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

A Wink? Is That the Best You Can Do?

I’m not a big fan of winks. For those of you who don’t speak online dating, members of any given site can wink at one another.  A wink is a low commitment way of telling someone you’re interested.  They’re always free (some sites charge per message) and require very little effort.  All you need to [...]

And Now For Something Completely Different

Me, me, me, me, me, me.  That’s all you ever hear about it.  I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty sick of it. I thought it would be cool to start to dedicate one day a week to a different voice, a different point of view.  And I thought that it would be especially [...]

Short and Sweet

Last night’s date with The GrownUP was fun.  He and I get along really well.  Nonstop smiling and laughing.  We’re like old friends. And yet there doesn’t seem to be any romantic/sexual chemistry between us.  No spark. Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t think so.  I’ve been down this road before. Too many times.  FUCK!!!  I’ve [...]

10 dates in 3 weeks

I have a date in a few hours, nothing big, just a late afternoon coffee break. This will be my tenth first day in three weeks. I want to be clear here, this is nowhere near a record for me. I can recall hitting 5 first dates a week for a month solid a few [...]