50 First Dates: 145 Thoughts We Had While Watching “Love Is Blind” with Netflix Party
What better time to watch strangers get engaged without ever meeting face-to-face than while practicing social distancing ourselves?
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What better time to watch strangers get engaged without ever meeting face-to-face than while practicing social distancing ourselves?
Date No. 12 goes to show that just because the activities are dull doesn’t mean the person is.
Our nameless lady on date No. 7 can thank Sir Mix-A-Lot for her new go-to drink order.
Unlike date No. 9, the gentleman on date No. 10 knows how to pick up the check—even when it’s for more than he bargained for.
Date No. 21 is our first submission about attempting to date during quarantine—something we don’t recommend (seriously. Stay home).
Ocean’s. Liquid’s. Shipley’s. If you know, you know. If you don’t, you probably weren’t gettin’ jiggy with it.
Here’s a look back at April 1985.
Date No. 8 has all the makings of a rom-com: mistaken identity, a lonely single gal getting swept up by a handsome charmer and a whirlwind montage of daily dates.
Dating in Hawai‘i can be a horror show. 5 of our own ghosters and ghostees share their dating disasters.
Date No. 18 featured a sweet fella, but with no chemistry between the pair and a lack of good grammar, their story was shelved.
What better time to watch strangers get engaged without ever meeting face-to-face than while practicing social distancing ourselves?
Date No. 14 had quite a few red flags, but this dater was determined to give it a shot for love.
After multiple unsuccessful attempts at asking out our anonymous lady, the guy on date No. 22 finally won her over with the promise of sushi and tales of adventure. But did he deliver?
Here are tales from the frontlines of the singles world—whether you’re 26 or 88, straight or gay, looking for love, or just looking—in Honolulu now.
Dater No. 17 doesn’t feel bad about her unfair judgment of her Tinder date—he told some tall tales to cover up his obvious short-comings.
We put two people in a room to talk story, then stay out of the way.
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