“Users seek the thrill of play over meaningful connection,” says relationship therapist Dr. Emily May Andy can pinpoint the exact moment he realized he was addicted to dating apps; it was during a breakup in 2016. “Halfway through the fight she went to the toilet,” Andy, now 33, recalls. “And immediately I went straight to … Read more
Movies would have us believe that falling in love takes place in elevators, Ikea showrooms, atop the Empire State Building or aboard doomed ocean liners; eyes meet and life pauses as everything suddenly falls into place under the swell of a swooning soundtrack. While the world is indeed a bubbling pot of coincidental connections, many … Read more
Afterto graduatesecondary school, Jacqueline Child – like so many other busy twenty-somethings looking for a partner or a date – dove into the tumultuous world of dating apps. In 2019, a few weeks after she started actively trying to meet someone, she matched with a man on Bumble. When they decided to meet in person, … Read more