Love that gets your family, your faith, your roots

Some things are hard to explain on a first date: why Friday night is family night, why you won't be ordering wine, why your mum will want to know their surname. Just Singles is for people who would rather not have to explain, or who want someone curious enough to ask.

Joining, writing a profile and browsing are free. When you find someone you want to talk to, a membership lets you read and reply to messages. The part of your profile that matters most is what you write yourself: what your culture and faith look like day to day, and what you hope a partner will share or respect. How it works walks through each step.

For some people that question comes before the first date; for others, only once it's serious. Families differ, generations differ, and the person you're seeing may have a very different family from yours. Our guides look at how introductions work in different traditions, how to introduce a partner to your family, and what it's like dating as the child of immigrants when your parents' hopes and your own don't line up.

• Finding singles events in your culture or faith communityWhere to find culture and faith singles events, what to check before buying a ticket, and how to go alone and stay safe.
• Dating across cultures: the conversations worth having earlyThe conversations that help couples from different cultures: family, money, faith, food, language, home and children.
• Romance scams that target diaspora communities, and how to report themThe romance scams that target people with family overseas, the warning signs, and where to report them in the UK and US.
• Festivals and dating: sharing the days that matter to youHow to date around Ramadan, Diwali, Christmas, Lunar New Year, Pesach and other festivals, and share them with someone new.
• Planning a date around halal, kosher, vegetarian or alcohol-free choicesHow to plan dates that suit halal, kosher, vegetarian, Jain and alcohol-free diets, with ideas and hidden ingredients to watch for.
• Interfaith relationships: questions to talk through earlyThe questions interfaith couples should talk through early: practice, conversion, the wedding and the law, children, festivals and family.
• Introducing a partner to your family across cultures and generationsHow to plan, prepare for and recover from introducing a partner to a family that may expect someone different.
• Dating when you don't share a first languageHow couples with different first languages avoid misunderstandings, argue fairly, use translation tools and learn each other's language.
• Long-distance relationships when your families live in different countriesHow couples across countries stay close, meet safely for the first time, handle visas and money, and decide where to live.
• Writing a dating profile that says what culture and faith mean to youHow to write a dating profile that shows what your culture and faith mean to you, with example lines for different backgrounds.
• Raising children across two cultures and faithsThe questions couples should agree before raising children across two cultures or faiths: names, faith, language, festivals, schools, identity.
• Dating as a second-generation child of immigrantsHow children of immigrants handle dating between two cultures: parents' hopes, secrecy, identity and finding someone who gets both.
• How to talk about religion in the first few datesHow to bring up faith in the first few dates: what to say, what to ask, what to avoid and what to do if you disagree.

A guide about someone's family and faith should sound like it understands that family, not like an outsider explaining a stereotype. Every fact we state links to its primary source, such as a government department, regulator or official helpline. No guide on this site has yet been reviewed by a named community reviewer; when one is, the reviewer's name will be added to it. Our editorial policy sets out the rules, and if you think we've got something wrong, the contact page explains how to tell us.

Romance scammers borrow the details of real lives. If your family is spread across countries, a story about a visa fee, a relative in hospital back home or a ticket to come and meet you will sound normal. So will a friendly tip about an investment that has "done well for my cousin". The rule that protects you is simple: don't send money, gift cards or crypto to someone you haven't met in person.

In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, report scams to Report Fraud on 0300 123 2040; in Scotland, call Police Scotland on 101. In the US, report to the FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. Our guide to romance scams that target diaspora communities goes through the common stories, and the safety page covers the warning signs, safer first dates and who to call, and explains what Just Singles checks: every photo is reviewed, but what members write about themselves is not.