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88% of Couples Said Their Best Conversations Happen Here

A recent survey shows what couples are actually doing together in the car.

Graduates, Here’s What You Need to Know About Dating Post-College

Just graduated college? Oh, the places you’ll go! And also: the people you’ll date! Dating in the real world is a bit — okay, WAY — different from dating in college. To help you absorb the culture shock, here are the key tips you’ll need to prepare you for this new reality.

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How to Have the ‘Define the Relationship’ Talk—Minus the Awkwardness

One minute you two are lovey-dovey in the street and acting like a total couple. The next, he’s giving signs that you may not be as exclusive as you thought.

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I Let My Friend Take Over my Dating Profile. Here’s What Happened

And there we go: for the next two weeks, I’m a puppet playing on my own life’s dating stage. Oy.

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No, You’re Not Pathetic If You Reach Out to an Ex

Ryan O’Connell helps sort out the right way to reaching out to an ex post-break up and deciphers the politics of office romances.

Would You Take Your (Straight) Date to a Gay Bar?

Going to a gay bar on a straight date seems a little like cultural tourism in a weird way, no? Especially if the point is to test his “endurance of an uncomfortable situation.”

10 Breakup Tips From the Wise Friend You Always Listen To

Though you know that almost nothing can take that “I lost my keys/soulmate” feeling away, consider this: no human has ever not been broken up with.

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Dwight + Angela, and 10 More of the Weirdest Couples on TV

Though uptight office tattletale Angela and absurdist beet farmer Dwight finally made it work in the long run, they’re not the only mismatched TV couple who made us laugh, smile, and wonder what in the heck those two saw in each other.

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The Surprising Thing All Guys Seem to Worry About Before First Dates

When we asked a bunch of guys to tell us what, if anything, they get nervous about on a first date, we were expecting the usual answers. But one common theme quickly emerged from nearly every one of the dudes we talked to.

Chefs on Dating: What Does a Chocolatier Cook to Impress a Date?

This is the first in a series of interviews with prominent NYC chefs and food experts. This week, Jesse Curti spoke with Queens-bred Aditi Malhotra, CEO/Owner/Chocolatier of Tache Artisan Chocolate.