The holidays put everyone in a giving mood. We dedicate days and weeks to finding the perfect gifts for our loved ones, and then spend the entire month of December patiently — or rather impatiently — waiting until we can watch our family, friends, and significant others open the gifts we've bought for them. The [...]
Online dating can feel like a gamble. You're trying to win big while at the same time losing most of the hands you play. After a while, it might even start to feel like the odds are stacked against you. There's a few reasons for this. Online dating apps allow you to talk to so [...]
The global pandemic has not only compromised the health of millions of people worldwide, it's also given cybercriminals an opportunity to wreak financial havoc on vulnerable individuals. Since the creation of the internet, online scams have — and always will be — an issue, but these risks increase tenfold during times of uncertainty. When the [...]
One man changed dating forever when he created the first online dating website in 1994. No one uses this platform anymore, but they do still use the online dating site that came onto the scene just one year later: Match.com. Maybe you've heard of it? Of course you have — over 15 million lovesick singles [...]
Online sites and apps are responsible for more relationships than any other method. Singles use online dating sites as their favorite way to select potential suitors, and they are often registered with multiple sites at once. While these provide an efficient and quick way to find love, online dating sites are collecting tons of personal [...]
In today's digitized world, it's important to have some decent online detective skills. Some people consider this 'stalking' and believe that it's an invasion of privacy to delve into the lives of other people online. But with online scams of every sort on the rise, knowing the truth about the people you meet is essential [...]
To say the global pandemic has upended everything is a bit of an understatement. When the coronavirus first arrived in the United States at the beginning of the year, everything came to a screeching and harrowing halt. In an effort to decrease its rapid spread, anything that could go virtual did. Schools, businesses, even real [...]
Is it better to meet someone in real life or is it better to go soulmate-searching online? Of course, it's nice to let love come naturally when you're out in the world. You meet someone, you lock eyes, and the rest is history. But I would argue that there's something extraordinary about looking for love [...]
I vividly remember some of the lessons my parents taught me from a young age. You likely share these memories too. Lessons that were habituated into permanent consciousness so we'd never forget. And we haven't. If our clothing ever caught fire, we knew to stop, drop, and roll. Before crossing a street, we knew to [...]
30.4 million Americans actively use online dating apps, whether it's for a casual hookup or to find the person they're going to spend the rest of their lives with. Convenience, among other things, has caused consumer demand for online dating to skyrocket over the last decade. However, even with this surge in popularity, the same [...]
