Weddings have long marginalized the dateless, especially as couples marry older, inviting already married friends. What are some solutions?
Category: Single Persons
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Sometimes, It’s Not You, or the Math
In this 2011 essay, a 39-year-old woman who hasn’t had a boyfriend in eight years is asked by a date, “What’s wrong with you?”
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Instead of Dating Apps, Some Singles Shift to PowerPoint Pitches
Using PowerPoint presentations, business cards and billboards, some daters are taking their own approach to finding love.
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I Decentered Men. Decentering Desire for Men Is Harder.
Organizing my life around some idyllic future husband has always felt wrong to me.
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Children of Reality TV Show Participants Reflect on Watching Their Parents Onscreen
Dating shows that center the love lives of older people have created an unusual dynamic: the chance to watch mom or dad flirt on TV. It can be cringe.
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‘Golden Bachelorette’ Is Far From Reality, Say Older Women
The series is selling a fantasy. But straight women in their 60s and 70s say the dating scene is anything but rosy.
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From People’s Park to Ikea, Shanghai’s Seniors Look for Love
China has more people 65 or older than any other country, and more and more of them are unattached.
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Chinese Woman Loses Legal Challenge for Right to Freeze Her Eggs
Despite a declining birthrate that has alarmed the nation’s leaders, regulations in China prevent unmarried women from freezing their eggs.
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Summer Dating Essentials? Indoor Activities and Lots of Deodorant.
Summers are miserable. Dating doesn’t have to be.
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In This New Dating Show, Balloons Last Only as Long as Romantic Interest
Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! A new dating-show format asks contestants to pop a balloon to signal that they’re not interested. Who said heartbreak had to be quiet?
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Online Dating After 50 Can Be Miserable. But It’s Also Liberating.
You know so much more about yourself and your desires when you’re older that dating apps — even with all their frustrations — can bring unanticipated pleasure.