It's one thing to hear dating coaches tell you how to behave to land the man of your dreams -- it's even more compelling when such wisdom comes from the mouths of dreamy men themselves. That's what I took away from three recent interviews with some of the...

The Rules co-authors Ellen Fein & Sherrie Schneider are big fans of Carrie Underwood. They cheered as Underwood's career took off - yet cringed as the diva's dating life floundered. News of Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl) dumping Underwood via text in April of 2008 was the last straw:...

Bethenny Getting Married? star Bethenny Frankel knows how to pursue her dreams -- becoming a business tycoon, best-selling author, and reality TV phenomenon.  But when this high-powered entrepreneur met Jason Hoppy, she let HIM pursue HER -- and as a result, realized another dream: marriage to a...

No one could be more unforgettably gorgeous and stylish than starlet Kate Hudson -- so why do her boyfriends keep forgetting about her? Most recently, Hudson endured the indignity of being turned away from a VIP area because boyfriend Matt Bellamy -- lead singer of Muse -- "forgot" to put...

Unmarried Carrie was a pro at breaking The Rules while dating -- pushing too hard for commitment, being overly honest and not mysterious, seeing a married man, losing her L&B ("light and breezy") on a regular basis, and overall trying way, way too hard with Big. Given that...

Plenty of women would prefer a phone call over a text from guys they're dating, yet they don't realize a very simple method exists to getting less texts and more calls: Don't text him back.

I know, I know, such a suggestion will strike many as foolish or even insane...

In my last blog -- "Trips Make Men Go Backwards" -- I reviewed the Rules advice against going away with a man on week-long trips, before you're married. But the authors Ellen Fein & Sherrie Schneider DO say it's okay to go way "for...

So, he wants to take you on a trip! It's one of the peak moments of dating someone new -- right up there with him telling you he loves you and wants to be exclusive. You think: If he wants to spend days -- even a whole week -- with...

Last weekend I watched Date Night -- and while I made a rather un-ruley spectacle of myself rolling in the aisles with laughter, the comedy also contained some important messages, straight out of The Rules for Marriage, by Ellen Fein & Sherrie Schneider (Rule #28: Have a Date...

It's one of the most common complaints I hear from the women I coach - whether they're married or dating: "I just feel like he takes me for granted." When I ask why, women cite things like:

• "He waits until Friday to make plans for the...

If your husband cheats -- even once -- should you take him back? And if he cheats -- like Jesse James did to Sandra Bullock -- over and over, with the trashiest women possible, heedless of both decency and disease, could you take him back?

With reports of

On some level, Megan Fox knows she has a problem. "I don't want to have people get completely sick of me before I've ever even done something legitimate," she recently conceded. Yet this awareness isn't enough to restrain her ongoing, seemingly compulsive need to divulge personal details -- her previous...

It's one of the top dating myths -- that "it's only what's on the inside that counts." While it's true, in a spiritual sense, this cliche too often serves as justification for a lazy disregard of one's appearance.

Men being visual creatures when it comes to dating,...

Perhaps one of the most memorable (in a bad way) Valentine's Day gifts I ever received was from a boyfriend who decided to commemorate the special occasion by giving me a stuffed animal. I nearly burst into tears.

Not just because after years of dating, I was hoping this might...

Since ancient times, women have used scent to enhance their seductive allure. Now though, modern science is drawing connections between olfactory stimuli and male perception and desire.

Dr. Alan Hirsch, of Chicago's Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation, has discovered that certain scents can actually take years off...

In last week's blog, I focused on the five most common dating myths that mire women in romantic ruts. I was not prepared for the outpouring of women - literally from around the world - who contacted me, sheepishly admitting that they'd been falling for one or more...

The dating deceptions single women invariable confront range from the annoying (online photos that turn out to be a decade old), to the aggravating ("I'll call you"), to the agonizing ("Oh, her? Just a friend"). But usually we don't remain in the dark forever - one way or...

Other than staking out her territory under the mistletoe, what can the single woman do to leverage the holidays to her advantage?  There’s plenty of tactics she can employ to advance (or at least not sabotage!) her romantic goals – whether her aim is simply to meet someone new or...

What does the girl who’s been happily dating her boyfriend for several months really want for Christmas this year?

An engagement ring.

Christmas music and movies have helped stoke seasonal-hopes for happy endings.  Think of the lovers who “face unafraid, the plans that [they] made, while walking in...

My last blog on top dating mistakes women make caused an uproar among male readers who complained my advice encouraged women to “play games.” Not a huge surprise, since the most common dating blunders are a boon to lazy men looking for casual flings. But a bit ironic, given...