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

How About We Have Some Fun (Part Deux)

So remember when I gushed about the dating site HowAboutWe.com and told you about my upcoming date? It was quick, easy, painless and I was totally looking forward to it! Well, the best laid plans… I’d met this guy on HowAboutWe and we quickly hit it off (he liked my date suggestion, I liked his, [...]

How About We Have Some FUN!!!

You want to know the #1 difference between HowAboutWe.com and ALL those other online dating sites? It’s not the way it’s based on date ideas (which I love) or that it takes about 1/5th the amount of time to set up your profile (also awesome). Or even the fact that there seem to be fewer losers on [...]

Dating Perfection: When the Resume is perfect but you can’t get that lovin’ feelin’

Get ready for another fab guest post! This week’s guest post is from Marrie, from the site Dirty in Public. Dating Perfection: When the Resume is perfect but you can’t get that lovin’ feelin’ His Match profile was dating perfection, a complete résumé with everything I could want. So, why couldn’t I get that lovin’ feelin’? [...]

and the Bad Dates…

I had a post all set and ready to go for today. It just needed a bit of polishing… And then I read The Big Girl Blog’s post this morning and she totally inspired me to write this. Her post was called, How to Deal with Rejection. An important topic for any dater (or human [...]

It’s a Small World

I was on a date. A first date. With a guy I met online. From the moment we met, he looked vaguely familiar. Not from his photos, but as if we’d met before. He looked like his photos. But he didn’t seem familiar in the photos. Go figure. It hit me about 15 minutes in. [...]