By Kelly Seal I got suckered into another Match.com subscription, falling for the good-looking guys I’d seen in the promotional email. But once I joined I didn’t hear from them. Instead, the balding late-forties divorcees were responding to my ad, with emails like: “I like ur pix. Wanna chat?” I guess it was too much […]

By Jess Downey – Not What I Ordered A few years ago I met a guy through speed dating. Our first two dates went pretty well. He was really sweet and we had a lot in common. And we were really attracted to each other. On our third date we decided to meet up for […]

By JocelynWentland, Sex Researcher A few years ago, my boyfriend surprised me with an afternoon date of horseback riding. I had convinced myself that we were going on a hot air balloon ride while en route so I was really surprised when we drove into horse stables. I’m no equestrian master (mistress?) or anything, but […]

By DatingALemon A girl on OKCupid messaged me. Well, first she winked at me; she then sent a message saying “you and I can get into a lot of trouble together.” She was 25 and a pre-school teacher. I’ve always had a thing for teachers, so this looked promising, the only problem was that she […]

(Disclaimer the typos, language, and spelling mistakes in the letter below have been left intentionally, and in the original context from Brianne.) By Brianne Sloan This is a letter that was written to me after a very bad date a couple years ago and I recently found it in my saved mail dated May 2006! […]

By Brianne Sloan FRIENDS! ROMANS!! COUNTRYMEN!!! (and all you crazy, madcap cyberspace sports fans!) Lend me your ears! I’ve got some serious bitching to do . . . About a week and a half ago, I started dating this abnormally beautiful man. I mean, this kid was a straight-up hunk, the kind of guy you […]

By JocelynWentland, Sex Researcher So with the advent of another year, how many people have un-retired their online mouse and returned to online dating or are making the big dive into online dating for the first time? I’m no mathemagician, but I’m sure many sites like Plenty of Fish or Lavalife see a new year’s […]

By Cougel I’ve had this conversation a lot lately, so I thought I’d commit it to paper (er, the web). What is wrong with the dating scene in New York? Is it me, or is true that (I quote friends),“Men in NY are retarded, or at best, weird?” I know men complain about the same […]

By Kelly Seal Like most online dates, I started this one with a mixture of excitement and dread. My success rate with dating websites was terrible, to say the least. I’d been out with alcoholics, egomaniacs, players, and even the occasional “life transition” candidate, which is another way of saying he wasn’t divorced yet, but […]

By Disasteronheels.com Last night I broke up with Benefit of the Doubt. It was ugly. We’ve been together for so long, it’s just so hard to let go. I mean we have so many memories together–like that time I found those girls’ numbers in his phone, and the time he forgot his credit card at […]