Dating & Relationship Tips

I recently had four dates with a very nice man, and then realized the dates were going nowhere and that I wasn’t even looking forward to them. I suspect he felt the exact same way. We didn’t have much of anything to talk about on our dates; his job is dry and dull and doesn’t [...]

Are you lamenting the fact that you can’t find anyone good in bars, lounges, and clubs? You’re not alone; I hear that all the time. It’s because those are among the worst places to look for a potential date. (If you’re looking for a hookup, however, they top of the list.) Looking there for good [...]

I get a lot of messages from people who’ve seen my profile at MySpace, Meetup, Friendster, and other social networking sites, and the majority of them are along these lines:

You can tell a lot about your date by the way your date treats waiters, homeless people, people of a lower social standing, old people, dogs, and so on. I keep an eagle eye on everything, but especially the way my date interacts with others and animals. If my date treats waiters as if they [...]

In my last post, I talked about subjects that men like to talk about on dates, subjects that women can bring up (and some they might avoid) to keep it so that both people aren’t staring at their hands or off into the distance with smoke coming out their ears, trying to think of something [...]

The old maxim that one mustn’t discuss religion or politics because they’re powderkeg subjects is especially important on a first date (or while attempting to get that first date) because chances are excellent that powderkeg will blow up in your face. Unless you’re at a political rally or in a church, where you can be [...]