Jen Brown's Bad Dates is a reader's heads-up. Brown tries to make sense out of the dysfunctional world of dating in today's app-enabled age. Her recital of near- and far-misses is an encyclopedia of the archetypes that have always posed and stalked and thrown up their hands in the search for love -- only now translated into the matches, swipes, and texts of 2026. Whole-heartedly committed need not apply, but for everyone else -- this is a chance to know you're not alone.