Love

It’s official. The New York Times has printed it. “Hooking up is here to stay.” Dating is endangered. Per usual, they’re 3-4 years late. The writer no doubt means well. He just wants to sound the alarm that hooking up is not a trend or blip or fluke, but now a deeply embedded cultural norm. They have scientists testing it. It’s really happening people. Dating …

I recently met a girl with a pretty incredible “how we met” story. And that’s coming from me. It all started because she needed to sublet one bedroom of the three-bedroom she lived in. So she did what any New Yorker would do – she posted it on Craiglist. (For my foreign friends – Craiglists is like the phone book on crack — online ,except in …

I realize that without proper testing of theories discussed here within, this blog would be worthless. And so: I went to a house party this past weekend and met 8, maybe 10 men. Endless factors present at the event contributed to my meeting these men in a non-awkward way. People flat-out introduced me to them. They flat-out introduced themselves to me. The degree to which …

“So there’s this blog post I need you to write.” says one male friend over gchat last week. “Need me to write?,” I say, “Wow – what’s the issue.” “I mean not need like so I can make something happen. It’s just I think it should be said.” “Alright,” I say, “lay it on me.” “Okay. I want you to write about how sometimes you …

I’m sure I’ve touch on this before, but I want to be sure we’re all clear. A well-executed sexy eye is among the most effective means to begin communication in a bar or like setting. This has been extensively tested. While the sexy eye is a very personal thing, it should run exactly the same in most North American circumstances: Eye lock on the subject …

I have this theory that a lot of people disagree with. I think that if a relationship doesn’t go anywhere in three months, it probably never will. Bold statement, but hear me out. You meet someone you think you really click with. You go on a first date, which you think goes pretty well. You go on a second date, which you also think goes …

Subject: Please don’t sue your dry cleaner, Anna Hey Matt, So our mutual dry cleaner, Anna, has been on my case about the fact that we should meet. Apparently you are “nicest guy” and she seems to think I am “nicest girl” and therefore, in her mind, we should know each other. The other day she gave me your business card from a stack you …

I now have six ways of contacting Matt. I could call him, email him, friend him, or stop by his place of business. It’s too much.Two days ago he was a figment of my dry cleaner’s money-making imagination. Today he is a guy of like age and location (street, to be exact), with similar interests (30 Rock!), an admirable occupation (my company buys what his …

With business card in hand I do what any normal citizen of the 21st century would do. I Internet stalk the shit out of him. First stop: Facebook As you (should) know, a Facebook search can be incredibly fruitful or painfully dead-end. With a name like Matt _________ chances of multiples are high. Narrowing by network could work, plus Matt’s cell is included on his …

Hey there, This may seem somewhat confusing and definitely selfish. See, I know that you don’t really know how much I like _________. You’re not around when I see if there are any new photos on his flickr account or if girls he recently friended start writing on his wall. I don’t think you were there the night I got drunk and told everyone at …