Ilana*, 24, who lives in New York City, met her boyfriend because he slid into her Instagram DMs. As the story goes, she listed her Instagram handle in her Bumble dating profile, and he found and ...

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Figuring out how to slide into DMs successfully is a tricky art. It takes a combination of etiquette, circumstance, and charm to pull off the move without seeming like a creep. Not all hope is lost, ...

It was back in 2016 when Yo Gotti first popularized the phrase, “It goes down in the DMs.” While some tech fads come and go, direct messages have continued to be one of the most happening areas of ...

The modern world of virtual and IRL dating has gotten so complicated that it can be hard to know the best time to make a move. Whether you've been eyeing a certain cutie in the office for months or ...

If you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment to slide into your crush’s DMs, now might not be the time. Unfortunately, the gods of Instagram can work in mysterious ways. People are reporting that ...

Sliding into somebody's DMs is no doubt a scary task. And if you don't know them at all, or you vaguely do but haven't messaged before, then it can be even more daunting. How do you start a ...