Dating & Sex

Let’s be incredibly real for a second. We’ve all been there: the date was a solid 10/10, the banter was flowing, and the chemistry was off the charts. Then, you decide to go back to their place.You walk through the door, and boom—you’re hit with the ultimate ick. We’re talking a mattress on the floor …

Let’s be incredibly real for a second: dating can sometimes feel like a part-time job you didn’t sign up for. You match with someone, they look cute on paper, the banter in the app is decent, and you decide to meet up. But five minutes into the actual date, you feel... absolutely nothing. No spark. …

Okay, we need to talk about this wild new dating site that just hit the internet. It is specifically designed to only match Western men with Asian women, and we can't help but feel like the red flags are flying at full mast.Preference or Pure Fetish?Look, we completely get that everyone has their own personal …

Apparently the internet has decided that having a beach pic on your dating profile is officially an ick. Wait, what? People are actually out here claiming that looking hot on a vacation is somehow exhausting or unoriginal. We read the hot takes and honestly, the math is just not mathing. Since when is catching some …

If your bank account feels lighter every time you try to go on a date, you aren't imagining things. Dating is getting wildly expensive—especially if you live in a major summer hotspot.A new report breaks down the "Single Tax Index" for summer, exposing the absolute most expensive places around the world to be single. The …

Let’s address the elephant in the room—or rather, the gap on your resume.A recent piece from The New York Times dove deep into the awkward, ego-bruising world of dating while unemployed. Between the job-hunt fatigue and the sheer terror of hearing the classic date question—"So, what do you do?"—thousands of singles are putting their romantic …

If you missed the latest dumpster fire taking over the internet, a viral voice note just exposed the absolute peak delusion happening in the modern dating pool.After a single date, a guy decided to send a woman a calm, clinical, pre-written audio manifesto laying out his exact "terms and conditions" for hooking up on date …

A new viral dating drama has the internet in an absolute tailspin, and honey, you know we have to weigh in.The debate started after a text exchange between two prospective dates went super viral online. The premise? A woman asked her date to order her an Uber to the fancy dinner spot he suggested. He …

There’s a very specific version of you that shows up the moment your out-of-office turns on. She’s lighter, bolder, and suddenly open to possibilities she would normally overthink into oblivion. We call her vacation you, and she is notoriously bad at making long-term decisions.This is where vacation flings enter the chat.They tend to start innocently …

Let's be honest: online dating has a scammer problem.Whether it's fake profiles, romance scams, catfish accounts, or people trying to move conversations off-platform as quickly as possible, scammers make online dating less fun, less trustworthy, and less effective for everyone.At OBC, we're constantly working to keep scammers off the platform and make sure our members …