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

Overheard in New York

Three guys walking down the street on a hot Saturday afternoon. One guy is saying loudly to the two others,  “I don’t get it.  I spent like fifty dollars on lunch.  I did everything right.  And she hasn’t said thank you.  That was days ago.” One of the other guys, “What a bitch”. How much [...]

Bad Day

I think it’s safe to say that I was kind of out of mind when I posted last night.  I hadn’t slept the night before and had been acting somewhat irrationally all day.* I didn’t think about the consequences of my actions.  I was just exhausted and wanted to do something, anything, to make the [...]

Welcome and Thank you

Gosh, I’ve been so busy lately with other things and with, well quite frankly, just trying to stay healthy enough to keep things going that I haven’t taken the time to say hello and welcome to all of my new readers.  I’ve been noticing lots of new folks popping up on my statcounter.  All of [...]

Let’s Ask the Experts

Thursday I got a DM from one of my Twitter friends, @TranqJones.  It was a link to this completely mesmerizing and frightening interview with a well know matchmaker. I watched the whole thing in one sitting.  Janis Spindel, the matchmaker, is supposedly one of the top matchmakers in the country.  She’s also scary as hell.  [...]

Thank You All

Thank you to everyone for sharing your kind thoughts, well wishes and personal stories – both here and on Twitter.  I was truly touched by it all and yes, it did help.  A lot. I was in a dark place yesterday.  Trying not to be.  But I was. I prefer to not spend too much [...]