I got an Apple Watch because I’m a big dork, and I was really excited to be an early adopter of this new product. (I know smartwatches have existed for ages, but I’m deep in the Apple ecosystem so I wasn’t that interested in offerings from other companies.) But in secret, I also got it because I was fascinated by …
Why you shouldn’t pay for eHarmony Plus
Ever since I’ve started seeing trailers for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, I’ve also seen a plethora of links about eHarmony’s new Plus service. This is a new offering in which you pay an expert $5,000 to be your personal online dating… surrogate. They call it a ‘matchmaking professional,’ but in many ways, it’s also a surrogate. Or an …
Humblebrag humor
Humblebrags range from amusing to obnoxious. But I think it can work really well for you if used right. In my most recent Heartographer podcast episode, “Deconstructing the Joke,” Matthew Baldwin and I talked about confidence, and some subtler ways of demonstrating that. He helped deconstruct an interesting notion that I’ve intuitively understood in my years of online dating coaching, …
Very exciting news coming soon!
I hate to be a blog-tease, but I have some suuuuper exciting stuff coming up that I can’t wait to share with you guys. I need to make sure I know when it’ll all go live before I go blabbing, but stay tuned! I’m still Sicky McSickPants here, so I was impressed with my own ability to pull it together …
On pickup artists (and why they kinda suck)
Well, I warned you guys I was gonna do more video posts, so here ya go! This is a little clip (ha, not so little) in which I rant a bit about why I don’t think pickup artists really help people connect in satisfying, lasting relationships. It’s one thing to get women to go home with you; it’s entirely another …