The first date is in the diary. Exciting. It’s time to prepare to meet the person who has virtually stolen your heart. Maybe it’s the first meeting with the person who will never let you go. The pressure is palpable and the closer you get to the moment of the date, the more you start…

Dating is an exciting experience. It can overwhelm you with curiosity, excitement and anxiety. Is your match really that sweet? Will the sparks fly in real life? And will this meeting be the start of something beautiful? In most cases, you are eagerly looking forward to meeting that person. After weeks of chatting, video calling…

You like someone else's profile, they swipe right on you too: it's the start of a new love story. What starts with a match like all the others, quickly turns into a personal conversation with a flirty tone . Everything seems to be going great, until - you guessed it - the first spelling mistakes appear. You…

From deforestation and air pollution to nitrogen and ozone depletion, there is growing concern about climate change and a range of environmental issues. Policy discussions about nature and limiting environmental impact have evolved into dinner table discussions and are now finding their way into dating app conversations. The younger generations are known to have environmental…

You’ve met someone on a dating app who is both attractive and authentic. It’s exactly the type you were looking for. Interesting, likeable and charming: almost all the boxes are ticked. But despite all these plus points, you sometimes get an ominous feeling in your stomach. And that has everything to do with the psychopathic traits you…

You met a guy. You really like him. And you think the feeling might be mutual. The only problem is that you mainly have contact via the app and it is therefore a bit difficult to understand the emotions behind the messages. However, there are certain patterns when it comes to the app behavior of…

Have you met someone you would like to start a relationship with? Then most people can say quite quickly what they are looking for in someone else and what qualities they would most like to see in their (future) partner. However, there are also things that people value less in someone else and that make you less…

Dating apps have had a huge impact on the way singles meet each other. In the pre-dating-app era, singles mainly met through friends and while going out. But that has completely changed, because meeting online – including through dating apps – is now the main way people meet each other. Part of the appeal of dating apps…

Have you ever looked around and wondered why everyone has found love except you? How even the biggest nerd in your class is married with three kids, while you’re still swiping through apps like a… nerd? You’ve probably come up with all sorts of good reasons why things aren’t working out in love. You’ve had bad luck,…

When you send someone a message via WhatsApp, Messenger, an SMS or an email, you naturally want to receive an answer as soon as possible. You regularly check your inbox, check your phone and expect a response. But sometimes you see that a message is not read at all. Or it is, but that there…