When to Travel With a Romantic Partner For the First Time

When to Travel With a Romantic Partner For the First Time

Traveling with a romantic partner is like a major compatibility test: it can be a dream or it can end your relationship quicker than you can re-download that dating app. Whether you’re flying, driving, or traveling by train, nothing will test your relationship more than dealing with unexpected delays, lost luggage, and a shared small … Read more

How to Avoid the Friend Zone on a WLW Date

How to Avoid the Friend Zone on a WLW Date

Yay — you’ve landed a date as a WLW woman! But even though you’re excited, you can’t shake the fear that you’ll end up friends instead of something more. Sigh. Welcome to the world of sapphic dating. As if being a WLW (woman-loving woman) wasn’t already challenging enough, sometimes there’s also the tricky task of … Read more

What Is Avoidant Attachment Style? A Therapist Explains

What Is Avoidant Attachment Style? A Therapist Explains

Learning about attachment styles is arguably one of the best ways to understand why you act the way you do in romantic relationships. But as you dive into the world of attachment styles, you’ll quickly learn that avoidant attachment types in particular tend to get a bad rap. As opposed to people with anxious attachment … Read more

How “Nobody Wants This” Demonstrates Healthy Communication

How “Nobody Wants This” Demonstrates Healthy Communication

Warning: spoilers for “Nobody Wants This” ahead. With its unique blend of humor, heart, and Adam Brody, the Netflix series “Nobody Wants This” has become the internet’s new obsession. (No judgment if you watched all ten episodes in one sitting.) This thoroughly modern rom-com centers on the unlikely romance between sex and relationships podcaster Joanne … Read more

What Is the Ick? Experts Share How to Get Over the Ick

What Is the Ick? Experts Share How to Get Over the Ick

Imagine you’re into someone — like, really, really into them. But the next time you meet up, something feels off. Suddenly, everything they’re saying and doing is, well, outrageously annoying. You cringe at their touch, and all the sexual tension you may have felt at one point is completely nonexistent. At this point, you’ve become … Read more

How to Flirt With Someone In Person, According to Experts

How to Flirt With Someone In Person, According to Experts

Flirting looks more different today than ever before. Though there’s more texting, there’s less talking. There’s more dating apps, but less dates. There’s more emoji, but less eye contact. Even if you did decide to be bold and strike up a conversation with a random person on the street, they probably wouldn’t hear you through … Read more

Why You Should Talk About Exes on Dates, Per a Dating Coach

Why You Should Talk About Exes on Dates, Per a Dating Coach

Whether at a Michelin-starred restaurant or lounging in underwear on my couch, I love asking my dates about their exes. Some may not feel immediately comfortable diving into details about their former flings, but I find it intriguing, enlightening, and, sometimes, even hot. When I’m on a date, I let the vibe and chemistry guide … Read more

What Is Fizzling? Experts Explain the Viral Dating Term

What Is Fizzling? Experts Explain the Viral Dating Term

No one enjoys breaking up. Whether you’re initiating the split or on the receiving end of one, it never feels good. But at the very least, a breakup gives everyone involved closure and the opportunity to move on, which is unfortunately not the case when it comes to the dating term “fizzling.” Fizzling is what … Read more

Should You Research a Date? Dating Experts Weigh In

Should You Research a Date? Dating Experts Weigh In

You’ve probably been there: innocently Googling someone you’re about to meet for the first time and falling down a rabbit hole of full-on sleuthing. Before you’ve even met in person, you’ve uncovered their high school football stats, the price their childhood home sold for in 2012, and naked baby photos from their mom’s Facebook. Almost … Read more