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

LIES

I was asked recently, “Hey [RealName], what’s with the name of your blog? Why is it Sex, Lies and Dating in the City”? There were a few ways I could’ve answered. Two of the most memorable shows/movies with ‘sex’ in the title were Sex, Lies and Videotape and Sex and The City and I just [...]

Fun Ride

I just came in from a walk.  While I was out I was listening to Broken English on my iphone. I have a deep and abiding affection for Marianne Faithful.  The Ballad of Lucy Jordan has been one of my favorite songs for years and today I found myself singing along and replaying it over [...]

Hierarchy

Writing in response to my Circling Back Around entry a few days back, cjwss suggested that I come up with some kind of hierarchy of categories, as right now I am assessing every guy I go out with as an applicant for future life partner status. So first, some clarification from me.  I absolutely am looking [...]

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I’m overdue, I know.  I promised a follow up to those great comments of yours days ago.  No excuses.  I’ve been busy.  Who isn’t? Anyway, before I get into that I just wanted to give you all a brief update on things with The Writer and the man I went out with on Thursday night. [...]

Back in the Saddle (loosely speaking)

Just walked in from a perfectly pleasant date (no snark in that comment, btw). I am reasonably certain that there’ll be a second one. He’s exactly the guy I was looking for 15 years ago. Physically and in a lot of other ways too. In fact, he reminds me a lot of some of the [...]