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Dating & Parenting by a Single Dad

Romantic Compatibility – On Paper

Posted on May 14th, 2009 | 27 comments

I recently had a first date with a woman who Chemistry.com told me I had romantic compatibility with. How well did they do? Granted, Chemistry’s romantic compatibility assessment was on paper. But I have to admit, they did pretty darn well.
Maybe too well.
Besides my date being attractive (a quality which has no dimension in Chemistry’s [...]

My Drunk Date

Posted on April 27th, 2009 | 26 comments

Just when I thought modern dating couldn’t get any worse, it goes and proves me wrong, ratcheting things down even lower.
I recently had a drunk date.
No, I wasn’t drunk. The woman was.
Before our date even started.
WTF?!
Look, I know two people can get tipsy on a date. A little laughter, a spilled martini, and pretty soon [...]

Some Text Messages Deserve a Truckers Salute

Posted on February 24th, 2009 | 31 comments

Remember the woman I met on craigslist who wanted to meet-up during the dinner hour at the most expensive restaurant in town for “drinks”?
We had used a combination of phone calls and text messages to try to sync up. Finally, she cancelled the whole thing, texting that she had a family commitment. A week later, [...]

Craigslist Dating for Women

Posted on October 23rd, 2008 | 20 comments

Think Craigslist dating is for low-lifes? Think again. A recent email from a Dad’s House female reader says it’s not only great, it’s ridiculously empowering. And I’m not at all surprised.
I’ve long been a proponent of Craigslist dating. While paid matchmaking sites might overall have higher quality clientele (though that’s an arguable point), the approach [...]

Online Dating Expectations

Posted on September 29th, 2008 | 46 comments

The single mom who dreamed about me, found my blog, and has been chatting with me ever since admits that she is nervous about meeting me in real life. (She’ll be in the Bay Area next week.) She’s never done the online dating thing. She doesn’t know what to expect.
That makes her the opposite of [...]

Craigslist Dating – Watch Out for Spam

Posted on September 9th, 2008 | 13 comments

Ah, Craigslist. That online Mecca of all things bartered and traded – tickets, bikes, furniture, jobs, apartment leases. And don’t forget dates.
Unlike traditional online dating sites like match.com or eHarmony, where you pimp yourself out through a descriptive profile, craigslist personals tend to be focused more on experiences. Who wants to grab coffee this morning? [...]

Where’s the Romance?

Posted on August 18th, 2008 | 25 comments

A reader recently asked, with so many booty call and one-night-stand posts on my blog, do I truly want to be in a relationship? Others have asked the same question, and so I’ve chosen to respond in this post.
First of all – I actually don’t write about booty all that often. Take a look [...]