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 […]
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High-speed connection
My first breakup happened the summer before grade nine. I answered a late-night phone call from my best friend, who told me matter-of-factly that I didn’t have the social capital needed for her attempt to launch herself amongst the popular girls. We could, she offered, still hang out outside of school, but lunchtimes discussing weird […]
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Après pill, the storm
Q I’m a 27-year-old woman living on the east coast. I’ve been sexually active and on birth control since I was 16—almost always on the pill. I recently switched to the NuvaRing, which I had a bad reaction to: I had no libido at all and extreme mood swings/bouts of depression I could not live […]
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Halifax’s biggest fears when it comes to love and relationships
Better to have loved and lost? Depends who you ask. What we do know is this city is full of fears, concerns and worries about their love lives. Take comfort in the news that behind every happy couple is a knotted tangle of anxieties. We’re all in it together. “I’m going to love someone who […]
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What’s your biggest question about sex, dating and love?
It would be nice if we had all the answers, wouldn’t it? The game of love (and Tinder) is full of so many frustrating unknowns so we popped this loaded question to the heart-on-sleeve Sex + Dating survey respondents. Turns out we’re all just a people wishing we could read minds. “How do I know […]
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Everything you wish you could tell your younger self about dating
Regrets, you have a few, Halifax. Half of the city wishes it had fucked more people. The other half apparently fucked all the wrong people. And absolutely no one realizes how hot they really are. Seize the day and carp some diems with these choice answers to our question on the advice you’d give to […]
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36 of the biggest red flags in online dating profiles
1. Topless bathroom selfies. 2. Obviously ill-kept living quarters. 3. Guns 4. A picture of their car. 5. Bitterness towards their target dating demographic. 6. Horses 7. Too much love for Jesus. 8.“Dal law” 9. “Not interested in drama.” 10. “Devil’s advocate” 11. Pictures of them with a girl that has her face Photoshopped out. […]
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How do you show love for yourself?
Treat yo’ self means a lot of different things to a lot of different people but it turns out those of you who took this year’s anonymous Sex + Dating survey actually have a ton in common (you all just looooove jacking off). Regardless, we’ve rounded up some of the best responses to the question, “How do […]