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Relationship Test – Who Picked the Wedding Cake?

Posted on July 2nd, 2009 | 26 comments

Whether you’re married or divorced, take this one question relationship test: who picked your wedding cake?
According to wedding planner Samantha Goldberg in an article she wrote for Cosmo, when the bride chooses the cake, it’s a sign she’s too controlling, and the couple may very well end up getting divorced.
The general concept sort of makes [...]

Chemistry.com Profile – Maybe More Kids?

Posted on June 30th, 2009 | 28 comments

I’ve been using Chemistry.com for about two months now. The compatibility matching service has netted me exactly one date. (Woo-hoo!)
Currently, there are ten women in some stage of the online matchmaking dance with me – interest shown, comparing relationship essentials, answering two questions, or emailing.
Some of these woman take a few days between responses, others [...]

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 [...]

Do Divorced Dads Need to Have More Kids to Find Love?

Posted on April 28th, 2009 | 42 comments

As a single father getting close to the empty nest years, I’m aware that unless I find a partner, I’ve got lonely times ahead. To help in my search for love, I recently joined Chemistry.com. (I know, I know – I hate online dating! But I did have some success with Chemistry.com years before. I [...]

Three Mathematicians Go Into a Bar…

Posted on March 12th, 2009 | 17 comments

Okay, so these three mathematicians go into a bar… Sounds like a good opening line for a joke, doesn’t it? Well, it kind of happened in real life. You see, the last three women I met and went on (separate) dates with all had a background in math.
What’s up with that!?
It’s not like I selected [...]

Relationship Compatibility

Posted on August 14th, 2008 | 14 comments

You just met a hot guy or gal, and you’re wondering if that person is right for you. There are tons of factors that come into play (tons here clearly means five or six):
• Are you physically attracted to each other?
• Do you share common interests?
• Do you share common values?
• Do you conversate (I [...]

Men Who Read and Cook – Sexy or Unmanly?

Posted on June 26th, 2008 | 45 comments

More than one person commenting on my Calling All Matchmakers post said that men who cook, read, and try tantric sex are perceived by women as unmanly. One came right out and said those behaviors are gay. No offense to homosexuals, but a man perceived as gay is assumed to date men – not women. [...]