Swipe right: Dating apps change US courtship rituals


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 29 Jul 2015

Happy ending: Helfgot and her husband Robert Weinstein, who met each other through an online dating website, in their apartment in Brooklyn, New York. The couple are one of the lucky few to find dating success online. Photo: AFP

NEW YORK: From adulterous middle-aged marrieds to millennials who say only freaks chat up people in bars, millions of Americans are finding love online as technology corners the market in romance. 

New York has a reputation as a party capital of the world, where sex is free and easy and unmarried adults outnumber their married counterparts. 

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