There's a list going around. You've probably seen it. It lives on TikTok and Pinterest and in the notes apps of people who have been on one too many Hinge dates: he should make me feel safe, he should listen without making it about himself, he should remember things I tell him, he should be consistent, he should be there. It's a perfectly reasonable list. It's also, if you squint at it slightly, a product specification for a chatbot.

Nobody wants to admit they're nervous about going to a dating event. You'll tell your friends you're going "for a laugh," you'll spend hours picking an outfit that doesn't come across as you trying too hard... and then you'll spend the tube journey quietly negotiating with yourself about what counts as a legitimate reason to turn around. This is normal. This is, in fact, almost universal. And it's something we've thought about a lot at Funnier Than Your Mum... because the wh

Bumble killed the swipe. Limerence got a scientific name. And Gen Z men are apparently gagging for depth... What's new in dating... Dating apps have had a weird week. Bumble announced the single biggest structural change to online dating in a decade. The Gottman Institute gave a name to that unhinged obsessive feeling you've mistaken for love at least once. And a Hinge stat from late last year keeps resurfacing because it's too bleak to ignore. Let's get into it. Bumble is ki