Forget all that talk of Rat Boy Summer. Stop stocking up on corner-shop room odorizer for your Brat Girl one. There’s a hot, new season in town—and you should really get on board with it. Esteemed readers, let me welcome you to… The Get-Back-With-Your-Ex Summer! Yes, that’s right: three to four months (weather dependent) of … Read more
Taking it a step further, it’s also great to imbue open-ended questions with a sense of play. Questions like: What are you excited about right now? or Who’s your best friend? have a disarming earnestness to them. They’re the kinds of questions that make people smile. Van Doren agrees: “Date to create a fun experience,” … Read more
You know that feeling when you’re starting to sober up at a house party? The one where you look around at what you thought, just a few minutes ago, was a glam, fun, hangout and, suddenly, it dawns on you… You’re actually in a dingy kitchen, listening to two men discuss the best at-home coffee … Read more
Many would argue for the legal line: that if all parties are of consenting age and can fully and actively consent, then there’s no problem. But much like the equation, this line of thinking doesn’t consider the difference in power—in the actual ability to consent fully—between an 18-year-old and a 68-year-old. Legally, an age of … Read more
Shortly after I got married, I awoke one night with a start. While my husband snoozed quietly beside me, the full weight of my new identity as a “wife” suddenly dawned on me. I wasn’t just a friend or a girlfriend; even in the dead of night, I was responsible for the life I shared … Read more
There’s a great Liz Phair song about the joys of dating a younger, less-established man that has a line I can’t stop thinking about: “Your record collection don’t exist, you don’t even know who Liz Phair is.” That lyric played in my head especially loudly when I discovered that actor Natalie Portman and a young … Read more
TikTok content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. But it also got me thinking. Ignoring “blue eyes,” “trust fund,” and “6’5.” (Bit too tall in my opinion, but to each their own.) Ignoring the fact that explicitly seeking out a rich man has a real the-bitchiest-Jane-Austen-character energy to it. … Read more
Until I was in my late teens, pretty much the only boys I’d encountered were my cousin and a couple of family friends. I went to two all-girls schools and had two sisters, which meant that the opposite sex wasn’t just a mystery in a romantic sense, but totally unknowable in friendship terms, too. Most … Read more
From soul ties to limerence to micro-cheating, it feels like there are more dating terms of art in use right now than ever before—and unless you’re on TikTok 24/7, it’s virtually impossible to keep abreast of all of them. Luckily for you, that’s where Vogue comes in. Below, find everything you need to know about … Read more
It can be hard to stay on top of all the trends and terms that have emerged in the dating world over the past few years, from micro-cheating to broken-heart syndrome (okay, that last one is less a trend, more a genuine medical condition). Luckily, though, there are some slightly more positive examples of dating … Read more
