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Friends are still matchmaking in the dating apps era

Gauging romantic chemistry between two people is risky business. When it flops, years of friendship and group dynamics fall apart.

yesterday 9

Ratan Priya

Are we dating the same guy? Whisper networks trend aims to expose creeps

The fact of the matter is that women talk—especially about their dates. His pictures are passed around like police sketches.

17.08.2025 20

Ratan Priya

Is getting back with an ex a bad idea? It’s Delusion Central

The idea of people ‘changing’ for the better is propaganda we all love to fall for. Everyone has a friend of a friend who ended up marrying their ex.

10.08.2025 20

Ratan Priya

Lover girls are the tragic clowns of modern dating. They are keeping romance alive

It’s not that lover girls lack self-respect — they’ve just put it on a little sale for whichever emotionally unavailable dude they’re...

03.08.2025 5

Ratan Priya

Why do women reject men so brutally? It’s kinder than breadcrumbing

There are now a million ways someone can reject you. It’s all about reading hidden signs in vague text messages and silent body language.

27.07.2025 10

Ratan Priya

Romance has the urgency of breaking news now. Dating apps are editorial fodder

Infamous for my hot takes, I, too, was called on TV (twice) to explain how Gen Z lovers operate.

20.07.2025 6

Ratan Priya

Bucket lists, PTA meetings, Ozempic—welcome to online dating for 50-plus Indians

The Gen X dating game is enviable — even with its grown-up fuss. The lucky ones aren’t even compromising on closet space.

13.07.2025 20

Ratan Priya

Why the ‘long-term relationship’ label is killing your dating game

The stigma around ‘long-term’ is built on some pretty solid stereotypes.

06.07.2025 3

Ratan Priya

Modern love is the funniest joke. That’s why comedy shows are so heavy on dating content

From Zakir Khan, Prashasti Singh, Daniel Sloss, and Taylor Tomlinson to the open mic newbies at the neighbourhood cafe—everybody has their own...

25.05.2025 3

Ratan Priya

That older, wiser guy is undateable—just ask women his age

It’s naive to assume that all older men make better partners because they’ve achieved some sort of clarity in life by reading Osho or following...

18.05.2025 30

Ratan Priya

Hinge Marxists, Bumble Apoliticals? Modern dating is a political minefield

The Left-leaning singles are dead serious about never dating someone from the other side. ‘Swipe left if you lean Right,’ says one Bumble bio.

11.05.2025 20

Ratan Priya

How to have 10 Hinge matches and still be single—the new age guide to riding solo

Empowered, thriving, main-character energy. These are now the golden synonyms of being single. ‘Miserable’ didn’t make the cut because it...

04.05.2025 40

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What it takes to go from casual to committed in the modern dating world—good luck

On one side of the internet, 20-somethings are whining about how dating is low-velocity, like a traffic jam—lots of honking (swiping), barely any...

27.04.2025 3

Ratan Priya

Spotify is now a dating app. Its song libraries lead you into love

Charles Darwin is growing smug in his grave; every generation keeps proving his theory right—the purpose of music is mating

20.04.2025 10

Ratan Priya

In the dating app world, long distance lovers are the new normal

Whoever accused Gen Z of lacking patience hasn’t interviewed long-distance couples—lucky for you, I have.

13.04.2025 9

Ratan Priya

There’s an art and science to texting on dating apps. Hone your skills or get ghosted

Don’t just say ‘hi’. You’d be surprised how many talking stages die prematurely because of these two innocent letters.

06.04.2025 10

Ratan Priya

What’s cheating in the dating apps era? Betrayal now comes in so many flavours

Modern-day Freuds are having meltdowns analysing this one.

30.03.2025 10

Ratan Priya

Modern romance comes with EMIs & Splitwise accounts. It really isn’t a sport for the broke

When you’re juggling 10 matches off Hinge, the only way to figure out who’s worth your time is to have an over-priced cocktail with each of them.

