Dating for lazy people
"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." Norma Desmond's line from "Sunset Boulevard" takes on new meaning now that we have online video speed dating thanks to SpeedDate.com.…
Social-circle accountability — a missing link in online dating
We've heard -- and sometimes experienced -- the horror stories of midlife dating. When we think that middle-aged men and women should behave like adults they flummox us with their…
Let the games begin
As I respond to an interesting potential suitor's email today, I hear myself saying the command heard at the start of the Olympics. I'm don't like to think of dating…
The dangers of IM flirting
I'm told some people found the love of their life through an online dating chat room. Others have shared they got to know they beloved long distance through IMs. While…
Guys: Need your help translating
Gentleman readers: On behalf of my women readers, I want to offer my last date as a case study. I need your help translating this message. Yesterday's posting talked about…
Is your sense of humor stunting your dating?
In many online profiles, both genders say they want a mate who possess a good sense of humor. But what really does that mean? For many, it means the man…
My dating site “friends”
"He looks so familiar," I think, looking at the man in front of me at the coffee counter. "How might I know him?" My internal search engine Googled my mind…
The dating profile fudge factor
I may have led you astray. In "You are (probably) more attractive than you think you are!," I based my comments on the observation that most midlife women I know…
Euphemisms R us
In dating profiles common phrases are used that are really euphemisms -- nice ways to say what isn't totally true. While I know you'd never use any of these duplicitously,…
Making the rounds
I feel like a doctor making her hospital rounds checking on patients. But instead of looking in on Mr. Hernandez after his gallbladder surgery, or Mrs. Fukumoto after her hemorrhoid…
Marketing 101 for dating
Today I was strolling down the fresh men aisle at my favorite dating site. No one was enticing enough to pick off the shelf and examine more closely. I wasn't…