Dating Life

Porn Free
by Gwen Cooper
My name is Gwen Cooper. I consider myself a feminist and am, in fact, a dues-paying member of NOW. And, once upon a time, I dated a pornographer....READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (3)

Primed for the Perfect Date
by Nicholas Allen
So tonight's the Thursday-night date I've been prepping for all week. I sometimes think women think they're the only ones who freak out as a date they've been looking forward...READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (3)

Taxicab Confessions
by Gwen Cooper
If you live in New York long enough, you'll find that you rack up your fair share of interesting encounters with cab drivers over the years. I've had cab drivers...READ MORE

Over-Thinking Thursday Night
by Nicholas Allen
I think I inadvertently offended a woman I recently asked out on a first date, not by the manner in which I asked her out or the itinerary I proposed...READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (1)

Hell in the Hamptons
by Gwen Cooper
Once you've more or less officially become part of a couple, eventually you start looking for couple friends. Spending time as a couple with your single friends is usually innocuous...READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (3)

The Breast and Brightest
by Nicholas Allen
We have the lovely and charming commenter Angela to thank for today's blog entry, dedicated to the subject of real versus fake breasts, and how the average man on the...READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (3)

Summer Daze
by Gwen Cooper
Having spent the last few blogs dwelling on relationship negatives (i.e. the decidedly unromantic ways many of them end), it seems appropriate now to return to the decidedly more optimistic...READ MORE

Why Men Don't Call
by Nicholas Allen
Most of the women I know have, at one time or another, raised their perfectly manicured fists to the heavens, demanding to know: "Why doesn't he call?!" They have...READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (2)

From the Breakup Archives, Part 2
by Gwen Cooper
Michael was a guy I dated years ago, back when I still lived in Miami. We met through a poetry group I had joined. I was 27; Michael was 47...READ MORE

The Last of Lana
by Nicholas Allen
I'm not the kind of guy who has a long list of turn-offs when it comes to women. In terms of physical preferences, I do tend to go for the...READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (4)

One Too Many?
by Nicholas Allen
I make it a policy never to drink too much on a first date. I should probably clarify that I make it a policy never to drink too much, period....READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (2)

From the Breakup Archives
by Gwen Cooper
I was speaking to somebody recently on the subject of breaking up. For most people, the break-up is, of course, the least pleasant part of a relationship--and the manner in...READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (3)

Cell Shocked
by Nicholas Allen
I'm not really a cell-phone kind of a guy. Don't get me wrong, I have one. My parents, who are getting on in years, insisted on that a while back....READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (2)

"And Special Thanks Go To...."
by Gwen Cooper
My agent called yesterday with the news that my novel has officially gone into a second printing. This essentially means that the original number of books my publisher anticipated would...READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (4)

Checks and Balances
by Nicholas Allen
I'm a single, heterosexual male in his late thirties with a good job and an honest desire to meet The Right Woman. I'm culturally literate but still an avid sports...READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (3)

Clear Signals
by Gwen Cooper
I've been counseling a male friend--the one I wrote about a couple of weeks back--through his recent dating adventures. My friend has recently gotten out of an eight-year relationship and,...READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (1)

Oh, Baby
by Gwen Cooper
My mother called last night, and I got another round of her bi-monthly, "When am I going to be a grandmother?" speech. To my mother, of course, childbearing is preceded...READ MORE

The Rules
by Simone Westfall
This will be my swan song, because I need to move on to other projects and it seemed time to bring on a new blogger--a guy, no less!--who can give...READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (1)

The Truth About Bad Boys
by Gwen Cooper
As a sort of epilogue to my "Romancing the Con" tale of the last few posts, I wanted to address the question that kept coming up on the comment boards...READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (1)

Men Looking at Women
by Simone Westfall
It's suddenly full-blown summer here in greater Gotham--sunny days and sultry nights--and that means the ladies of all ages are out in force in their scanty hot-weather finery. Tank tops,...READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (4)

Romancing the Con, Part 4
by Gwen Cooper
Before wrapping up the story of Jason, it occurs to me that I should add some final details that might answer the question: "No, seriously--why did it take you so...READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (2)

Romancing the Con, Part 3
by Gwen Cooper
As I said, the next few weeks passed by more or less peacefully. Jason was sweet and attentive, Svetlana made no more late-night phone calls, and everything seemed to be...READ MORE  |  COMMENTS (3)