How to date in 2025

Tired of the apps, many daters are taking matters into their own hands – and they’re getting creative with it

As I push my pram, my baby sleeping, it takes me a moment to realise that someone is talking to me. Another mum, on the way to the same baby class, is asking how I am, and I stammer as I push my phone

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Do you spend more time watching Netflix than having passionate sex – and, if you do, should you be concerned? According to Ita O’Brien, author of a new book on the subject, when it comes to lasting happiness, there’s something much more important than sex: intimacy. Leah Hardy finds out more

After I very publicly disclosed my gender identity on the apps, I thought I was done explaining myself. But here we are

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