The Journal
notes on dating on purpose.
Everything we think about swiping, situationships, and the small print nobody reads on a dating app. Written plainly. No listicles pretending to be advice.
7 August 2026
how to leave a situationship.
Situationships don't end with a fight. They end with a shrug — eventually, if you make them. Six steps to get there faster.
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why we killed the swipe.
Swiping is a slot machine with better lighting. Here's the mechanical case against it, and what we built in its place.
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we show height. we won't let you filter it.
Every profile lists height. Not one of them can be filtered by it. Here's the argument for that specific, deliberate gap.
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dating in delhi-ncr, on purpose.
The city runs on “which sector, which company.” Here's what dating on purpose looks like underneath all that.
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More of these coming. In the meantime —
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