Forget Dinner Dates. Gen Z Is Testing Chemistry While Running Errands

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My Love Language Changed After 9 Years Of Marriage & It Actually Makes So Much Sense

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How dating apps are reshaping Valentine’s Day expectations

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 25 Ways to Ease Relationship Stress

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How to ask her to be your girlfriend: A guide for shy lesbians & sapphics

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Matchmaker, Matchmaker: When Friends and Family Set You Up!

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App Fatigue, Real Connection & Becoming Your Own Damn Matchmaker – with Tammy Shaklee

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15 Weeknight Date Ideas to Keep the Spark Alive

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What is 'pocketing' & are LGBTQ+ daters more likely to be victims? Relationship experts weigh in

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How to Give Her Unique Compliments: 7 Tips for Complimenting Your Crush Without Sounding Like Every Other Guy

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The Best Places To Meet Sexy Single Cougars In Toronto In 2025 (Bars, Apps, and Other Spots)

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What to Do When Old Friends Don’t Like Your New Love

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15 Long-Distance Valentine's Day Ideas to Celebrate Your Love From Afar

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10 Best Gifts That'll Make a Loved One Think You're Awesome

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20 Romantic Phrases to Whisper for Instant Intimacy

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A Special Interview with Tammy Shaklee

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5 Expert Tips for Dating After Divorce to Get You Back in the Game

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12 Best Outdoor Date Ideas in 2024

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10 Best Gay Dating Blogs of 2024

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Who Should Pay on the First Date?

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I Repeat, This is NOT an Interview

Imagine if you came home at day's end to a partner who immediately asked you 30 probing questions. Eeeek. Whoa. Back way up, bucko. I was just hoping to come home to enjoy changing out of work clothes, or fitness gear, and having a nice glass of iced tea or vino…

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The Big Wave in 2025

My personal matchmaker once introduced me to a surfer, sailor, and mountain climber. I remember thinking, “What? That’s not me!” I then tried multiple surf…

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There's Pride; Then There Is Your Pride

For a dozen years, I have said the most eligible singles are the ones who are happy. The ones who are interest…

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I’m Talking to YOU — as an Actual Person

For 11 years, I have listened. I have consistently and methodically asked thousands of LGBTQ singles about their dating lives. Sometimes for up to an hour…

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How to Meet Now Without AI and IRL

Hurry, you eligible LGBTQ singles. Summer travel is at its peak in years. That means the opportunity to see real people in real life. 

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You deserve your person, whatever that looks like to you.

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Let the universe work for you by putting it out there—he or she is seeking you too.

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Attend events, volunteer, or travel—expand your horizons and be more eligible than you were yesterday.

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Offline matchmaking requires human interaction and compatibility based on key values and personal qualities.

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The best opportunities come from the people you’ve taken the time to get to know.

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Quality singles recognize the value in themselves.

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Each relationship and experience is preparing you for the right relationship.

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There are other quality singles just like you—I meet them every week.

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You are never too young or too old to fall for the one who deserves your heart.

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Don’t lose hope. When you find the one for you, the search is worth every minute.

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Finding a match is like selecting shoes—you may have to try on more than you expected.

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