23.03.2025 10

Ratan Priya

Modern breakups are like divorces. Who gets the cat, friends, Amazon Prime account?

Exes don’t go out of sight anymore. You block them everywhere and they can still reach out to you on Google Pay, or worse, Gmail.

16.03.2025 10

Ratan Priya

The pressure to be the ‘it’ couple—fake Desi proposals and dance Reels

That couple recording themselves running toward each other in slo-mo at the Delhi Metro has broken all shackles of cringe. So have couples simply...

09.03.2025 6

Ratan Priya

Young Indians are moving beyond Bumble & Tinder. Finding love on Reddit, Discord, Marketplace

Gamers are sorted. They figured out that nobody else would date them so they are dating each other—finding love on Twitch streams, Call of Duty...

02.03.2025 40

Ratan Priya

Men have tough competition in the dating game now. It’s called ChatGPT

This is the competition that the dating universe needed to shake things up. Young women are relying on ChatGPT for emotional support. And men are...

23.02.2025 10

Ratan Priya

Young couples are reinventing first dates. Not coffee and dinner but Zumba, spa, pottery

The 20-somethings are trying out the A to Z dating trend, testing out potential partners through alphabetically curated dates. A for arcade, Z for...

16.02.2025 20

Ratan Priya

How to drop the F-bomb on your first date

Feminists looking to date allies have to get crafty in an anti-women world. Welcome to the reverse Bechdel test.

09.02.2025 70

Ratan Priya

How modern office romances are sidestepping PoSH & HR

I’ve been told that few people really care about the no-dating-at-office rule. Dating in 2025 is an actual threat to life, so a threat to career is...

02.02.2025 10

Ratan Priya

The reel story of Gen Z weddings—how they are lavish, viral & broke

We have learned nothing from our cousins. They were killing themselves at their weddings to impress the aunties, and we are doing the same to impress...

26.01.2025 10

Ratan Priya

Want to know about your date’s exes? Check their Swiggy saved addresses

Gen Z doesn't carry emotional baggage from past relationships. They upload it

19.01.2025 20

Ratan Priya

Kalesh in modern dating. How Gen Z is spicing up their relationships

There’s no safe answer to ‘why do you love me?’. And even if you’ve answered it 500 times, you can still falter at the 501th time.

12.01.2025 30

Ratan Priya

Older women want younger boyfriends in 2025. Cougar labels don’t bother them

The older-girlfriend-younger-boyfriend stories in my inbox are nauseatingly cute. A 29-year-old lover girl in Delhi has a 24-year-old boyfriend who...

05.01.2025 10

Ratan Priya

Bad Newz to Mr & Mrs Mahi—new Bollywood films are all about marriage. Where’s the dating?

Tripti Dimri eats golgappa with Vicky Kaushal only once in Bad Newz and their parents start matching their kundalis.

29.12.2024 10

Ratan Priya

Kaddu, Gugu nicknames reveal a lot about couples. Gen Z doesn’t need commitment to get started

There’s also a politics to romantic nicknaming. It shows who holds the emotional power in the relationship, and what gender roles are at play.

22.12.2024 3

Ratan Priya

Dating apps have killed meet-cutes. Gen Z couples are cooking up origin stories

Yes, some of us are lying through our teeth and cooking up cute tales out of desperation. A fake bookstore or a crowded concert—the details have to...

15.12.2024 20

Ratan Priya

Is your relationship private or secret? Gen Z can tell by what you post on the gram

There’s much to learn from couples who date in private and only hard launch each other with pre-wedding photos. The sheer shock value is enough to...

08.12.2024 4

Ratan Priya

It’s cuffing season. Gen Z is chasing winter romance, premarital handholding

As romantically deprived as we are as a generation, would it really hurt to toss our overanalysed dating woes into the fire and say yes to...

