Love is a language in itself, but sometimes that other language—the spoken word—fails us in our most intimate moments: With our pants around our ankles. Haligonians are a witty bunch (or we like to think so, anyway), but even the quickest of wits isn’t immune to the occasional bedroom blunder. Sometimes even a major one. […]
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Haligonians share their most awkward run-ins with exes
The Halifax peninsula is a small, small place: You never know who you’ll bump into when you’re fighting over fresh tomatoes at the Seaport Farmers Market or scarfing down a 2am poutine on Pizza Corner. More times than not, that compact coziness is a good thing—walkability! friends! chats with your neighbours!—until the moment it abso-friggin’-lutely […]
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Risking it all: This is how far Haligonians have gone for a hook-up
Love is in the air this month—and so, it seems, is pulling out all the stops to getting laid, according to Haligonians’ replies to our 2023 Sex + Dating Survey. More than 1,200 Coast readers took part in this year’s 15th annual survey—and dear God, some of you people are thirsty. Not, er, that there’s […]
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A perfect matchmaker
Anyone who’s experienced Halifax’s dating scene can tell you: It’s rough out there. In such a small city, the dating pool is limited. It can feel like every potential match has gone out with a friend of yours, is friends with your ex or comes swaddled in red flags. Luckily for those who are serious […]
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Weddings and waiting in Nova Scotia’s marriage biz
For months, fiances Ian Macleod and Matt Packman were at a standstill. Their wedding was planned for September 25, 2021. A large portion of their 120 guests, Packman’s family, would be coming from PEI, but travel was still restricted. They didn’t even know if that many people would be allowed to gather at the Halifax […]
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Where people have sex outdoors all over Halifax
The things that make Halifax is a great place for getting outdoors—all the trees and lakes and parks—also make Halifax a great place for getting busy outdoors. In the 2020 Sex + Dating survey we asked people where they’ve had sex in public. The answers were all over the map, literally. So for purely scientific […]
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The results of The Coast’s Sex + Dating 2020 survey
The Coast’s readers dish the dirt and delights of dating and sex in Halifax. From keeping their socks on, to running out of Tinder options, looking for love in this city is sometimes wild, sometimes weird and sometimes realized among the bushes at Point Pleasant Park.
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A hot ‘do helps Haligonians feel their most attractive
W hen it comes to feeling yourself, sometimes it’s a new outfit, passing as female, after a good workout, after a drink, or for many of you, after a fresh new ‘do. Steph McNair of Maneland Non-Binary Beauty has thoughts on why. “There’s a lot of people who struggle to self-love but need to. With […]
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Sex + dating survey: Let’s talk about consent and rape culture
The Coast spent a long time considering whether or not a quirky survey about sex and relationships was the place to ask the harder questions about sexualized violence and rape culture. At first, we thought no way: There is nothing quirky about sexual assault. But we also wondered why it’s so easy—and there’s so much […]
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Halifax’s biggest questions about sex, dating and love?
We asked the hundreds of respondents from our Sex + Dating Survey what are their most pressing questions about love, sex and the lot—and it turns out, there are a lot. We definitely don’t have the answers, but here’s a friendly reminder you’re not alone in your journey through the world of relationships. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— “Are we […]
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10 first-date stories from our Sex + Dating Survey
The hundreds of people who took our 10th annual readers’ survey spilled the beans on their first dates ever and a lot of them sounded the same. Here are 10 of the best/worst moments in Halifax dating history. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— “My mom drove us both to the movie theatre in our mini-van where we sat with an […]
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20 cringe-worthy quotes from Halifax dates
We asked Haligonians the most cringe-worthy thing someone had ever said to then on a date, and are still squirming reading your answers. Somehow, 65% of our survey respondents said they’d had sex on a first date and 85% said they’d never skipped out on a bad date and yet, these Smooth Operators walk among […]