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.”
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Discover what over 1,000 happy couples learned along the way to finding “the one.”
A dating profile can tell you someone’s favorite restaurant or ideal Sunday, but their home may reveal something more personal. We surveyed 500 single Americans age 40 and older who had been on at least one date in the past five years to learn how a date’s living space shapes attraction, compatibility, and romantic potential. […]
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 […]
By the time you hit your 40s, you’ve probably learned that butterflies are nice, but a partner who pays their bills on time is its own kind of romantic. A new Tawkify survey of 547 singles aged 40 and older backs that up. After years of building savings and sorting out their own relationship with […]
Public proposals, oversized rings, and viral relationship milestones once defined what it meant to be “serious.” But among today’s couples, commitment is increasingly expressed through quieter, more private choices that prioritize trust, stability, and shared responsibility over public validation. To understand how couples are redefining commitment, Tawkify surveyed people in committed relationships about the milestones […]
In New York, the apps can feel like a second job you never applied for. You’re swiping on the subway after work, matching with someone who looks great until you realize they’re three transfers away on a Tuesday night. I’m a matchmaker, which means people tell me the unvarnished version of how dating in NYC […]
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, […]
Modern dating has never been more accessible, yet for many singles, it has never felt more exhausting. Between endless swiping, dead-end conversations, and first dates that were a poor fit from the start, the hours add up fast, and the payoff often doesn’t. To understand what is happening behind the swipes, Tawkify surveyed 1,000 single […]
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 […]
Re-entering the dating world after 40 can feel like showing up to a game where the rules changed while you were gone. Maybe a divorce put you here. Maybe you spent your 30s on your kids and your career and looked up to find a dating scene you don’t recognize. The dating apps are new, […]
If you’re over 50 and giving online dating a real shot, you’ve probably noticed the apps weren’t exactly built with you in mind. I’m Brie Temple, Chief Matchmaker at Tawkify, and I’ve spent years helping people aged 50 and over. The good news is that there are a handful of dating sites and apps geared […]