There was a time, back in the 70s, when my parents had a Memorial Day party every year.  It was their holiday.  All of the neighbors would come over for a barbeque.  One of the other neighbors had the 4th of July. And someone else had Labor Day, etc. They were basically block parties, I [...]

The other day I posted a really great comment thread and used it as the jumping off point for a post about being comfortable/happy being alone but still wanting a romantic partner.  If you haven’t read it yet, you should. There was a second theme in that thread (“toxic friendships and letting other people’s negative [...]

We’ve all heard the old Groucho Marx line, “I wouldn’t join any club that would have me as a member”. It’s funny. And maybe, not so funny. In the world of dating, it’s frequently true. I can’t tell you how many slightly (or not so slightly) overweight men and women I know who say they [...]

This is a post that started in the comment thread a couple of posts ago.  I asked the readers/commenters if it was OK for me to move the conversation here. And here we are: anny says: your birthday day sounded lovely! looking forward to your dating updates! just got back online myself… big sigh…online dating [...]

It’s been a little more than 3 months since I started to use Match and Chemistry (and stopped using OkCupid and nerve.com).  The time flew by, and to be honest, I haven’t made the most of my memberships.  I could have/should have spent more time working at it. Especially Chemistry, which really encourages members to [...]