In Defense of the Use of the Term “Friendzone”
By J.N. Reyna Note: This piece was originally published on the author’s blog and reposted with permission. You can find the original here. Only recently did I become aware of “The […]
Category Archives: Dating
Serial Dater: To Me, My Gay Nerds
by: Adam Guerino Serial Dater is a dating column inspired by a year-long sabbatical from dating. The author went from compulsively dating to abstaining from dating and decided to write […]
Bad With Men: (I Think) It Turned Into a Date
by: Dana Norris Dana Norris is the founder of Story Club. She once went on 71 internet dates. This was one of them. It’s 1am on a Sunday morning and […]
Won’t You Date My Neighbor?
by: Zach Stafford I went on a lunch date the other day. The guy was cute, he made good conversation, and the food was great—the usual first-date ingredients that have […]
10 Love Lessons You Can Learn from the 80s
by: Nico Lang 1. Dancing is the key to winning someone’s heart. (Dirty Dancing, Flashdance, Footloose , Fame, Breakin’ and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo) For anyone who has seen Dirty Dancing […]
5 Ways to Maintain Your Dignity and Sanity While Online Dating
by: Emily Heist Moss Note: This piece was originally posted on Role/Reboot and was republished with permission. You can find the original here. In this article, Emily Heist Moss has […]
Desperate: What Being Freshly Out Tastes Like
by: Caitlin Bergh When it comes to relationships with women, I don’t think any word describes me better than “desperate.” Because I’ve been out now for about 4 years, my […]
Confessions of an Emotionally Abused Boyfriend
by: Mark Nott I started dating my ex-boyfriend the summer of my sophomore year of college. I had recently gotten out of a 5 month long relationship with an attorney […]
Friend Banter or Flirting?: Playing Words With “Friends”
by: Samuel Yates Are you flirting with me? Is this potential-friend-banter or potential-date-banter? Or is it friend-then-let’s-see-where-it-goes-banter? You understand my jokes about Emily Dickinson’s grammar and politics, and think that […]
Breakups Suck. Don’t Make It Worse
by Khai Devon Breakups are never fun, whether you’re the dumper or the dumpee. Telling someone, or hearing from someone, “I don’t want to see you anymore,” sucks. But, […]
