way out of your league on dating apps

sudshr47 August 9, 2018

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Online dating isn’t easy, and now we have the data to prove it.

A new study, published in the journal Science Advances Wednesday — which analyzed data from a pool of tens of thousands of online dating profiles in New York, Boston, Seattle, and Chicago — found that people consistently message potential mates who are out of their league.

What a shock.

Study authors Elizabeth Bruch and Mark Newman pulled information from profiles and plugged it into an algorithm which took into account age, education, gender, and race/ethnicity in relation to the number of messages received among heterosexual individuals. Read more…

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Best free dating sites and apps for singles on a budget

sudshr47 July 11, 2018

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If you’re not sure about which dating site you should sign up for (AKA spend money on) or which app to download, testing them out for free first is a great idea. But for some dating apps and sites, the free version may actually be all you need.

Online dating is hard, y’all — but so is dating in person. Basically, dating is just the worst. Until you find someone you truly vibe with, that is. Then dating is *the best.*

At some point you’ve probably considered registering for a dating site — that is, until you see the subscription prices and decide that maybe it’s cheaper to just sip a beer at a bar. Sorry, eharmony, but some of us don’t have the funds to spend $40 per month on finding a significant other. We got bills, yo. Read more…

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Match review: A user-friendly dating site for people who actually want something serious

sudshr47 July 6, 2018

Lemme just state the obvious real quick: Dating is a pain in the ass.
Blind dates are awkward, people become disinterested and ghost, and dating the hot coworker always ends awkwardly. This is probably a pessimistic outlook, but sometimes, it genuine…

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Zoosk review: Easy to use and a great design, but loaded with fake accounts

sudshr47 June 25, 2018

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With the number of dating sites and apps out there in the wild, you might think it’s never been easier to find someone special. And in some ways, it is. Options are good, right? Thanks to technology, there are loads of options for connecting with someone online. Love is now just a swipe away. 

But with each new dating app or dating site that hits the market, there is the potential for new dating sites to dilute the dating pool, thus making it more challenging to find a parter who’s well-suited to you.

Enter Zoosk, an online dating site and mobile app that promises ease of use and practicality in the singles world. Instead of filling out long and tedious questionnaires about yourself and your ideal match, it simply takes the online profiles for the social media accounts you’ve already created and seamlessly integrates your information into your account. Who knows you better than Google and Facebook when it comes to your life online? In fact, Zoosk started out as one of the first Facebook apps when the social media platform began to open up to more users back in December 2007.  Read more…

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Happn takes on Tinder Places with an interactive map of missed connections

sudshr47 June 21, 2018

Dating app Happn, whose “missed connections” type of dating experience connects people who have crossed paths in real life, is fighting back at Tinder. Seemingly inspired by Happn’s location-based features, Tinder recently began piloting something called Tinder Places – a feature that tracks your location to match you with those people who visit your same […]

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