COVID Chronicles: Why Matchmakers’ Like Video Dating
You might think a viral pandemic would really get a matchmaker down. And for a moment, I was concerned. Let’s face it, nothing spells trouble in the romance business like a contagious virus…
Dating
Dating advice for those who are thinking about getting back into dating or have just recently started doing so. These articles will help you navigate through these early stages of your dating journey, ultimately leading to relationship success.
Ask Aly: “There must be something wrong with me.”
But, it’s not a matter of if bad things will happen, it’s a matter of when. If staying motivated in the quest for love is a struggle…
Valentine’s Survival Guide
It’s not sunshine and exchanging sweet cards to everyone in class anymore. You’re an adult, and it’s Valentine’s Day…
Meet Cute: Wine Bars & Grocery Guys
Professional Match Recruiter, Evyenia Trembois, is on a quest to find the best locales to meet in-real-life…
The Heart Beat: Antidote to Online Dating
Does it shock you to learn that an estimated 85% of online dating profiles are inaccurate? If you’ve been dating online, probably not. If you haven’t, it probably makes you wonder – yet again – why so many people trust their love lives to the impersonal, unpredictable algorithms of cyberspace social. If it’s hard to “judge a person by a profile” in the first place, and most people are lying in the profiles or posting 10-year old photos on top of that, then… what’s the point, right? I don’t know of a single person (pun intended) on a dating site who hasn’t experienced that appallingly awkward moment when they approach their intended date-in-the-flesh for the first time, and realize…
Should You Be Alone Under The Mistletoe?
If you’re a dater, or in a newish relationship, the holiday social circuit poses a certain dilemma: To bring the new guy/gal or not to bring. Should you bring a plus one who isn’t your regular squeeze or committed partner to “your” holiday events?…
The Best Advice I Can Give You
This week I’m going to keep it short, but sweet. I’m often asked for dating tips and pointers–no matter the exact topic of discussion the “meat” of my return message seems to boil down to one thing…
The Heart Beat: To Date or To Wait
Should the cooling off period vary relative to the length of the relationship, or the severity or trauma of the break up — or is everyone different, and there’s just no empirical way to know how long one should wait…
Delist Your Love Life
There is a common myth frequently harbored by those seeking love: it’s dangerous, it’s misleading, and it masquerades itself as discernment. This article is for every one of you who’ve declared: “I know what I want.” Well…no, you don’t…
Offline Dating
Watch Tom try to find a date… offline. Life is a social game, yet today, personal contact is shared most commonly through virtual means. The screen of a phone, tablet or computer are the secretaries of our personal lives. Directed by Samuel Abrahams, the short documentary “Offline Dating” is a refreshing look at relationships from the outside of the virtual world, told through the story of one brave soul trying to find a date the old-fashioned way…
12 Things You Need to Know About Dating in Your 20s (2024)
Dating can be tricky at any age, but dating in your 20s, in particular, can bring its fair share of highs and lows. After all, this is a point in many people’s lives when they experience freedom for the first time, as they’re beginning to navigate the world on their own. With this comes all […]
Finding Compatibilities: Similarities Bond or Opposites Attract
Professional matchmaker Aki Murata shares her expert model of relationship compatibility explained through a discussion of core values, interests, and habits in our relationships…
