Qualify your potential dates before meeting
After dating now nearly 2 years, I've learned how to weed out many men who aren't good matches. Why meet and waste both our time? Men have to go through…
The singles’ life: swapping sexual favors for … dog sitting!
A former flame recently told me an old girlfriend, who ended their relationship extremely badly, asked if he'd take care of her dogs while she's on vacation. When he said…
Would you lie to get laid?
My friend Ian Percy pointed out that in Sue Pelletier's blog entry "What's your backstory?" she discusses the Dentyne "Happy Hunting" guide to help young men and women seem more…
Judging a guy by how well he … punctuates
I was chatting with my friend Jeff Rubin (The Newsletter Guy) about dating profiles and punctuation today. "Punctuation?" you ask. "That's a weird topic." Not to Jeff and other of…
Date turned out to be losing bet
While most daters can regale you with dates gone bad, I've been lucky enough to only have about 10% of my dates in this category. And even bad dates have…
No, I will not be dating your Harley
I am often amazed at the pictures guys post in their profiles. After nearly two years of online man shopping -- looking at profiles -- I shouldn't be surprised anymore.…
Breaking up is hard to do…right
In a recent NY Times article "Is It Over? Log on and See," journalist Melena Ryzik explores how many young people don't know their partner has broken up with them…
Dear Fido
This guy kept coming to the top of my matches on one of the dating sites, so after a few months I decided to initiate contact. But I did so…
Are you drawn to “Oscar” or “Felix”?
Do you like guys who are more Oscar-like or more like Felix? Recently, I got to test for myself. For 7 weeks I dated a guy who was a lot…
Broaching tough conversations
In talking with a married gal pal, we discussed how sometimes it is hard to bring up difficult issues to your mate. I shared that there were things in my…
Do you tend to your relationships the same as your plants?
While visiting a guy I'm dating, I had some free time as he was BBQing dinner. I noticed some of his patio plants needed a little cleaning up. I asked…