Dad’s House

Dating & Parenting by a Single Dad

Nude in Chains (An Actual Date)

Posted on November 6th, 2008 | 36 comments

The buxom blonde and I met by exchanging glances in a coffee house the week before. At the time, I was chatting with a buddy and she was talking with two girlfriends. To my delight, after I left, she approached my buddy and asked for my contact info. (I might have approached her, but it [...]

What’s More Natural Than Nature? – Confessions of a Serial Online Dater, part 3

Posted on May 20th, 2008 | 61 comments

Want to go on a hike?
The question seemed innocuous enough, or so I thought when I emailed it to Nature Girl, a woman I met on Yahoo personals. We had passed the initial stages of online romance with flying colors:
• We liked each other’s photos – and we trusted they were recent and accurate (i.e. not [...]

An Online Dating Success Story

Posted on April 22nd, 2008 | 7 comments

Who says online dating doesn’t work? I admit, I was one of the nay-sayers. In eight years of divorce, I tried some of the most popular online dating sites – match.com, yahoo personals, eharmony, chemistry.com, salon.com, nerve.com, everything but matchmaking by DNA. The experience left me jilted. I became wary of online dating expert advice [...]

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 [...]

Internet dating – sadly, I’m a bit of an expert

Posted on February 15th, 2008 | 13 comments

In eight years of divorce, I’ve browsed thousands of profiles and met hundreds of women through various dating sites like match.com, salon.com, chemistry.com, eHarmony, and craigslist, making me a bit of an internet dating expert. First dates covered a range of activities, including meeting for coffee, cocktails, hiking, cycling, dinner, museums, and even the occasional [...]