Advice for dating, first impressions, and getting to know someone new.
My friend Renee called me at 7:15 on a Sunday morning in October. She was parked outside the farmers market with a cold coffee. Three days before that she had a date that ran almost four hours. He walked her to her car and hugged her twice. His last message said he was already looking … Read more
On a Thursday in October I texted the guy I was dating at 9:15 in the morning to ask how his interview went. He answered at 6:40 that night with one word, good. I spent those nine hours building an entire story out of nothing. By lunch I had decided he was losing interest, and … Read more
The small, unglamorous signs that told me I was actually ready to date again, and the one that finally convinced me.
The five signs of real interest I learned from one Tuesday coffee date, plus the one I still talk myself out of.
The early dating red flags I laughed off in a Portland wine bar, and the small test I use now to catch them sooner.
The first date conversation starters that actually get real stories back, learned over nine silent seconds at a coffee shop table.
