Past researchfocused largely on the dating profile. Studies have found, for example, that men tend to overstate their height and lie about their occupation, while women understate their weight andtend to have less accurate photosthan their counterparts. But profiles are only one aspect of the onl...
Lying to appear like a good match or lying about your whereabouts can be completely rational behaviors. In fact, most people onlineexpect it. There’s also a benefitto lying just a little bit: It can make us stand out in the dating pool, while making us feel we’ve stayed true to who...
“It encourages particularly men (but also women and transgender people) to be honest about their values and dating intentions. Women (but also men and transgender people) can control whether they’ll match when important values and intentions are not shared.” Users are asked twenty carefully cr...
If you’re trying to determine if you and your partner are dating, you can always choose to sit down and have a real conversation about the current status of your relationship. While it may seem scary or intimidating at first, it’s important that you act as your own advocate and speak ...
Twenty-year-old Emma told Newsbeatabout meeting a suitor whose height matched hers on their profiles, only to find he was a foot shorter in reality. 24-year-old Mikey believes dating apps are “quite Catfish-y" after meeting someone whose profile picture did not matchtheir appearance.So ...
Next time when you go out on a date, try to observe their behavior in their driving, eating or doing some kind of activity, it can reveal interesting things about the person you are dating. Tags:behavior from activity,driving and personality,driving personalities,find out person...
Anna Iovine is associate editor of features at Mashable. Previously, as the sex and relationships reporter, she covered topics ranging from dating apps to pelvic pain. Before Mashable, Anna was a social editor at VICE and freelanced for publications such as Slate and the Columbia Journalism Revie...
"I assume it was because I was watching and sharing those with my friends to bitch about my boyfriend at the time and they would also send them to me. I would generally click off anything too cute and couple-y quite quickly anyway, maybe because I was in a shit relationship and was ...
So it was with relative pride that two Waterloo-based cofounders of a new iOS app told me about their new venture, as their car sat stalled in a wonderful traffic jam on the 401. Marc Lafleur and Jonathan Makrakis told me that the team has no tech experience, they don’t know how ...
Most of these friends were initially highly-sceptical of getting anything ‘real’ out of a dating app. One had even consulted me about his fear of falling for a girl he met on Tinder because he just couldn’t “trust anyone who would go on Tinder for love.” I reminded him that he ...