An ex-social coach's tips and thoughts on women (and other guy stuff)
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I almost always decline offers to guest-post on my blog, usually because the writers are either too sleazy, too inexperienced or simply too unskilled. That’s right, Simon Cowell has nothing on me when it comes to being harsh on talent. But from reading his growing catalog of articles, I actually like what this kid has [...]
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It’s mailbag time, boys and girls! The question comes from a new friend of mine, SW of Philadelphia, who is wondering how to tell a woman he’s dated several times that he’s no longer interested, while letting her keep her dignity and letting him remain free of stab wounds. SW’s mini-crisis boils down like this, [...]
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I’m back from celebrating Rob’s 30th in New York, and I can cross the following off my bucket list: attending an underground party in a Brooklyn ghetto, first at a warehouse with half-naked women on a trapeze, then riding a school bus to a speakeasy. And I owe it all to the guy I coached [...]
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One of the many ways I’ve taught guys has involved age — factoring how old the guy is along with the age of women he’s trying to meet. Sometimes, it makes the difference between happy dating and tragic dating; sometimes, it doesn’t matter at all. I’ll do a little breakdown in this post, but I’ll say it [...]
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I promised to occasionally sprinkle some sugar on my nutritious postings, and as I prepare to be the best man at my friend’s wedding this weekend, I thought I’d give you a former student’s encouraging story. I hope you’ll see that breakthroughs in dating don’t often come in an instant burst of glory. Sometimes it’s a modest flash of accomplishment in between struggles. Mike was in his [...]
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For today’s show, we have DJ Rob taking a request from our faithful reader Erich. The question reads like this: “I’d like to suggest a future blog post for you GK and Rob to discuss. The differences you’ve noticed between a woman that needs to be pursued for a longer period of time before she [...]
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They say that in advertising, we are the product. At least that’s what Don Draper said in one episode. This is all the more true when it comes to writing an online-dating profile, when we must do what many of us despise: sell ourselves. I don’t think a man’s written profile is the most important [...]
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As part of Online Dating Month, I’m linking to a site I’ve studied since beginning my little Match.com experiment. OK Cupid, a free dating site, maintains a blog updated with compelling, if not bulletproof, statistics about what its users find attractive. You can question how they compile their data, and my analytical friends have, but it’s a match made in heaven [...]
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