Category: Dating Advice
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Experience Gifts vs. Things: What Makes a Better Gift for a Gamer Partner?
Experience gifts or things? One research team found experiences did more for relationships. Where gaming blurs the line, and how to choose or combine both.
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How Much Should You Spend on a Holiday Gift in the First Months of Dating?
Doing gift math six weeks into dating? Research says price matters less to recipients than givers think. Here’s a budget framework and how to talk about it.
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Gifts for a Gamer Partner: The Complete 2026 Holiday Guide for People Dating a Gamer
Dating a gamer this holiday season? When to give a gift, what the research says about price and experiences, ten gift ideas that fit, and what to skip.
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This Week on LFGdating: Press Start on Us
Press Start on Us, in one place: defining the relationship, why the DTR talk is hard, situationship vs. exclusive, a founder note, scripts, and the data.
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How to Have the DTR Talk: Scripts for Gamers Who’d Rather Not Wing It
Scripts for bringing up the DTR talk, saying what you want in one sentence, and handling every answer. Not ready and no are valid, and pressure is never okay.
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Situationship vs. Exclusive: What’s Actually Different, and Which One Do You Want?
Situationship or exclusive? Six rounds on clarity, pressure, mismatch risk, and investment, plus what research can’t say and how to ask which one you’re in.
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Why the DTR Talk Feels So Hard (and Why Drifting Isn’t a Plan)
Why the DTR talk feels so hard: what research says about drifting, situationships and the talk itself, where it runs out, and how to ask for what you want.
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Defining the Relationship: The Gamer’s Complete 2026 Guide to the DTR Talk
Define the relationship without guessing. What research does and doesn’t show about the DTR talk, how situationships fit, how to ask, and how to hear “not yet.”
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This Week on LFGdating: Spooky Season Date Night
Spooky season, in one place: horror game date night, the bridge study, scary vs. cozy games, a founder essay, a pause-word playbook, and the public data.
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How to Play Scary Games With a Date (Without Ruining the Night)
Pause words, a 1–5 comfort scale, and a plan for every stage: how to play horror games with a date and keep the night fun for both of you, or switch games.