I think you can tell a lot about someone by the things and ways they celebrate. Birthdays are big reasons to celebrate.  My daughter's birthday is soon.  She wants to go to a big box, run around and scream really loud win tickets and stuffed animals' kind of place, but neither my wife nor I want to do this.  We would much prefer that she have 2 or 3 friends over to the house … [Read more...]

We all take dating way too seriously.  We rush it.  We’re impatient.  We force it.  We settle.  We’re afraid.  We’re exhilarated.  We quit.  We do nothing.  We repeat it all again.  We forget why we’re doing the damn thing to begin with. Can dating be totally brutal?  Can it be extremely uncomfortable and awkward?  Can it be completely ridiculous?  Of course…dating can and … [Read more...]

Dating qualifications. Everyone has them. Maybe you won’t date someone who smokes, or someone who doesn’t practice the same religion, or someone who isn’t at least five inches taller than you. Maybe you can’t date someone who doesn’t love The West Wing, or cheese, or spontaneous road trips. Or maybe you can’t date someone who doesn’t have Facebook and Twitter, because social … [Read more...]

First dates are already nerve racking enough…don’t sabotage the whole operation before it’s began.  Of course every individual has their own pet peeves’ and you certainly can’t, nor should you try, to please everyone.  But I thought I’d focus on some general pointers that if done…will pretty much guarantee a second date phone call will go straight to Voice Mail. Of course … [Read more...]