Apps
Best dating apps for international dating
The app that works abroad is the one people there already open. Here's how to find that out, plus what location change, filters and paid tiers actually do.
Daniel Okonjo9 min read
Topic
dating-apps
Reviews, comparisons and how-tos for dating platforms.
Talking
How to Start a Conversation With Someone Abroad
One specific thing from their profile, one real detail about you, one easy question. Ten worked openers, how to write for a second-language reader, and when to stop.
Two Timezones Editorial9 min read
Apps
Tinder vs Bumble vs Hinge, abroad
Three apps that behave very differently once the other person is in another timezone. Where each one genuinely fails, and which to pick for your situation.
Daniel Okonjo6 min read
International
How to meet people from other countries
Seven routes that actually put you in conversation with people abroad — from language exchange to your own city's diaspora — and why travel is the least useful advice.
Two Timezones Editorial9 min read
Apps
Writing a profile that travels
Your profile is being read on a phone, in someone's second language, in about eleven seconds. Here's how to write one that survives all three of those things.
Daniel Okonjo7 min read
Apps
Dating app red flags, calibrated
Fourteen patterns worth slowing down for, each with the reason it correlates with a bad outcome and the perfectly ordinary explanation it might also have.
Daniel Okonjo10 min read
International
How to find a partner from another country
Nine steps over roughly a year, from deciding what you actually want to the decision points after the first trip — with a plain marker for what good looks like at each stage.
Mira Halvorsen8 min read
CountriesJapan
Dating in Japan
How people meet, when a relationship becomes official, who pays, and why being clear about how long you're staying matters more than anything else you do.
Sora Tanaka9 min read