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Online dating can be soul-destroying – so can we trust the new dawn of dating apps?

Dating diaries

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Dating Diaries: Emilie Lavinia deletes the apps

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Dating Diaries: Reed Amber meets tickle fetishists

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Dating Diaries: LaLaLaLetMeExplain has a gym crush

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Dating Diaries: Oloni explores long-distance love

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Millie Court is the host of our brand new podcast!

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Is ‘don’t settle’ a toxic ideal in relationships?

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Inside our podcast launch party with Millie Court

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How to know if you’re dating a narcissist

‘i spoke to a bunch of reformed fuckboys — this is what i learned’

‘What I learned interviewing former fuckboys’

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How I pulled celebs over Instagram

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Love Island and the epidemic of low-effort men

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Men will do anything but say how they feel

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Did the non-monogamy ‘experiment’ fail?

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Why we’re turning down the tempo on our love lives

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How to pull people IRL, according to women who do it

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Sapphic folk: fill in our sex and dating survey!

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Inside TikTok’s ‘boy sober’ movement

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Inside the speed dating revolution

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The dating vibes are off right now

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Are screenshots ruining dating?

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280 Hinge prompt answers

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Sex parties: Swingers and kink events in the UK

do the 36 questions to fall in love actually work

Can love be manufactured with just 36 questions?

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The best dating apps to download

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17 horrific date stories from real-life people

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27 men on their dating ‘icks’ and ‘non-negotiables’

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Men reveal the real reasons they ghost women

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22 men on what women get wrong about them

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Read men’s uncensored opinions about dating today

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13 single women on how often they have sex

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Can’t-miss signs that sexual tension is in the air

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Welcome to the age of dating optimisation

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30 guys on the first time they said ‘I love you’

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Why are three-month situationships so painful?

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What do men really think of dating today?

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What sex and dating will look like in 2026

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Sexy first date stories from real-life people

workplace romance culture is thriving – you just don’t know it

Surprise! Workplace romance culture is still thriving

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7 signs you’re dating a commitment-phobe

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Why everyone is having sex outside on dates

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Just a bunch of super practical first date tips

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What it’s like to date outside of your pay bracket

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‘I went to the bathroom on a date and never came back’

women have long been having sex on the first date — so why do some of them still feel shamed?

Why is sex on the first date still stigmatised?

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Don’t like your friend’s partner? Read this

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What is unrequited love — and how do you move on?

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Is my relationship doomed, or am I spiralling?

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‘I’m married but I’m still looking for The One’

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How therapists can tell if a couple will break up

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10 of the best break-up (and make-up) sex scenes

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Why we’re so obsessed with ‘the one that got away’ trope

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How I found empathy for the AI boyfriend community

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‘My relationship was making me sick’

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The ultimate 4-week emotional intimacy challenge

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‘How the manosphere radicalised my boyfriend’

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11 couples on key lessons they learned in therapy