01.12.2024 4

Ratan Priya

Gen Z is changing the flirting game. Old-school flattery is now toxic

There’s a reason why YouTube videos titled “How to learn the art of flirting” have millions of views in this over-informed age.

24.11.2024 4

Ratan Priya

Lovebombing is The Grand Manipulation and a special kind of evil

Heart-shaped pizza, trip to Puducherry, black gold earrings—you’d be surprised how much guys shell out initially just to ghost you eventually.

17.11.2024 8

Ratan Priya

What’s worse than a bad Bumble date? A serial texter

There’s no credible research to prove that aimless texting is dating. It might qualify as a ‘textuationship’ but let’s be real, it gets old fast...

10.11.2024 10

Ratan Priya

Chocolate boys to married men, everyone has a dating type

Some women have a thing for curly hair, full beards, thick thighs and married men, while others salivate over shaggy drug addicts.

03.11.2024 4

Ratan Priya

Gen Z has too many milestones for one anniversary—first swipe, first DM, first fight

It’s no rocket science to figure out why couples minted on Tinder, Bumble, Hinge et all have trouble pinning down their anniversary dates. It’s...

27.10.2024 5

Ratan Priya

Gen Z break up recovery is an Olympic sport. Aura cleansing, 75-hard & brown rice

Post-break-up girlies regulate their dopamine and serotonin levels. It's a careful chemical experiment with vegan ice cream, Taylor Swift workout...

20.10.2024 4

Ratan Priya

Casual dating is hard. Twenty-something softies aren’t built for this torture

The list of dos and don’ts from expert casual daters seems all over the place. Talk things out, but don’t talk too much, follow each other on...

13.10.2024 4

Ratan Priya

Is your boyfriend Dalda or ghee? Try introducing him to your close friends

When is it okay to introduce a date to the friend circle? Even the endless threads on Quora, Reddit, and Twitter can’t settle this burning question.

29.09.2024 4

Ratan Priya

Dating for ‘potential’ is the futures trading of modern romance. A stock that never grows

Imagine the divine devotion of Meera, the charitable enterprise of Mother Teresa, and the financial aspirations of a girlboss—dating someone for his...

22.09.2024 20

Ratan Priya

Celibacy is hot in the dating app era. It’s the ultimate sexual liberation

With all the buzz about hookup culture, polyamorous relationships, and situationships, Gen Z is often assumed to be sleeping around too much. But...

15.09.2024 10

Ratan Priya

Beware of bad boys on dating apps. Emotional vampires who blame everything on trauma

They thrive on women’s Mother Teresa complex. Once you’re hooked, they hit you with — 'but I’m not looking for a relationship’.

08.09.2024 3

Ratan Priya

Gen Z & millennials are dating each other. It’s a generation mash-up with spicy character arcs

For two generations that were introduced to the horrors of online dating simultaneously, millennials seem both impressed by and jealous of how Gen...

01.09.2024 10

Ratan Priya

Dating app bios are where the game happens. And it’s not just about how tall you are

If he’s looking for “a girl who doesn’t take herself seriously”, he’s a professional gaslighter. Guys who call themselves “Swiftie, not guilty”...

25.08.2024 3

Ratan Priya

Breaking up is an art and Gen Z is the best artist. No one wants mediocre relationships anymore

In most cases, what feels like the end of the world is really just the final gasp of a mediocre relationship.

18.08.2024 3

Ratan Priya

Gen Z is giving up on dating apps. Turning to parents, Shaadi.com & LinkedIn

Looks like Gen Zs are warming up to the vintage vibe of arranged dating, if not marriage. Mothers everywhere are doing a victory dance while Cupid...

11.08.2024 5

Ratan Priya

Stalking an ex on LinkedIn, Instagram, WhatsApp isn’t self-sabotage. Go, win the breakup

When you dodge a bullet, it’s only natural to check where it eventually lands.

28.07.2024 5

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Bad Newz to Mr & Mrs Mahi—new Bollywood films are all about marriage. Where’s the dating?

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