A lot of dating apps that used to be entirely free now have a paid membership option. Hinge is no exception to this rule. As you will know if you’re a regular reader, I have spent a lot of time explaining how Hinge works.   These days, unfortunately, in order to get unlimited swipes on Hinge …

We’ve all been there with a Tinder match. Your perfect opening line has gone down a treat and now you two are really getting to know one another.  They have a dog named Scoop, they love Chinese food, and they didn’t think much of the final season of Game of Thrones. They’re perfect! And then, …

It’s hard to believe, but sometimes you can get a little burned out on Tinder. Spend enough time swiping but getting no matches, or looking at the same kind of photos (how many people have gone to build a school in Africa anyway?) and you can begin to feel like there are no connections to …

If you’ve been on Tinder for more than a few months, at some point you’ve probably deleted the app, throwing your phone down in frustration after yet another unmatch or ‘we’re looking for different things’ situation.  Before too long, though, you redownload it and get back to the grind. Or, the swipe. The Tinder dating …

There are many things in this life that would be wonderful to have, but aren’t really possible. Getting jacked without working out, robbing a bank (victimless crime!) without getting caught, and of course how to see if someone is on Tinder without actually joining.  Sadly none of these things are really possible, but there might …

If there’s one thing everyone knows about Bumble, it’s that the girl has to message first (and if you don’t know that, it may be worth checking out our guide to exactly how Bumble works). However, for all you armchair philosophers out there, this poses an interesting question. What happens then if you’re both girls? …

Some days when you’re swiping through Tinder, and you seem to be seeing the same faces over and over despite the fact that Tinder seems to be used by almost everyone, you start to wonder if maybe there’s something wrong with your account.  Now, there may be ways to improve what you’re doing with the …

It doesn’t matter how high your self-confidence is, once you’ve gone through a dry period of matches on Hinge, you start reaching for the tinfoil hat and coming up with conspiracy theories. You find yourself asking, does Hinge know how attractive you are? Or worse, does Hinge decide if you’re ugly? Thankfully, you don’t have …

Is your age wrong on Bumble? Are you wondering why? I know, I know, we don’t always sign up for things while we’re in the best of conditions. Sometimes it’s all a bit of a blur, with the next few days being a series of mystery packages turning up from Amazon, finding abandoned pizza slices …

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus was the ‘90s dating staple. This is a book that entertains the idea that men and women communicate differently – the central metaphor? We’re from different planets! If you’re a Millennial you’ll probably remember the book being referenced in everything from romcoms to sitcoms. And maybe remember …