Dating can certainly be time consuming, but it doesn’t have to be difficult — if you’ve got a smartphone, dating apps are a powerful tool that you shouldn’t neglect. Whether you’re looking to find that special someone that will make your parents proud or just someone to join you for Netflix and Chill, these 6…
Click here to anonymously submit a dating question for Sonya’s weekly column. Texting is the most important communication tool of the 21st century when it comes to dating. Texting can either make or break a forming relationship. I’d like to share a personal experience that should be a lesson to all texters out there….
Emily Shire has an essay up at the Daily Beast whose headline reads, “How Does A Single Jew Find a Nice Goy To Date?” A catchy headline for sure, but one whose answer is, in effect, ‘By leaving the house.’ Or not even, in the age of apps. Unlike early 19th century France, when Napoleon…
Below, the founder of JCrush shares her top tips for a successful first date, including: • How many drinks you should have on the first date • What you should you wear — and how to craft your “first date uniform” • Why you should give a second date a chance • Where you should NEVER go on…
A kindly old man in my UWS building elevator asked me if I was married. I politely said no, I am not now, and have never been, married. He looked genuinely shocked. “What is wrong with all the boys today?” he asked. What is wrong indeed! I have my theories. But let me tell you…
In one of the most remarkable moments in Paula Schargodorosky’s documentary, “35 and Single,” the viewer sees director, producer, and writer Schargodorosky in profile, with a handwritten list beside her face that reads: “25% of me wants to get married, 27% wants to be free, 26% longs for a spiritual life, 22% wants children.” “I…
While the founder of JSwipe (which is often dubbed the Jewish Tinder) describes himself as a “post-affiliation” Jew, he’s accomplished what scores of religious rabbis and traditional grandparents could only dream of doing: He’s matchmade hundreds of Jewish marriages and thousands of Jewish relationships. David Yarus, 30, and his three co-founders, working night and day…
I know this is probably something you don’t want to hear but it’s true. Pictures matter! Everything from their order to who is in them! We often host focus groups at our NY headquarters and what we found out is that 71% said pictures were the main reason to swipe left on a profile, followed…
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