Stories and Articles
Money CAN buy you love, if you have a contract with this Harvard MBA ~Westword 2012 Print
Matchmakers offer tips on how to sell yourself, and how a matchmaker can help ~Westword Online 2012
Online Dating: What your intentionally candid photo says about you ~Westword Online 2012
The Three Fastest Ways to Holiday Dates
The Holidays. The perfect time for romance. And as a dating coach and matchmaker, I find that it’s one of my busy seasons. There’s something about crackling fires, the smell of pine and glitter that seems to trigger the feeling in us that …
Do You Want to Marry His Family?
The craziness of Thanksgiving weekend travel is settling down, and you’re just beginning to digest the details of the trip home to meet your honey’s family this Thanksgiving season. The question is rarely as simple as: “Do you want to marry …
Should You Become a Swinger?
Swinging (or, “The Lifestyle”) is a topic of conversation that comes up with my clients from time to time, but only after a strong relationship of trust is established with me, since most people consider the topic to be “taboo”. Since it’s …
Should You Bring Him Home For Thanksgiving? [EXPERT]
The Holiday Season is upon us, and it really makes us start to think seriously about the state of our new relationship. There’s never one good answer to the quandry about including your new boyfriend in family and holiday festivities, because we live in a time that is filled with alternative situations. …
Meeting the Family Over Turkey
So, you’ve decided it’s time to introduce your new man to the family. What better time than over the warm smell of pie, turkey and stuffing? Here’s some tips on how to sidestep family quirks and prepare in advance for a successful Thanksgiving family …
Ouch. This is a tough topic. I wondered if I should even chance writing about it. Get ready to be introspective here. Different websites have unique methods of describing your physique in your online dating profile. Unless it lists a weight range, these methods are subjective at …
Dating For Potential
I’ve heard it said many times: ”Women date men hoping to change them, and men date women hoping they’ll never change.” There are all kinds of different, deep seated psychological reasons that we try to change the person we’re dating. But I like to keep it simple: We do …
Online Dating Over 40: What You’re Doing Wrong [EXPERT]
Things can be tough if you’re a female over forty and trying to find love. Statistically, your pool of great available men is shrinking. There’s a number of reasons for this, from higher rates of male homosexuality to the fact that men die younger than women … and all the reasons inbetween (like men …
Your Picker Is Off!
Girls – I think we’ve all done it: Selected horrible matches for ourselves based on the fact that they would make gorgeous babies with us. In fact, I know we’re still doing it, because 90% of the women who submit their free profiles to me in my matchmaking database are telling me that they …
5 Reasons Why You’ll Never Be The One
Are you one of those girls who has the classic track record of dating a guy for years only to have him marry his next girlfriend within months? You’re not alone. There are so many women who are scratching their heads right along side of you. You probably have a girlfriend who gets proposals all the time, and …
10 Steps To Meeting Mr. Right Online
I found my incredible husband through Online Dating so I don’t shy away from it as an amazing part of your “Inbound Man Marketing Plan.” First, I’d like to tell you what I hear ALL the time. A woman says, “I tried that online dating thing. Those sites suck. All of the men on there lie …
The Worst Online Dating Profiles I’ve Ever Seen
Every dating coach has areas in which they excel. Mine is online dating strategies. Perhaps it’s because I’m the right age to accept online dating as a valuable tool instead of as a desperate (and strange) last resort, or maybe it’s because I met my incredible husband there. …
How To Get What You Want From Any Man
The title in this article may have elicited a gut level response from you. If you are a man, perhaps you bristled. If you’re a woman, perhaps you thought that you don’t need anything from a man, and then quickly clicked on the link. We all want a leg up in life, right? You may be surprised to learn just …
5 Tips For Choosing The Perfect First Date Outfit
There are so many things to be concerned about before heading out on a first date: where to go, what to talk about, what not to talk about, etc. And yet, the number one question I always get from my clients who are about to meet someone for the first time is “What do I wear?” It may seem …
What’s Your “Debt Limit”?
As we wait and watch our country do battle over the debt limit, this might be a good time to think about your financial health. As I watch single women trot out onto the social scene with hopes of snaring a good man, I often see them pay more attention to their hair than to what it cost to get that …
4 Steps to a Successful “Man List”
You’ve heard about “the list”. You’ve seen Patti Stanger tear them to pieces on her “Millionaire Matchmaker” show. You’ve also heard your girlfriends go on and on about all of the qualities they’re looking for in a man. As a matchmaker with a free database …