There’s so many unspoken rules and expectations when it comes to messaging someone for the first time.




You can find yourself over-analysing texts and getting anxious if someone doesn’t reply to you for ages, honestly it’s a total headf*ck.  And a lot of you told us - a shit texter is a deal breaker for you.

How Often Should You Be Messaging In The Talking Stage?

The Hook Up is about love, sex and relationships. We answer your questions, learn things together, cry over heartbreak, normalise shit. With Dee Salmin and Pip Rasmussen, who will probably bitch about dating apps. New episode every Tuesday.

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The impact of cheating can last for years, stopping you from trusting people even if they give you no reason to doubt them.

How To Trust Again After You've Been Cheated On

Do you think if someone's cheated, they'll cheat again? Or can people change?

We hash it out with your hot takes.

Once A Cheater, Always A Cheater?

It’s hard to know when a relationship has run it’s course - so when there’s nothing really wrong or really right, how can you trust your gut on what to do?

How To Know When You Should Break Up

How many years should you be in a relationship before knowing it’s going to be long term or for life? We get your hot takes on whether it's time wasted if you date without knowing what your future holds - or if time isn’t a good measurement at all.

When Should You Know They’re The One?

We catch up with comedian Blake Pavey to chat about how his girlfriend soft launched him, the awkward experience of getting his sperm checked and his advice to anyone thinking of dating a comedian (just don’t).

How Often Should You Be Messaging In The Talking Stage?

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