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People Say Really Stupid Things About The Wire on OKCupid
Brian Moylan · 01/23/12 12:55PMThe Wire is one of my favorite shows of all time and, yes, one of the best shows ever on television. That does not mean a show about urban blight, broken systems, drug dealers, and the strange Baltimore accent is going to get you laid. Probably the opposite in fact. But that doesn't mean people aren't using The Wire to try to get dates on OKCupid.
The Sad, Strange Seven Months of Emails from the Starbucks Stalker
Max Read · 01/18/12 06:51PMWhen we started documenting the phenomenon of guys who deal with rejection by sending bizarre, overlong, passive-aggressive emails to women they've gone out with once, we figured it was restricted to brokers and investment bankers. Until an anonymous tipster forwarded us these emails from a tutor who's been emailing her for seven months — after only one date.
How to Talk to Real Live Women
Hamilton Nolan · 01/06/12 01:06PMWe know how it is. You were raised completely by the internet, your entire personality is an online creation, and though you're suave on IM, the prospect of chatting up a girl in person is a strange and terrifying prospect. Some of you have been reduced to paying hundreds of dollars to professional wingpersons to help you approach women in public. Fret not, lovelorn computer aliens. Help is here.
Married Suckers People Are Nearly a Minority
Hamilton Nolan · 12/14/11 09:33AMAre you married? Sucker. I mean, congratulations. Sucker. In olden times men and women would agree to be joined in matrimony forever—the men receiving a regular source of sexual congress and a valuable allegiance to powerful land-owning families in nearby regions, and the women receiving a new pot and pan. Today: married people are nearly a minority. So close!!!!
The Outrageous Break-Up Quiz and Other Grim Tales of Dating Finance Pros
Max Read · 12/08/11 11:16AMAfter writing about the crazy J.P. Morgan analyst who stalked his ex across the Atlantic pretending to be an Israei spy, and reproducing the insane 1,600-word letter from an investment analyst demanding that a woman he went on a single date with apologize for leading him on, we figured we'd open it up to our readers for more stories from the front lines of romance in the financial industry. And boy, did you all deliver.
The Horrifying Post-Date Rant Allegedly Sent by an Investment Manager
Max Read · 12/07/11 09:34AMYesterday, we noted that financial professionals make horrible boyfriends. But they're not always horrible in the sense that they might follow you across the Atlantic ocean and leave a tracking device in your bag—sometimes they're horrible in the sense that they send you 1,600-word emails asking why you haven't called them back after one date.
Insane J.P. Morgan Stalker Is Why You Shouldn't Date Investment Bankers
Max Read · 12/06/11 10:40AMGirl, Your Ex-Boyfriend Is Wearing a Huge Photo of You and Yelling on the F Train
Hamilton Nolan · 12/02/11 01:27PMSalman Rushdie's Facebook Seduction and Break-Up with a Crazed Reality Star
Maureen O'Connor · 12/02/11 01:20PMLast week, CW reality star and Maxim UK pin-up Devorah Rose tweeted a suggestive message about Salman Rushdie. Asked about his relationship with Devorah, Rushdie told Page Six that he was "mortified" to be connected to her. When Devorah heard that, she went nuclear and gave copies of her Facebook interactions with Rushdie to several gossip outlets.
Hopeless Romantic Ends up Homeless After Failed Ukrainian Bride Quest
Lauri Apple · 11/18/11 07:15AMThese First Cousins Should Really Start Seeing Other People
Lauri Apple · 11/11/11 09:25AMForlorn Teens' Memorable First Date: TGI Friday's, Then Getting Arrested
Lauri Apple · 10/15/11 11:58AMCouples that get arrested together stay together—though not literally, because jails separate people by sex, and don't offer couples' cells. But still: Teenage casual dining enthusiasts Devin Norling, 18, and Sydney Sanders, 19, probably have some sort of future, because they gave themselves a memorable first-date experience and now have plenty to discuss during their second date.
Old People Are Using the Internet to Do the Nasty
Hamilton Nolan · 10/06/11 10:34AMWhile American society has traditionally eschewed the practice of setting elderly people adrift on floating chunks of ice, we have embraced the next best thing: sequestering old people in their own buildings, communities, or suburbs, and ignoring them completely. Who knows, or cares, what they are up to? We prefer to focus on the youthful and ostensibly sexually available people pictured on the teevee.
Vegetarians Tricked Into Dating Meat Eaters
Hamilton Nolan · 09/30/11 08:24AMPatti Stanger's Stupid Gay Dating Advice
Matt Cherette · 09/26/11 01:25AMAndy Cohen opened the new season of Watch What Happens Live tonight on Bravo. So what happened? Well, Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger answered questions from viewers about dating. And by "answered questions," I mean "made dumb comments that reinforce stereotypes of gay men as effeminate, disease-carrying sluts who are incapable of monogamy." A compilation of Stanger's statements is above.