Dating and Relating

Hello, dear YP. I am back indeed with the same topic, but this time around with an additional “Part 2: The Male Perspective.” I was pleasantly bombarded with various opinions, many agreeing with my fluffy views while many others (mainly men) expressing a dissimilar sentiment. And so I rounded up my male homies and assaulted them with questions over the last couple of weeks with the intention of answering: Beautiful Women, Many Single. Why, Montreal Men?

Let’s be honest; it can be costly, disappointing and time consuming to search for a new potential significant other (SO) within our city streets, bars and coffee shops. That’s why more fellow young professionals (YPs) than you may assume are checking their online profile on a dating site at this very moment

In what would historically be referred to as a “courtship,” we like a good chase. Most young professionals (YPs) do. We like to know that we’ve worked for it, that it wasn’t handed to us (or thrown at us) and that we won’t be smothered in the event of a relationship

Montreal has become a city defined by its numerous cultures, renowned for its astounding festivals, recognized for its cold weather, appreciated for its phenomenal summers and, finally, notorious for its beautiful women. Their diversity, their myriad backgrounds, their different hair colour, their unique styles and their countless good looks have created a reputation for Montreal that has spread across borders, continents and oceans. So, why is it that so many Montreal women are single?

To tell or not to tell? That is the age-old question when it comes to dishing the dirty details of your dating life to your friends, co-workers and, perhaps, anyone else who will listen. We asked young professionals from across the country to share their insight on whether they kissed and told. Here is what they had to say

In times of romantic turmoil, wearing your heart on your smartphone keypad may cause more harm than good. Here are a few things to ask yourself before you unleash those frantically typing fingers and hit “send” on those subsequent essay text messages

The holidays are a really, really tough time of year for singletons. When the rest of the world has visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads, the recently single are focusing on how to answer the endless questions from meddling relatives and the loneliness that goes hand-in-hand with being single during the holidays. But it doesn’t have to be quite that bad

We used to go out hunting, or shopping, if you will, as one of our beloved (now married) formerly very single girlfriends used to call it. In other words: shameless prowling with an end goal of actively seeking and “catching” that hidden gem of a person to become your new significant other (SO). We admit we probably didn’t realize it then, but we can tell you now that nothing good ever comes from it

Divorcing in your 20s used to be a very uncommon occurrence (or at least fewer people would volunteer that info over a glass of Pinot at Happy Hour). Now, though, 20-something divorcees are all the rage. In fact, the median age of first divorce for women in the US is 29. Who knew that I was such a trendsetter!?