Plan The Perfect Valentine’s Day

"Gas station roses and a Whitman's sampler does NOT mean you get anal!"

I don’t like Valentine’s Day. Frankly I never have. Whether it was the weird socio-political status games played by children in grade-school to the modern day celebration of romantic love through commercial excess, whether I was single or in a relationship, Valentine’s Day has been one of my least favorite holidays. In fact, more often than [...]

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Make A Move

Thanks for taking my question Doc. My question concerns whether to compete, and if so, how to compete, for a woman’s attention with another guy. As background, I’m 28 and have been without a relationship/or any meaningful dating activity for about two years. Besides a great relationship that lasted a couple years, I have never [...]

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Somebody To Love

Hey Doc, I have a couple of odd little problems that you might be able to help me out with. I’m a college senior in a good small school in a big American city.   I’m a classic geek (D&D, Magic the Gathering, Firefly, indie games, comic books, anime, hell, even LARP– I’ve done them all) [...]

Dating For Introverts

"♪ Words are very unnecessary... ♬" "That is so not what I meant by 'enjoy the silence'."

I give a lot of advice on going out and meeting people that involves going out and being as social as possible, which is great if you’re naturally an outgoing person (or willing to fake it). Sure, it’s relatively simple to meet strangers at parties and bars… if you’re the sort of person who thrives on [...]

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Take Responsibility

Your new life coach...

I’ve talked a little before about how my life was back in the bad old days when my idea of wooing a woman was to follow her around like a newly hatched gosling in the hopes that she might somehow turn around and see all the amazingness I had to offer. I had all sorts of [...]