Simplified Dating

"Hey it's me. I know we just said good night but I was wondering... how soon do you think is TOO soon to talk about being exclusive?"

Pardon me while I drop something painfully obvious on you: Dating is complicated. Now, before you roll your eyes at me and reach for the “back” button on your browser, let me explain where I’m going with this. The components of dating – where to meet people, how to get to know them off a [...]

The Power of Expressiveness

"Sure, I'd love to see you again..."

It’s an old cliche that 90% of communication is non-verbal, but it’s true. So much of how we communicate intent and meaning to others is through our actions and our body language rather than our words. What you say and how you say it are two different things; in fact, tone and expression can  alter [...]

The Value of Field Experience

"At least you'll never leave me, Internet Pornography..."

When this goes up, I’ll be a guest at AggieCon 44 - my second con as a dating advice professional, giving a talk to attendees about dating for nerds, and it’s been giving me some time to think. I’ve been writing this blog for going on two years now. There’re nearly 400 articles, posts and occasional snarky asides [...]

Doing The Work

I will say that it didn't hurt that it made me feel a little Dougie Howser at times...

I’ve been getting into running lately. I signed up to run in the Run for Your Life Zombie 5k on a lark and over the course of training for it, I discovered that I really enjoy running. When I started talking to my brother – who races in triathalons for fun – about this, he started telling [...]

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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