Sex + Dating

Nearly 30 years after the dawn of online dating, we’re still making fools of ourselves when it comes to finding love—or a bit of lust—on the internet. One in seven respondents to The Coast’s 2024 Sex + Dating survey say they prefer to meet potential lovers online. And nearly two in three say they’ve dated […]

It’s often been said that men only have enough blood for one head at a time, which would explain some of the out-of-left-field things they say in the bedroom. But it seems they’re not alone in that regard: Based on The Coast’s 2024 Sex + Dating Survey, it seems all of us get a little […]

Anonymous catharsis. That’s what The Coast’s Sex & Dating Survey offers Halifax every year, the 2024 edition being no exception. Let it out. Get it off your chest. Spill, vent, discharge. And one of the most popular questions for that release is simple: “Confess a sexual secret that you’ve never told anyone else.” Sure, there […]

It turns out some private, personal, intimate thoughts are widely shared. Three answers kept coming over and over for the Sex & Dating Survey question “What’s the next thing you want to try?” The big three are bondage, anal and threesomes—a lot of people in Halifax would like to explore these options. Which is good […]

Decades from now, when historians look back at life in the early aughts, 2010s and 2020s, there’ll be a heck of a story to tell about the internet and the ways it changed how we look for love. (Or if not love, then, y’know… at least a little fun.) From the earliest chat rooms (remember […]

Dating can be difficult at the best of times: Where else are you thrust into conversation with a near-stranger while both of you are trying to decide, in real time, whether you want to hook up, get married and have kids, or never see each other again? It’s a miracle that any one of us […]

Anyone who dates in Halifax knows just how small this city is. Looking for love in the HRM requires patience, openness and the ability to throw your dignity right out the window. It’s humbling and often demoralizing, especially the first date. But good things don’t happen unless you try, and and first dates are a […]

The prompt on the Sex + Dating Survey is simple: “Confess a sexual secret that you’ve never told anyone else.” The responses are a kaleidoscope of Halifax’s passions and fears, brags and wishes. Maybe it’s because the survey is a truly safe space, anonymous and judgment-free, that people are willing to bare their sexual souls. […]

If you want to try having sex with multiple partners at the same time, you’re not alone. Or maybe you are alone, because it’s something you’d like to do, not what you’ve already done. Whatever. Let’s just say that lots of people would be up for getting down with lots of people. The top 100 […]