The Kissbait Journal
Journal.
Notes on meeting people through real events. Why the plan matters more than the match, how to do it safely, and field guides to the cities and events worth showing up for.
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Following your team, and finding someone to go with
A World Cup pulls fans from every country into the same handful of cities. Half the battle is the ticket. The other half is who you watch the match with.
Read the latest →- 02Dating8 min
How to plan a first date around an event
When the event is the date, you skip the two hardest questions and pick up a few smaller ones in their place. A practical guide to turning a ticket into a real first date.
- 03Istanbul9 min
Where Istanbul actually goes out
A field guide to the city's live scene: the derby that splits the Bosphorus, rooms that run from 550 seats to 17,000, and the summer festivals that swallow whole weekends.
- 04Safety6 min
A safer way to meet a stranger
Meeting someone from the internet shouldn't mean trusting them blind. Verification, escrow, and a public venue do a lot of the worrying for you.
- 05Dating7 min
Match first. Event next.
The thinking behind event-based dating, and why we'd rather you meet someone at a show than over yet another lukewarm coffee.
- 06Dating6 min
Why your matches never become meetings
Most dating apps are good at producing matches and bad at producing plans. The gap between a like and a real evening out is where most of them die.