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What Keeps Online Dating Segregated (and How to Fix It)
Online dating — as well as regular dating — is a very segregated activity, but a new study suggests that it may not take much to break racial and ethnic barriers.
Textual Relations: Couples Who Text Too Much Aren’t As In Love As They Want You To Think
Strong relationships are built on communication, or so the experts say. So digital relationships fueled by a torrent of texts should be ironclad, right?
Why We Don’t Trust Online-Dating Sites — but Use Them Anyway
According to the latest surveys, 11% of Americans say they have looked online for love. But that doesn’t mean that daters are happy with what they find.
A Dating App Without Pictures: Will It Work?
While users may be tired of superficial hot-or-not dating apps, they’re not quite ready for completely blind dates either
More Satisfaction, Less Divorce for People Who Meet Spouses Online
More than one-third of American marriages today get their start online — and those marriages are more satisfying and are less likely to end in divorce, according to a new study.
Does Online Dating Make It Harder to Find ‘the One’?
Why online dating is great for meeting lots of people, but not necessarily the one you want
The Healthland Podcast: Nightmares, “Broken Heart Syndrome,” and Teen Sex
This week we discuss new research showing that you can change your nightmares into good dreams — and sleep a lot better. Also, we talk about why breakups can literally break the heart, especially for women. And we dive into the …
Online Cheaters Still Prefer Real-World Infidelity
Anthony Weiner, take note: according to a new study about cyberinfidelity, sexting with people you meet online is a really poor substitute for sex. New research shows that the majority of people who first cheat online end up …
Love Isn’t Color-Blind: White Online Daters Spurn Blacks
Interracial romance is nowhere near the eyebrow-raising phenomenon it used to be. In the past four decades, the pendulum of approval has swung from three-to-one opposed to three-to-one in favor. But though love may be blind, …
Facebook and Love: Why Women Are Attracted to Guys Who Play Hard to Get
On Valentine’s Day, it’s tempting to check your wall every 10 min. to see if that cute guy from the bar last week has poked you. But a recent Psychological Science study by researchers at the University of Virginia and …
Survey Says, He’s Just Not That Into Being Single
Match.com, which is so intent on dominating the online dating world that it recently bought upstart rival OkCupid for about $50 million in cash, is also investing pretty heavily in understanding the minds of the unmarried. It …
Will Facebook Steal Online Dating Sites’ Girl?
Online dating is a big, fat tassled deal. We know this not just because Barry Diller has bought into it (his IAC owns Match.com), but because all the most killer apps on the Internet have been about finding things, whether it’s …