Dating in NYC is a total swipe-out — could mom be the magic ingredient to turn our lagging love lives around?

Finding love in the big city is an exhausting hassle in 2026. 

Wading through the cesspool of narcissists and cheaters. Riding the emotional rollercoaster that is thinking you’ve hooked a catch only to find out the person is, in fact, a worm. Spinning around on the seemingly endless cycle of meeting potential partners, on apps or in-person, going on a few decent dates, then getting ghosted. It’s a chore. 

So, we — two single Post reporters tired of swiping right and left — figured, why not give the job to our moms? 

Not because these literal angels-on-Earth don’t already have enough on their plates — but because mothers truly know best.

That’s at least what we’d hoped to confirm upon handing over our online dating profiles to the ladies who gave us life. And with the concept currently trending, where young singles across the country are seeking the help of trusted family members — why not us?

For several weeks, our mothers swiped, sent “likes,” laughed, griped — all the things one does on the virtual quest for love (except for messaging with the guys, we took care of that) — hoping to beat the odds and find suitable lovebirds for their darling daughters in the concrete jungle, in time for Valentine’s Day.