First Date

Is It Okay To Lie On A First Date?

Posted 02.24.2012

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First dates are inherently awkward, and with all those get-to-know-you questions, you may be tempted to make yourself seem ever so slightly more succe...

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Speed Dating 101.

Meredith Fineman | Posted 03.27.2012

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Everyone should try it. It definitely doesn't make you a loser. It's just efficient. Like a sushi conveyor belt, for your pants.

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Best First Date Ideas For Post50 Singles

Posted 11.18.2011

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First dates are destined to deliver awkward silences, miscalculated hand-placement, and green vegetable remnants between your teeth. While Post50 ...

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Why I Don't Offer To Pay Unless...

Amary Wiggin | Posted 12.07.2011

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An intelligent man recognizes that paying isn't quite fair, but a man who cares pays.

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Menopause, Sex And Valentine's Day: Dr. Pat's Notebook

Patricia Yarberry Allen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Valentine's Day month is a great opportunity to try some new tricks to jump start a libido that might be on life support, or to make better use of the juice we know we have.

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How The Rich, Powerful And Famous Meet Their Lovers

AP | By MARY FOSTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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"And the Rest Is History: The Famous (and Infamous) First Meetings of the World's Most Passionate Couples" (Perigee, $18.95), by Marlene Wagman-Geller...

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The First Date: Learning To Trust My Daughter To Do The Right Thing

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011

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Despite her fearlessness and wild streak, Kerry has grown into a graceful and composed young woman. Once again, she has shown me that I needn't be nervous.

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Fifty First (J)Dates: Expect the Unexpected.

Meredith Fineman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Online dating is great, because it cuts out a lot of the crap. But sometimes it also slops off some of the important, good old-fashioned ignorance about someone else.

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Fifty First (J)Dates: How To Say No, Part II

Meredith Fineman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The key question is, should you just ignore said NJB (Nice Jewish Boy) or address the fact you don't really want to go out with him head on?

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If at First You Don't Succeed... Try, Try Again

Lee Block | Posted 05.25.2011

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What to wear? What to say? How to act? Desperation and nerves sink in. You haven't had a date in 30 years. Are you crazy? No, you are divorced.

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5 Reasons Why You're Not Getting Past the First Date

David Wygant | Posted 11.17.2011

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If you're a successful woman who goes out on a lot of first dates and almost no second dates, then you need to really rethink the way you are conducting yourself.

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Why Wearing Red on a First Date Attracts Men

Julie Spira | Posted 05.25.2011

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I read an article online in the Wall Street Journal today that caught my eye. It was about the study called "Red and Romantic Behavior in Viewing Wome...

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Fifty First (J)Dates: 5 Places You Should Never Go on a First Date

Meredith Fineman | Posted 11.17.2011

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There are some venues that are just heinously, atrociously unacceptable for a Close Encounter of the First Kind.

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Have You Ever Dated This Self-Obsessed Monster?

David Wygant | Posted 11.17.2011

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When you are out on a first date, check out how they treat the waiter. You will get an immediate idea of how socially aware your date really is.

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Fifty First (J)Dates: 22 - Norman Isn't So Smoothie

Meredith Fineman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sunday morning I woke up to a phone message from Norman. Norman said that he didn't think he'd be hungry for pizza but did I want to go for coffee instead?

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Would You Pass Up This Amazing Deal?

David Wygant | Posted 11.17.2011

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If you meet someone who seems too good to be true, just keep meeting them. Keep going out with them. Be open and stop looking for flaws. Start embracing the magic of who they are.

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Fifty First (J)Dates: How to Pick Your First Date Spot

Meredith Fineman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Exit strategies are very important. Be sure to pick somewhere you're at least familiar with the neighborhood, in case you have mistakenly contacted a boy who resembles Chewbacca, on a good day.

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Fifty First (J)Dates: 16 - The Crunchy

Meredith Fineman | Posted 05.25.2011

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When I decided to go on a date with a boy who listed "fishing" and "the outdoors" as main interests, I was hesitant. But you never know -- he was sorta ruggedly cute.

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Fifty First (J)Dates: The Money I$$ue

Meredith Fineman | Posted 11.17.2011

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No matter how swimmingly a first date is going -- you're fantasizing about the giant ring that you will photograph with your Blackberry and bbm to 58 ...

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Topless Katy Perry Advises: If You Want to Keep Him, Make Him Wait for Sex

Andy Pemberton | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the latest issue of Esquire magazine (UK), pop singer Katy Perry explains how she won the love of her fiance, UK comedian Russell Brand.

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Time Waits for No (Wo)man -- Not Even for a Vixen Like Me

Gena Grish | Posted 05.25.2011

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I walked away from this date feeling like it could really amount to something, but then I left town. In the next 48 hours, I got booted. What happened you ask? Sigh. Bad timing happened.

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Fifty First (J)Dates: The Death of the Meet-Cute and JShame

Meredith Fineman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The first rule of JDate, or so they say, is that you shouldn't talk about it. Just like Fight Club. Or the Mafia. Now, I am clearly taking this to the...

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Serial Daters Blog # 11: How He Blew It

Gena Grish | Posted 05.25.2011

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After my date last week with a man we will call "Foul Ball" (for many reasons), I have decided that, in my dating game, from now on you're only going to get one strike.

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I Had Sex on the First Date

Tamsen Fadal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Most men are genetically flawed when it comes to sex: They think only in the moment and not about the repercussions of their actions.

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First Date: Who Pays?

Victoria Namkung | Posted 05.25.2011

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As if there wasn't enough anxiety around the topic of love. Then you throw in money and etiquette and a first date can become about as exciting as a trip to the dentist office.

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