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Stack dating' means squeezing or stacking multiple dates into a given day, sometimes back-to-back.

It can be a way to manage dating if you are very busy or just want to see as many people as possible.

It can take pressure off each date, allow you to compare different dates, and offer you dating practice.

On the other hand, it can be hard work, blur choices, and remove spontaneity and serendipity.

Want to go out on a date? Okay, how about Wednesday between 2:18 pm and 3:17 pm? Oh, and something just opened up on Thursday from 10:32 am to 11:15 am.

Welcome to "stack dating," which you may have heard about on social media or encountered in the dating world. It's when you try to squeeze or stack multiple dates into a given day, sometimes back-to-back. Rather than one date on a Friday night, you pack in three, four, seven, or even 10 different dates, depending on how early you start, how late you go, and what you might have in between. It's one way for daters to cope with this go-go-go world. The big question, though, is whether such an approach will stack the odds for or against your finding that special peanut butter for your jelly, that right Chip for your Dale, basically the right match for you?

How Stack Dating Could Help Your Dating

Some busy professionals may argue that stacking is the only way that they can go on enough dates. After all, if you've got only seven days a week, 24 hours a day, and a good chunk of each day is already spent sleeping, working, going to the bathroom, scrolling through social media, getting advice from AI, farting,........

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