Online Dating

ELO Scores were originally a way to rank chess players. Then gamers. Now online daters are rated with ELO scores, too. On a swiping-based dating app, your ELO score determines the users you are shown as well as who will see you in their feeds. ELO scores go up or down to reflect your ‘desirability’ …

With the days of video chat dates thankfully behind us (for the most part, anyway), it’s time to get back out there. If you’re feeling a little rusty on the first-date-ideas front, you’re not alone. How exactly were we wining and dining before 2020? No shame if, all of a sudden, despite being a Philly …

“Wanna grab a drink?” “Catch you for a coffee?” There are a lot of really vanilla date ideas out there. How much can you really learn about your match over an oat milk flat white? If your go-to dates are getting as stale as a Starbucks croissant, then it’s time to get creative. By exploring …

You may be a fitness-mad couple who’ve run out of ideas and jogged that same route one too many times, or maybe you’ve come out of your Netflix-and-takeout honeymoon phase and realized you’re feeling a bit less healthy than you did a few months ago. Or you might just want to throw a fun and …

You’ve made the call. Bumble is your dating app of choice. You are very confident in how Bumble works, but something keeps confusing you. It seems like despite you swiping left on a bunch of people, you keep seeing them. What’s going on here? Does Bumble show you the same people twice? More than twice? …

There are a lot of apps out there, and it can be difficult to work out which one works best for you. Bumble is one of the more popular apps, but it’s also one with a particular gimmick that is worth taking some time to understand. If you already have experience with Bumble, you probably …

If you’ve got adblocker turned off, then I bet you’ve seen some local singles in your area. Unfortunately, side-bar local singles ads don’t inspire a high degree of trust. Frankly, I can’t believe that Brad Pitt is a mile away and looking for love. The good news is, there are better ways to meet local …

While there are some people who are just there for curiosity or attention or getting more followers on their Instagram, the majority of people on dating apps are there for the dating potential rather than the joy of endless swiping.  It’s easy in the ongoing grind of Tinder, Bumble, or Hinge to think that matches …

If you’ve ever blurted out the wrong thing on a first date, then you’ll know the feeling of wanting to turn invisible. The waiter said “enjoy your meal” and you replied, “you too!”. Or your date talked about their enduring respect for the works for Karl Marx and you agreed that he and his brothers …

Power Couples; we all know them. Think about Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, Barack and Michelle Obama, that married couple who live on your street and do so much community organizing that they basically are the community. Voltaire and Emilie Du Châtelet….anyone?!  We’re all striving for relationship success, whether we’re in a relationship or at …