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A Dating App Just Launched ‘Chivalry Mode’ for People Tired of Modern Dating

Match Group’s relaunched dating app encourages men to make the first move and lets singles share when they want to get married.

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Want a guy who opens the car door and has a five-year plan for the wedding? There’s an app setting for that now.

Match Group recently relaunched Upward, a Christian dating app that’s now welcoming anyone looking for marriage and a little old-fashioned romance. Its new Chivalry Mode encourages men to message first, leaving women to reply or unmatch. There’s also Marriage Timeline, where users can share how soon they’d like to get married and find people with similar plans. So you can discuss wedding expectations before you’ve even gone on a first date.

Dating apps have changed their minds about who should make the first move. Bumble originally required women to message first when it launched in 2014, but eased that........

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