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The Apple Store – Best Place for Singles to Meet?

Posted on March 3rd, 2008 | 4 comments

A recent Cosmopolitan article suggests the Apple Store as the top hot spot for single women to find a single man. Really? I only shop at the Apple Store once or twice a year, and when I do I’m a typical guy shopper – head into the store knowing exactly what I want, make the [...]

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 [...]

Is the Dating Pool Really That Small?

Posted on February 27th, 2008 | 9 comments

I was drinking sangria at the bar of Cascal, a local tapas restaurant, when an attractive woman and her date sat down beside me. It took a moment to catch her eye, at which point I couldn’t help but flash a wry smile. No, I wasn’t hitting on her, trying to flirt when her date [...]