How Our Favorite Habits Can Blind Us to Romantic Opportunities

You’re loyal to what you like. Found the best coffee shop in town? Then that’s where you’re going for your caffeine hit. Got a certain band’s album on repeat? Then you’re going to see them in concert when they play in a city near you. You find the best lunch spot, or...

Be Friends with Your Man (Just Not All The Time)

Do you consider your partner a friend? You should. Sometimes. The French philosopher Jean de la Bruyere once said, “Love and friendship exclude each other.” This is a deep topic. I mean, think about what the average dating relationship is like. There are similarities...

3 Rules You Need to Know about Men

I can’t get away with saying that men aren’t complicated. Women don’t believe me. They’ve been on the receiving end of too many mystifying texts or communication blackouts. If men were simple, wouldn’t they say what they mean and cut the games? But if I said, “We guys...

Get Your Love Life Moving Faster by Setting Goals

There are two schools of thought when it comes to dating. School #1 says: “It will happen when it happens.” Don’t force things. Trust that it’s all happening perfectly. Pay attention to your intuition and surrender the rest. School #2 says: “You’ve got to MAKE it...

Why You Should Play the Long Game

Why You Should Play the Long Game Jennifer was sick and tired of being overlooked by men … and she wasn’t shy about letting me know it. “I could follow all the dating advice out there to the letter,” she complained, “and it wouldn’t do me as much good as liposuction....

What Romance Novels Can Teach You about Real Relationships

So I’m no expert on romance novels marketed to women. (You probably could have guessed that, right?) But I have read a few because it’s related to work I do. For me, the most fascinating part has nothing to do with the budding romance that inevitably swings into full...