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When Online Dating Doesn’t Work, Use Your DNA

Posted on March 28th, 2008 | 10 comments

Dear David,
online dating isn’t working for me. I’ve tried different dating sites for over a year now, with no luck. Granted, I go on plenty of coffee dates, but I haven’t even come close to finding Mr. Right. Is it me, or am I correct in thinking internet dating doesn’t work? I need your advice! [...]

Kid-Friendly Companionship With Benefits

Posted on March 10th, 2008 | 9 comments

Warm weather has hit the Bay Area, and you’d think I’d have spring fever right now. Especially when a sexy ex-girlfriend lands back in my lap, eager to resume last summer’s torrid affair. What guy wouldn’t want to put and end to the madness of internet dating, get out of a too-small dating pool, steer [...]

Hooking Up – I Just Want To Be Your Lover

Posted on February 29th, 2008 | 8 comments

Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both, by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Laura Sessions Stepp gives a detailed look at the hookup culture that is permeating social scenes in American colleges and even some high schools.
Hooking up involves two people getting together for sex without commitment or attachment. Ms. Stepp suggests [...]