China is telling Gen Zers to beware of online dating and...
Officials in China have been telling young people that spies or foreign powers could be out to trick them through casual activities like online dating and listening to pop music.National authorities raised these red flags at least twice recently, amid a wider push from leader Xi Jinping to bolster Chinese national security by getting citizens…
I moved to Spain single and started dating locals. Most were...
I was seated across from a tall Spaniard dressed in black jeans and a checkered shirt. We'd "met" a few nights before on a dating app, and I was doing my best to keep the conversation flowing. It wasn't.Spanish indie pop was blasting, which made keeping the conversation going even harder. I asked him about…
After my first long-distance relationship failed, I vowed never to do...
In the middle of the pandemic, my phone pinged with an email from InterNations, an expat group I had joined after spending time in Switzerland.My first thought was, "Oh great, here we go again, another man old enough to be my dad is contacting me." I opened it anyway and was happy to find this…
Why looking for a job can feel like looking for a...
Maybe it's a romantic partner. Maybe it's a job you love. Maybe looking for either feels kind of… the same. Whether it's clicking the "Easy Apply" button on LinkedIn or swiping right on Bumble or Tinder, the simplicity means that many employers and relationship-seekers can feel awash in choice. And that's where the trouble often starts. "You…
Former Trump adviser Michael Flynn is launching an online community for...
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn was a national security adviser during the Trump Administration. He pled guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI about his contact with a Russian ambassador. His new endeavor is a website called 4ThePURE, which is meant to connect unvaccinated people. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your…
This is catfishing on an industrial scale
Emilija Manevska/Getty Images This wasn’t supposed to happen. In 2020, in a house surrounded by fields in the Irish countryside, Liam, 19, sat at his laptop, an energy drink fizzing at his elbow. He leaned in for a better look at the profile photo and, sure enough, saw the face of an old rugby friend…
Romance scammers are bilking Americans out of $1.3 billion a year
Kate Kleinert was home by herself one day in summer 2020 when she received a friend request from an attractive stranger on Facebook. He introduced himself as Tony, a Norwegian physician stationed in Iraq. Kate, who is 69, often received friend requests from single men. They usually fell in the same category: handsome, successful, and stationed…
