It's seemingly taken over the dating space as of late, but what actually is it? If you're on dating apps or social media, you're probably familiar with "ENM," or ethical non-monogamy, aka consensual non-monogamy (CNM), aka plain ol' non-monogamy. The umbrella term — meaning, anything other than …
What Is Consensual Non-Monogamy + 7 More Dating Questions Trending Now
The dating landscape is constantly changing and it can be hard to keep up. We're here to answer all the biggest questions trending right now, like, does your partner really need to know your location all the time? And WTF is gooning?
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Partners feel a wide range of ways about their significant other having their location all the time. Imagine you have your partner’s location. Is your immediate reaction to ask them to pick up dinner from your favorite restaurant that you can see is on their way home or grill them about their …
If technology speaks for us in our quest for love, can we really be our authentic selves? Dating apps are now the go-to method for finding love – almost one fifth of the UK now uses them – "dating the algorithm" has become a commonly used phrase. It refers to the fact that our matches are selected …
We know some men fib about height. What about...other measurements? It's a running joke (and let's be real, there's truth in it) that men lie about their height on dating apps. It's a trend so pervasive that pals of mine on the dating scene have developed tactics for spotting a liar, from looking at …
Breaking down the hypnotic "goon state" of the masturbating nation. Have you ever put on some legendary porn and masturbated for hours, never allowing yourself to orgasm, until you went into a trancelike state and lost all sense of space and time? No? Well, you clearly haven't tried gooning. Gooning …
For one, the mindset you go into a double date with is key. Dating can be fun, but the novelty of meeting a stranger for a drink in a pub 40 minutes away from your house tends to wear off over time. It's also impossible to guarantee that said stranger is going to fill you with excitement, but there …
Does modern life allow you to spill orange juice on a famous actress? Did modernity kill meet cutes? For many online the answer is yes. A meet cute is the charming way a protagonist meets their love interest in a romantic comedy — a genre the internet loves to argue is also dead. It sets the stage of …
It's probably not done because it's pleasurable, but so people can say they've done it. TikTok has hyped up car dates, so much so that Mashable recently broke down how to have sex in a car. According to a new trend called "hamstering," though, people are taking that a step further. "Hamstering" or …
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