Category: First Dates
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The Video Chat Stage: Why a 20-Minute Call Beats Two More Weeks of Texting
New 2026 research shows the pre-date video call predicts second dates. Why gamers are naturals at the middle channel — and how to run a call that sets up the real thing.
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From Match to First Date: The Gamer’s Complete 2026 Guide
The complete gamer’s guide to turning an online match into a real first date — the four stages, the 2026 research on timing and safety, and why gamers are better at this than they think.
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You Won’t Fall For Who You Think
Remember being a kid and thinking you’d grow up to be a certain person? Are you that person? Remember thinking you’d study that one topic in college? Did you? Recent research shows that, and I paraphrase, your ideals don’t help you predict who you’ll romantically be with. Just more evidence that even though we think…
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5 Steps To Build A Great Profile
You’ve taken the first two big steps to meeting someone meaningful: you’ve decided you want to meet someone, and you’ve chosen to come to LFGdating.com to do it. We’re thrilled you’re here, and we want to help you make the best profile that will land you the responses to your messages, and hopefully even spur…
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What To Do After You Find Someone You Like
You sign up. You take 1 minute to build your profile. Then you look at your matches. This is normally where people get stuck. Match after match after match, people scroll, swipe, filter, re-filter, swipe, then turn off their phone altogether and walk away. Yet, after each match viewing session, there’s that one person that…
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Bars We Love: Battle & Brew
While the arcade bar has certainly skyrocketed in popularity around the country – two we love are Emporium up in Chicago along with Stella’s Lounge just around the Lake Michigan corner in Grand Rapids, MI – I guarantee you haven’t seen anything quite like Battle & Brew on the north side of Atlanta in Sandy…
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How to Succeed on Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is the ephemeral conundrum for anyone single. Should I have a date this year? Should I work to find a date? Do I have to work to find a date? Is there any way that I can force myself not to care? Now if you read those in any kind of voice that…
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Chicago’s Emporium Arcade Bar = Apex of Awesomeness
Chicago’s Emporium Arcade Bar is everything you want it to be (and probably even more too). 12-year-old me spent his time playing NBA Jam, Contra and Mortal Kombat, Now at 32 years old, I spent last night playing NBA Jam, Contra and Mortal Kombat, but this time, I had a really good craft beer in my hand. What’s the difference…
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Just Some Fun Valentine’s Day Date Ideas
This one is brought to you by USA Today. Today’s edition features some quick places to go and enjoy the company of your Valentine’s Day date. From Starbucks to Qdoba (we don’t recommend you go to McDonald’s for your date, and second thought, Qdoba may only work if you’ve been together for awhile), each restaurant…
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Katrina Bowden Is Such a Nerd
Katrina Bowden – yes, that same Katrina Bowden who has gone from 30 Rock to Maxim and just about everything in between – is such a nerd. Oh, you don’t believe me? Then watch this hilarious original first date video from CollegeHumor – trust me, you don’t want to pass this one up. I think…