The Search for Lasting Love Is More of a Journey Than a Moment
Discover what over 1,000 happy couples learned along the way to finding “the one.”
Dating advice for those who are thinking about getting back into dating or have just recently started doing so. These articles will help you navigate through these early stages of your dating journey, ultimately leading to relationship success.

Discover what over 1,000 happy couples learned along the way to finding “the one.”
Losing a spouse changes every part of life, including how people think about love and companionship. For many widowed adults, deciding whether to date again isn’t simply a matter of time passing. It’s a deeply personal process shaped by grief, guilt, hope, and outside expectations. To better understand what that journey looks like, Tawkify surveyed […]
For years, finding a partner meant downloading another app and hoping the algorithm got it right. Lately, a different image of dating has taken over screens big and small: the real-life matchmaker who gets to know people before introducing them. From streaming hits to viral creators, entertainment is putting human-led matchmaking back in the spotlight, […]
Dating in Boston? The right space makes first-date conversation easy; the wrong one makes even a great match feel like a long night. The setting sets the mood, so here are the Boston restaurants I recommend for a first date, in three neighborhoods, picked for what works on a first date: a place to just […]
Let me tell you about a client I’ll call Diane. She’s 52, lives in Logan Circle, runs a team of forty people; she came to me about a year after her divorce, convinced that love was a younger woman’s game. She’d tried online dating and all the dating apps with no luck, and was ready […]
Sarah was 54, two months out of a 27-year marriage, and she’d already drafted her dating compromise list before we’d even started her intake. “I know I can’t expect what I used to,” she said. “I’ll accept someone who’s not really emotionally available if he’s a good guy otherwise. I’ll deal with someone who travels […]
On our first call, a woman who had signed her divorce papers earlier that week told me she wasn’t sure it was the right time to be dating at all, that maybe it was too soon. I hear that doubt often, and it’s worth taking seriously. I’m Brie Temple, Chief Matchmaker at Tawkify, and I […]
Finding the right spot for a date in New York City is less about picking the prettiest room and more about choosing the right conditions for two people to connect. To identify the best first date spots in the Big Apple, Tawkify compiled a list of 97 venues across five categories: restaurants, wine bars, cocktail […]
For a lot of relationship-minded people, dating used to feel exciting and now mostly feels like a chore. We wanted to know how widespread that feeling really is, so Tawkify surveyed 1,000 single Americans aged 30 and older about how modern dating actually feels, what frustrates them most, and what they wish they had instead. […]
Between packed calendars, shared finances, and household responsibilities, modern relationships often run on logistics as much as love. Many couples are now setting aside dedicated “admin nights” to tackle life’s to-do list together, hoping it will bring them closer rather than pull them apart. Tawkify surveyed 919 partnered American adults to understand how these structured […]
Between back-to-back meetings, family responsibilities, and endless notifications, even intimacy can start to feel like another item on the to-do list. More couples are turning to calendars to work in love to busy schedules and protect time for connection, pre-planning everything from date nights to sex just to make it happen. But when love gets […]
If you’re searching for the best online dating site, there’s a chance something about dating isn’t working the way you hoped it would. Dating app swipe fatigue is real, making dating feel more and more like just another task to manage on your already busy calendar. You’re not alone in this. In fact, 91% of […]