You’ve got a problem. You’ve started on the path Podcast Nerdom, but it feels like the road has run out and you don’t know where to go now. Is NPR all that exists in the world?! Don’t get me wrong, I love NPR. In Part Continue reading →
Mesh Date Night: The Best Things To Do This Week
Hey-o, Meshers! First off, congrats on making it through another week. We’ve got all you need to unwind this weekend, from an HP Lovecraft party and a David Foster Wallace play, to sunset yoga, nighttime kayaking, and vegan buffets. FRI 21 SKINS & MISFITS Party Continue reading →
What Their Apartment Says About Them
If things have been going well for you and your date, an invite to their personal pad is probably the next step. Sure, he may have been totally charming before, and she was nothing but cool and down-to-earth with your friends. But scoring a peek Continue reading →
(Secretly) Date on the Cheap
It’s a real turn-off for me when a guy strolls in wearing jean shorts and a neck beard. He should look the best version of his authentic self – unless his authentic self has a neck beard. For my part, it’s important for me to not Continue reading →
Body Language Basics
Time to meet that sexy beast you’ve been messaging for weeks. You’re feeling pretty good about this one. Toured with a musical improv troupe AND works in a linguistics research lab? Ding-dong the bells are gonna chime! (Okay, maybe that’s only my fantasy.) Either way, the messages Continue reading →
Partnered Online Daters Sound Off – Part 2
Sometimes dating can feel like a hamster wheel of failure. Other times you fall in love with a guy who moves in on a first date! Enjoy part two of our series of interviews with partnered online daters. Do you ever feel any embarrassment over Continue reading →
Partnered Online Daters Sound Off – Part 1
The news is good, people! The stigma of online dating has mostly disappeared and more and more people are meeting their significant others online. In part 1 of this 2-part interview, we take a look at some folks who’ve found lasting love among the 0’s and 1’s. Continue reading →
Why Bother With New?
Your author, exhausted from picking out a new username. My sister and I are both online daters. I talked to her recently about trying a new site, and she reacted with the deep, exhausted sigh of a woman considering switching religions for a third time. Continue reading →