Dating

The fantasy of sugar dating: ‘They don’t want you to be a sex worker – they just want to pay you for sex’
Lotte Latham tried being a ‘sugar baby’ – dating older men for gifts and money – then began working as an escort instead. Her new memoir Dear Mr Andrews explains why
Jenny Valentish
03, Feb, 2023 @2:00 PM

For the Love of Dilfs review – Stormy Daniels’s gay dating show is a hoot from start to finish
Essentially a queer Love Island, this ‘hypersexualised reality show’ sees ‘daddies’ and ‘himbos’ try to find their soulmate. It’s tonnes of lean, not-so-clean fun
Rebecca Nicholson
01, Feb, 2023 @7:00 AM

62 dating green flags that shout ‘this one’s a keeper’
Gives you space, doesn’t use voicemail, is liked by dogs: our guide to the telltale signs that a relationship is the real deal
Justin Myers
28, Jan, 2023 @10:00 AM

Dating app background and ID checks being considered in bid to fight abuse
National roundtable mulls safety strategies as communications minister says ‘no one law is going to fix this issue’
Tamsin Rose
25, Jan, 2023 @7:14 AM

‘It felt like a job application’: the people weeding out first dates with questionnaires
Some app users are sending out surveys to screen potential suitors. But can a pop quiz ever lead to love?
Alaina Demopoulos
25, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM

Bring back Guardian Soulmates – my go-to for ‘invariably socialist’ online dating | Brief letters
Brief letters: Reliable in romance | Smooth operator | Tory chatbot | Swimming tortoises
22, Jan, 2023 @4:12 PM

The moment I knew: I was on a quest to figure out exactly how gay I was. But I kept coming back to her
Turning up at a party in the same outfit as someone else can be awkward, but one summer in New York, a sartorial coincidence blossomed into romance
A Wiggin
21, Jan, 2023 @7:00 PM

Is Milf Manor the queasiest new dating show on TV?
Moms watch their sons flirt with other moms in strange reality competition series that feels like a 30 Rock joke made real
Lauren Mechling
18, Jan, 2023 @4:50 PM

Dating burnout: meet the people who ditched the apps – and found love offline
Internet dating can feel soul-destroying, unnerving and transactional. Couples explain how their love lives were transformed when they finally stopped swiping
Lizzie Cernik
18, Jan, 2023 @10:00 AM

Blind date: ‘I will for ever be the woman who denied him a crab bisque’
Katharine, 34, an accountant, meets Stephen, 41, a nurse
14, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM

‘It’s just so intense and awkward’: the death of the dinner date
Whether for reasons of cost, changed gender roles or the desire for privacy, eating out is no longer such a big part of finding love
Esther Addley
13, Jan, 2023 @11:00 AM

The moment I knew: ‘I pledged I would go to mass for 30 days to understand what I was feeling’
After years of friendship, Josie still wasn’t sure whether she was into Chris. So she struck a deal with God
As told to Sarah Ayoub
07, Jan, 2023 @7:00 PM
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