Real stories about dating and relationships in New York City. Truth is more interesting than fiction.

Archive for May, 2009

You Can’t Go Back

I’ll admit it.  The main reason I went out with the guy I went out with tonight is because he reminded me of my first love.  He looks a bit like him and they’re from the same place and, well, there are other similarities. It took me about 3 minutes to realize that those similarities [...]

Friends and Lovers

This week we’re fortunate to have another story from Pipeline. “She was probably one of my best friends, someone I could talk to about almost anything, someone who would take my side no matter what (in Alaska we measure friends by who has our back in a bar fight), and someone I loved and cared [...]

What’s A Girl To Do?

I think I already know the answer to this, but maybe I’m wrong.  I’m wrong a lot. I have a lot of different online profiles, with a few different online services.  The one thing that they all have in common (other than that they all describe me in one way or another and they all [...]

I’d Rather Be Wrong

A couple of weeks ago I wrote that I knew it was going to be harder for me to date at 39.  Well, it’s started to happen.  I unhid my nerve.com profile the day after my birthday.  This is an old account for me, although I update it every time I unhide it with new [...]

Top 3 Things I Learned In Dating Bootcamp (for real)

I’ve been having some fun, both here and on Twitter, poking fun at the Dating Bootcamp I attended for the past two weeks. I’m still a little shocked I was invited to attend.  I mean, I get they wanted dating bloggers but I am so totally opposed to the whole dating advice industry that I [...]