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Love in the Time of Uber Ratings
You have to give it up for millennials. We’re ready to ignore our instincts and let one feature of a transportation app decide who we go on a date with.
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Swipe Right if You Like My Mutt!
Why is everyone on Tinder suddenly so hell-bent on cuddling, caressing, or smooching animals? Call me old-fashioned, but I miss the bicep flexing.
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The Proposal is Dead. Long Live the Proposal
Love as we knew it has changed and along with it the idea of "proposing" to someone has become an afterthought. The proposal has been replaced by a text, a kiss, a right swipe. A quaint remnant of a bygone era; a chipped but not quite broken Victorian teacup.
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Newness and the Restless Love Lives of Millennials
In the age of dating apps, millennials now face the ageless conundrum of settling down, served with a technological update. Earlier, we used to chase the elusive idea of “The One” but now, we’re ambassadors of the adage “the more, the merrier”.
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A Moment’s Silence for the Death of Tinder
Back in 2012, Tinder came into our lives like the cool NRI cousin we all wanted to get with, certain that their arrival heralded numerous gifts. Six years on, the dating app has made its way to the dustbin. Over time, its vanilla-ness became glaringly apparent.
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Flirting 101: How to Lose a Girl in 1 Minute
Urban Dictionary defines flirting as “you dinking around with the opposite sex”, but for clueless Indian bros, the definition seemingly transcends to “block-worthy behaviour that will elicit at least five eye-rolls”.
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Five Stages of the Modern-Day Break Up
I got dumped by my girlfriend of five years recently. Over Whatsapp. Here’s a point by point breakdown of my mourning period.
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Unlucky in Love: Your Tinder and Hinge Dates Are My Comedy Show
Watching people navigate an ocean of bad choices using tools like Tinder and Hinge is as entertaining as watching an episode of Takeshi’s Castle. For couples in relationships, nothing is more amusing than other people’s misadventures in love.
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I Came, I Tinder-ed, I Quit
I met some clingy men on Tinder. The dating app, for its promise of a one-night stand, was becoming a multiple-night mess. So one fine morning, I deleted it.
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The Fine Art of Small Talk
In a world of texting and updating, opinionating, and standing up, we’ve forgotten the pleasures of small talk.
