Category: Online Dating
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The Slot Machine in Your Pocket: Why Swiping Wears You Down
Three experiments, one mechanism: the longer the stack, the more you reject, the less you like your pick, the more you trust the algorithm. Why swiping wears you down, and why gamers see it instantly.
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Dating App Burnout: The Gamer’s Complete 2026 Guide
Dating app burnout is the predictable output of an infinite feed, measured in weeks. The research, the gamer’s read on the loop, the honest counter-evidence, and a way out that isn’t deleting everything.
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Breakups and Starting Over, by the Numbers: What the Research Actually Shows
How common are breakups, what do they measurably do, and do rebounds work? Every number linked to its primary source, plus four famous breakup ‘stats’ we refuse to repeat and exactly why.
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How to Start Dating Again: A 14-Day Re-Entry Plan for Gamers
Fourteen days, five gated stages: the save-file audit, the respec, honest character creation, first contact and the tutorial date. Every stage has a quit signal, because quitting a stage is data, not failure.
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Rebound vs. Ready: 7 Signs of Which One You’re Actually In
Every ‘signs of a rebound’ list is vibes. These seven were actually measured: revenge motive, the comparison reflex, contact, surveillance, acceptance, self-concept clarity and fear of being single. Score yourself.
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How Long Should You Wait to Date After a Breakup? What the Research Actually Says
Half the relationship? Three months? Researchers measured the gap between relationships three different ways and found no waiting period. Here’s what predicted recovery instead, and a three-question readiness check.
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Dating After a Breakup: The Gamer’s Complete 2026 Guide
How long should you wait to date after a breakup? Nobody who studied it found a number. Here’s what the research says actually predicts recovery, what you keep from the last run, and how to start your New Game+.
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This Week on LFGdating: Player Two, Actually
Six posts on what the research actually says about gaming and relationships, the number everybody argues about that predicts nothing, and the one free change that does more than any of it.
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Gaming and Relationships by the Numbers: What the Research Actually Shows
Every gaming-and-relationships figure that survives a source chase, hyperlinked at the point of mention, plus the three numbers we refused to print and an honest list of where the evidence runs out.
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It Was Never About the Hours
Researchers measured weekly play hours and gaming-addiction scores against marital satisfaction and found no correlation at all. Two other variables did the predicting, and one of them is bedtime.