“You’re making this awkward.” This was how the date ended. It was the 11th of September and we agreed to meet at a cocktail bar. I arrived first, sat at the bar and looked through the menu. The bartender was your typical neo-Brooklyn-ite – a slight Ohio accent, facial hair that only made sense in […]

I’ve had my share of dates where women will complain that only gay men are available to date. “There’s no straight men left.” And more than once I’ve taken this as a verbal clue to prove them wrong. Thank you gay men for being in such supply that a large number of straight women think […]

Before I was ready to quit online dating the second time around, still waiting to quit the third time, I scheduled one last date. She had the look I liked, a career, and she agreed to meet for drinks. We met at a hipster type bar on a Tuesday. Popcorn, bad beer on tap, a […]

On my dating profile I listed bread and olive oil as two things I like. This pedestrian interest attracted one woman that agreed to go out with me. I met her at a wine bar. I’ve been told that within seconds a woman knows whether or not she’ll have sex with a guy. Within seconds I […]

From time to time one of these unanswered intro letters results in a date.  Here is the recap of one date. She was some flavor of Latin. Her profile pictures were out of focus. I thought she was being artistic. Nope. In real life she was blurry. I wasn’t drunk when we met. Was it […]