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How to write a Two Truths and a Lie nobody catches
The craft guide: why your lie gets caught, the boring-lie principle, and the truths that do the real work.
8/20/2026 · 2 min read
Long-distance date nights that don't feel like a status call
Nine remote dates with actual structure — because "how was your day" over video is a meeting, not a date.
8/20/2026 · 2 min read
The first-week playbook: from match to first reveal
A day-by-day guide for the first seven days after you match with someone — built around games, so nobody has to carry the chat.
8/20/2026 · 2 min read
Champagne or espresso martini: where our players actually split
Early data from the GWP question bank — the questions that divide rooms cleanly in half, and why those are the ones worth asking.
8/20/2026 · 1 min read
37 openers that get replies, from our AI matchmakers
Vera, Miles and Juno — the three AI matchmakers who help write GWP's decks — on what to send instead of "hey".
8/20/2026 · 2 min read
24 date ideas that are actually cute (not just "drinks?")
A season-proof list — big-effort, zero-budget, stay-in, and go-out — sorted by how much planning you can be bothered to do.
8/20/2026 · 2 min read
Matches don't die on the date. They die at "hey."
The funnel every dating app ignores: most matches never survive the first exchange. That's a design problem, not a chemistry problem.
8/20/2026 · 1 min read
The state of dating, 2026: everyone is exhausted, and it's fixable
Four out of five app users report dating fatigue. Here's what the industry data actually says — and what's replacing the swipe.
8/20/2026 · 2 min read
Conversation debt: why texting fizzles
Every unanswered thread costs more energy to reopen than it did to ignore. The economics of fizzling, and the cheap way out.
8/18/2026 · 2 min read
Why we built games instead of another chat app
Matching is a solved problem. What happens after the match isn't. A note on why GWP looks the way it does.
8/18/2026 · 2 min read
The first 48 hours after a match
Most matches die quietly in two days. Not from rejection — from small talk. Here's what the survivors do differently.
8/18/2026 · 2 min read
Matching is solved. Conversation isn't.
Why we built a game library instead of another algorithm.
8/17/2026 · 1 min read
Reading about it is the slow way.
30+ two-player games. You answer, you guess each other, the reveal starts the talking.
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