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How Lying Helps Your Relationship
They say "honesty is the best policy," and this rings true in dating. But women accuse me of speaking too truthfully, believe it or not.
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What Makes Someone "Dating Material"?
Due to my lack of networking with women, I've painted myself as "non-dating" material. I didn't think anything made one guy more "dateable" than another.
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Is Chivalry A Dying Art?
One of my vivid childhood memories took place on a soccer field. When I was four or so, the soccer leagues were co-ed. In those days there was no method to the madness for us fledgling players. The ball would move and we'd all fo...
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Singles Yoga Classes: Match.Om
The twisted new way to meet men? Speed dating, yogi style. Alexa Stanard signs up for a downward-facing date.
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From Friend to Lover: Flirting 101
One night, my friend Melissa told us that she had a quandary with a guy who was coming out to meet her at the bar. Melissa and him were friends, but she couldn't figure out how to get it to the next level. Melissa's friends said "just flirt with hi...
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3 Little White Lies Men Should Always Tell
Features Call me crazy, but I find these kinds of lies endearing.
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A Cute Gesture, Or Total Insanity?
My friend went temporarily psycho a few weeks ago when her overseas love interest visited NYC from Denmark.
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Acting Like A Viking Got Me Rejected
Last weekend marked yet another futile effort at getting a date.
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Have You Ever Been Attracted by a Deal Sealer?
We've all heard of deal breakers. But the other day I was wondering if the opposite existed: The Deal Sealer. Do we sometimes go for someone because of a little perk? If someone is nice, funny, or intelligent, it can't be considered a deal sealer. It has to be something outside of personality. The classic Deal Sealer is money. It's a superficial perk, but sometimes it is enough for us to be attracted to someone. With a deal Deal Sealer, we convince ourselves that this person will become nice, smart or funny with time...or we are really pulling for them to do so.Is it possible to have that person grow on you beyond the appeal of their Deal Sealer perk? The vast majority of relationships based on a Deal Sealer will fizzle out. A fun perk can only last so long. Eventually, there needs to be some substance. Here are some Deal Sealers I've seen:
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Why I Never Should Have Given Him My Number
Dating Diary: The Wrong Call
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The Last One Standing
How To A couple of weeks ago, my high school reunion served as yet another reminder that I'm part of a dying breed: the single guy. My peers are all ahead of me, and I'm even being lapped by some. Unfortunately, my high sc...
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What the Guys I Date Don't Know
Born with a rare condition that left her body malformed, Carla Sosenko dates in dark places and dreads the big reveal.
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My Girlfriend's Secret Life as an Assassin
Jason P. Howe, a globe-trotting photographer, met his match in Marylin, a beautiful young woman with a shocking dark side.
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6 Post-Breakup Remedies
How To Going right out and meeting someone to get over an ex is not fair to you, or that new lover.
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Do You Like A Guy Who Cries?
I think it's OK for guys to cry. Even though it can push a girl away from time to time. I've only seen my dad cry once in my entire life.
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Do You Drunk Dial?
Why is it that when we get drunk, we turn our phones into weapons by drunk dialing?
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Do You Have a Prince Charming?
Rich's jadedness has not yet caused him to lose his hopes for romantic possibilities.
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Does He Have to Be Super Hot?
At first she was just confused: how could a really hot guy result in boring sex? Maybe it would get better as they got to know one another better. But it didn't get better.
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The Feminist Gold Digger
Smart Girls Marry Money: How Women Have Been Duped Into the Romantic Dream - And How They're Paying for It
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What's Irking You?
It would be impossible to co-exist with someone who did not irk you at some point.
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Have You Ever Lied to Appear More Attractive?
You want to have a good enough story to engage someone, but if you make it too good, they will be disappointed when it turns out to not be true.
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So, What's My Problem?
So, What's My Problem?
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Welcome to My Year of Living Flirtatiously
How the hell had I gotten so old? And how the hell was it that I was still so single?
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Have You Ever Been on the Rebound?
It occurred to me how dangerous it is for a woman if she's on the rebound in the dating world.
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The Ultimate Wing Man
Jake is responsible for some of the most brazen moves I've made.
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Skimming the Love Bibles
We read the new crop of self help relationship books so you don't have to.
