Match.com

Online romance platform

Match.com is an online dating service launched in 1995, one of the earliest and most prominent platforms for meeting romantic partners via the internet.

The name plays on the sense of match as a compatible pairing.

She met her husband on Match.com.

The site helped normalize online dating before apps like Tinder dominated the space.

dating

singles

Unattached individuals

partner · soulmate · companion · significant other · commitment · casual · serious · long-term · marriage · engagement

meetup

first date

Initial romantic meeting

blind date · dinner · drinks · activity · venue · chemistry · awkward · ghosting · catfish · no-show

connection

compatibility

Mutual suitability between things

introduction · icebreaker · conversation · messaging · chat · flirting · interest · mutual · likes · favorites

platform

dating site

Partner-matching web service

algorithm · subscription · premium · app · website · membership · login · username · notifications · inbox

profiles

photo

Captured still image

about me · hobbies · height · age · location · occupation · education · religion · politics · smoking

Opposites
relationship-seeking vs. relationship-avoidance

Match.comdivorce lawyer

Attorney for ending marriages

divorce mediator · celibacy · monastic life · solitude · hermitage

singles culture vs. coupled culture

Match.commarriage counseling

Therapy for troubled relationships

couples therapy · family planning services

connection vs. isolation

Match.comsolitude

State of being alone

hermitage · social withdrawal · loneliness · reclusion · digital detox

Family

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Familiarity
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Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG