Saturday’s Memoirs: Adventures in Bad Online Dates — Culture Crash
By Tiffany Moore When I used to live in New York we used to call corny guys “Square Bears”. I am sure the term “square” is still used everywhere and holds true to the same meaning. I have been through my phases just like everyone else. I am no stranger to the ex-con, the dope [...]
Thursday’s Thoughts From a Bartender: Mistletoe Etiquette
By Jack Elliot So we’ve made it. It’s that time of the year again. The time of snowmen, Christmas lights, sledding, presents, hot toddies, blizzards, airport departures and arrivals, mother-in-laws, awkward sweaters, driving through a blizzard to pick up your mother-in-law and her awkward sweaters at the airport, and perhaps most importantly, mistletoe. Ah yes, [...]
Sasha Speaks: Answering Your Most Personal Dating Questions — The Guy I’m Dating Has Not Asked Me to Thanksgiving Dinner?
11-22-10 Dear Sasha, I’ve been seeing this guy for 3 months, and we are pretty serious, to the point of spending at the very least 5 nights a week together. I’m pretty new to his hometown–he lives in NYC where he was born and raised–and all my family is back in Colorado. He knows I [...]
Thursday’s Thoughts From a Bartender: Making Out in Public
By Jack Elliot PDA. It doesn’t look so bad when you read it- just three simple letters minding their own business, respectfully keeping their appendages to themselves, and not really doing anything to disturb you. But when these letters are taken off the page and are brought into reality, they can get ugly real fast, [...]
Tuesday’s Topic: Global Dating Rituals
By Kari DePhillips Across the globe, people young and old engage in the elaborate social ritual known as “dating.” However, what that means can vary from country to country. As a result, it’s important to arm yourself with as much knowledge as possible – especially if you’re into accents. For example: In Britain, men are [...]
Thought’s on Getting Stood Up
By Nicholas Lynn When I think of the term “getting stood up” I instantly picture a single female, sitting alone in a restaurant at a dining table, awaiting the arrival of some male who committed to meeting her there with the promise of a good time (and a potential marriage no doubt) who never actually [...]
A Woman’s POV: How it Makes Me Feel When…. He Doesn’t Call
How it Makes Me Feel When He Doesn’t Call After Sex By Dani Katz It was purely carnal; we used each other’s bodies to get off and then discovered the chemistry wasn’t there, we didn’t fit quite right, or we loathed each other after we came. He didn’t call. Whew. I’m relieved to not have [...]
Tuesday’s Topic: Double Dating Dynamics
Double Dating Dynamics By Kari DePhillips You’ve heard or experienced blind date horror stories. You know, the time when you walked into the restaurant and the girl you were meeting had a thicker mustache than you. Or, the time when the new guy you had plans with decided to invite his mother. There was also [...]
Tuesday’s Topic: What Happened to Wooing?
By Kari DePhillips What happened to wooing? Two words: “Jersey Shore.” On a recent episode, the Situation was all a flutter (as “a flutter” as he can be) over a girl he just met in a Miami nightclub. As a way of sharing personal information the girl said, “I’m from Canada.” To which the Situation [...]
I did not wake up one morning and say “hey I think I’d like a man use my sweater like a towel, write a candid dating book, become a dating expert, the CEO and founder of a social dating site and have three blogs.”







