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Carly Sophia recently went on Hinge and had no matches, and then got a flood once she’d paid for a subscription.

Dating apps are sheer hell. But I’m not ready to go ‘boy sober’, either

It takes every ounce of mental strength to not believe I am destined to end up with a man who thinks “doing” countries is a personality trait.

  • Carly Sophia

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Love for sale: Lifting the lid on dating apps.

Love for Sale

Dating apps promise genuine connections and fairytale endings. But this investigation by Clay Lucas has revealed dodgy practices and environments where misogyny flourishes.

Elyne Le Faou in Melbourne.

As a visiting Frenchwoman, I find Australian men to be not at all what I expected

Living in Melbourne and working in hospitality, one cultural difference with France was immediately apparent: men’s behaviour towards women.

  • Elyne Le Faou
Is Valentine’s Day dead? It depends who you ask.

Has the cost-of-living crisis killed Valentine’s Day? It depends on who you ask

While some people are cutting costs and cancelling the chocolates, others are spending big on their friends as well as their partners.

  • Jada Susas
Kirk Pengilly on Layne Beachley: 
"We experienced each other’s professional life and came out of it with huge respect for one another."

Despite some early hiccups, Layne Beachley and Kirk Pengilly have forged a formidable partnership

The seven-time world champion surfer met the INXS member on a disastrous blind date 18 years ago. It was only on their second date after a restaurant owner shared his nonna’s limoncello that the magic began.

  • Tim Elliott
Fewer people are meeting their partners on nights out.

In the dating app age, can you still ask someone out in a bar?

'Because we have dating apps, when you're out, you're not necessarily looking for a date.'

  • Mary Ward
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Women outnumber men in many parts of the eastern and northern suburbs of Sydney

Why there's a man drought in Sydney's east and north shore

Women outnumber men from Vaucluse to Double Bay in the east, and from Kirribilli to Mosman on the lower north shore.

  • Nigel Gladstone
A couple match on Toffee, a new dating app.

Dating app for private school graduates comes to Sydney

But Toffee users will miss the chance to date the next Scott Morrison, Naomi Watts or Scott Farquhar.

  • Nick Bonyhady
woman listening to man. sealer date. dating generic. Photo: Shutterstock

The importance of the 'sealer' date

Because sometimes you need closure, even if you never had a relationship to start with.

  • Melissa Singer

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