BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS About a year ago, I caught wind of a questionnaire that was meant to increase intimacy between two people, or even foster a kind of love – specifically between two people who aren’t already familiar with each…
How the dating industry saved me, then fucked me
When it comes to understanding women, most guys don’t even know where to begin. I know we are all Don Juans in our own minds, but when it comes down to it most of us just don’t have a clue.…
John Steinbeck’s enlightening letter about the crippling, beautiful reality of falling in love
BY: TYLER FYFE It has been said that love is form of blindness. In the autumn of 1958, John Steinbeck’s oldest son, Thom, wrote home from boarding school. In the letter Thom wrote that he had met a girl named…
Turns out that women are more attracted to “mindfulness” than good looks, according to research
BY: ROB HOFFMAN A common stereotype casts men as the oblivious, emotionally cold and communicatively-inferior counterpart of women. These John Wayne-type macho-men are simply unwilling to give their girlfriends, wives or daughters the attention they deserve—especially if they’re competing with…
In order to avoid online dating, I tried stone-age Tinder— also known as Speed Dating.
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Since about the time it came out, I have remained heavily anti-Tinder. Of course I would never pass judgment on those who actually use it, I just personally have zero interest in receiving dick pics from self-righteous…
This wander-lusting couple roams the world without a watch or destination
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Holi Festival Maria and Ben have always been driven by itchy feet and a thirsty mind. Even before they met, they individually explored the world, one piece at a time. In fact, it was travel that led…
The friend zone has deep-seated roots in rape culture
BY: SAREEEMA HUSAIN The infamous “friend zone” is a desolate place, corroded with bitterness. When a woman makes the choice to not get involved with a man who is trying to initiate a romantic or sexual relationship, the man is…
Couples who camp together have better sex (and more of it)
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Sometimes sex lives can become more habitual than sensual. If your sex life feels like work, you may just need a vacation. According to new research, the best way to break your habitual lack of satisfaction is…
3 important things being single has taught me about myself
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Among the hordes of cute couples holding hands as they stroll the streets of Kensington Market, amidst the tables of flirting twosomes at my local coffee shop, I sit alone, reading my book and drinking my coffee,…
74% of men say they’d have an affair if they wouldn’t be caught: this mistress tells all
BY: CHRISTINE CELIS Ashley Madison, an online dating site with the slogan “life is short, have an affair”, is a safe haven for the adulterous and like-minded. The site has attracted 22 million users, is available in over 16 languages…
Can you have love without monogamy? – More than two
BY: JESSICA BURDE Polyamory is defined as having multiple relationships with “the full knowledge and consent of everyone who is affected.” I recently had a chance to talk with Franklin Veaux and Eve Rickert, authors of More Than Two, a…